Climate averages 1991–2020

Cox’s Bāzār weather
in October.

A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.0°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 24.3°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 196 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Cox’s Bāzār · average highYear overview

October is a hot month in Cox’s Bāzār: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 196 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Chattogram (102 km away). In October its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Cox’s Bāzār, with 203 mm of rain.

Among the 63 cities listed in Bangladesh, Cox’s Bāzār ranks joint 61st of 63 for the warmest October highs and 59th of 63 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 63 cities is 29.9°C; Cox’s Bāzār is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 196 mm to 42 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 7000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Cox’s Bāzār climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Cox’s Bāzār, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 24.3°C16.6°C16.6°C5.00.611.011 h
February 26.7°C18.4°C18.4°C101.211.411 h
March 29.8°C21.9°C21.9°C272.612.012 h
April 31.3°C24.8°C24.8°C536.412.613 h
May 30.8°C25.8°C25.8°C22118.313.113 h
June 29.0°C25.7°C25.7°C58427.313.413 h
July 28.1°C25.3°C25.3°C65830.013.313 h
August 28.3°C25.2°C25.2°C46629.812.913 h
September 28.8°C25.1°C25.1°C34126.512.312 h
October, selected 29.0°C24.3°C24.3°C19617.111.712 h
November 27.6°C21.4°C21.4°C424.311.111 h
December 25.2°C18.0°C18.0°C151.310.911 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

October in nearby cities

Distance from Cox’s Bāzār

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Cox’s Bāzār) is explained once on the Cox’s Bāzār year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.