Climate averages 1991–2020

Anantnag weather
in October.

A mild, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the driest of the year.

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

Average high 18.5°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 4.7°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 27 mm 4 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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October is a mild month in Anantnag: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 22 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Sopur (88 km away). In October its highs average 18.1°C, about as warm as Anantnag, with 30 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Anantnag ranks 689th of 692 for the warmest October highs and joint 221st of 692 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 692 cities is 30.6°C; Anantnag is 12.1°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 13.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 47 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. -10-5051015202530 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 1500

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

Every month, side by side

Anantnag climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Anantnag, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 5.0°C-5.6°C-5.6°C11411.210.210 h
February 6.3°C-3.3°C-3.3°C14913.311.011 h
March 10.7°C-0.2°C-0.2°C14214.112.012 h
April 16.4°C3.4°C3.4°C11713.613.013 h
May 20.6°C6.9°C6.9°C8312.713.914 h
June 23.5°C11.2°C11.2°C6810.514.414 h
July 24.3°C15.9°C15.9°C14216.814.214 h
August 23.9°C15.7°C15.7°C12915.513.413 h
September 22.5°C11.3°C11.3°C627.012.412 h
October, selected 18.5°C4.7°C4.7°C274.111.411 h
November 13.8°C-0.5°C-0.5°C475.710.410 h
December 8.8°C-3.8°C-3.8°C667.610.010 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.

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October in nearby cities

Distance from Anantnag

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 Anantnag) is explained once on the Anantnag year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.