Climate averages 1991–2020

Ahar weather
in October.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

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

Average high 18.0°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 7.1°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 50 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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October is a mild month in Ahar: daytime highs average 18.0°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 14 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Meshgīn Shahr (54 km away). In October its highs average 17.9°C, about as warm as Ahar, with 46 mm of rain.

Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Ahar ranks 125th of 128 for the warmest October highs and 119th of 128 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 128 cities is 24.7°C; Ahar is 6.6°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 7.6°C to 10.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 50 mm to 46 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

Ahar climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Ahar, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 3.3°C-6.7°C-6.7°C337.19.810 h
February 4.8°C-5.5°C-5.5°C468.910.711 h
March 9.8°C-1.3°C-1.3°C7313.211.912 h
April 15.7°C3.9°C3.9°C9917.213.213 h
May 20.4°C9.1°C9.1°C10519.914.214 h
June 24.0°C13.3°C13.3°C5913.214.815 h
July 26.2°C15.6°C15.6°C226.314.615 h
August 26.5°C15.8°C15.8°C205.713.714 h
September 23.0°C12.3°C12.3°C328.212.512 h
October, selected 18.0°C7.1°C7.1°C508.811.211 h
November 10.5°C0.6°C0.6°C467.110.110 h
December 5.2°C-4.4°C-4.4°C336.49.510 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 Ahar

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