Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanandaj weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th 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 Sanandaj: daytime highs average 22.5°C and nights cool to about 9.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 19 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qorveh (75 km away). In October its highs average 19.9°C, 2.5°C cooler than Sanandaj, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Sanandaj ranks joint 75th of 128 for the warmest October highs and joint 98th of 128 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 128 cities is 24.7°C; Sanandaj is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.5°C to 13.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 52 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
Sanandaj climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.0°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 64 | 9.8 | 10.110 h |
| February | 3.6°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 67 | 9.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 10.6°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 76 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.5°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 62 | 10.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 29 | 6.9 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 14.514 h |
| July | 35.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 14.314 h |
| August | 35.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 13.513 h |
| September | 30.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 1.3 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 22.5°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 26 | 5.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.0°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 52 | 7.8 | 10.310 h |
| December | 6.1°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 57 | 8.2 | 9.810 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
- Qorveh in OctoberIran · 75 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 6.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Marīvān in OctoberIran · 77 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Kermanshah in OctoberIran · 111 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 10.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Saqqez in OctoberIran · 123 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 7.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Bāneh in OctoberIran · 126 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Eslāmābād-e Gharb in OctoberIran · 141 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.0°C · 31 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in OctoberIraq · 145 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 12.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Hamadān in OctoberIran · 149 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 10.6°C · 26 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 Sanandaj) is explained once on the Sanandaj year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.