Climate averages 1991–2020
Dehradun weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Dehradun: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Haridwar (44 km away). In October its highs average 28.9°C, 2.5°C warmer than Dehradun, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Dehradun ranks joint 673rd of 692 for the warmest October highs and joint 111th of 692 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 692 cities is 30.6°C; Dehradun is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 4.5 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Dehradun climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 44 | 5.0 | 10.410 h |
| February | 19.8°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 59 | 6.3 | 11.111 h |
| March | 24.8°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 42 | 5.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 27 | 5.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 33.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 32 | 7.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 32.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 133 | 14.2 | 14.114 h |
| July | 28.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 419 | 28.4 | 13.914 h |
| August | 28.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 414 | 28.3 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 178 | 17.9 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 26.4°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 16 | 2.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 22.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 4.5 | 1.2 | 10.711 h |
| December | 18.9°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 15 | 2.2 | 10.210 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
- Haridwar in OctoberIndia · 44 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 16.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Roorkee in OctoberIndia · 53 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 16.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Sahāranpur in OctoberIndia · 61 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Jagādhri in OctoberIndia · 72 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 17.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Yamuna Nagar in OctoberIndia · 75 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Deoband in OctoberIndia · 78 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Najībābād in OctoberIndia · 85 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Muzaffarnagar in OctoberIndia · 100 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 17.9°C · 15 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Dehradun) is explained once on the Dehradun year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.