Climate averages 1991–2020
Soran weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet 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 Soran: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hajiawa (52 km away). In October its highs average 27.2°C, 2.2°C warmer than Soran, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Soran ranks 59th of 59 for the warmest October highs and 59th of 59 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 59 cities is 32.4°C; Soran is 7.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.2°C to 15.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 100 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
Soran climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 150 | 11.9 | 10.010 h |
| February | 9.0°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 156 | 12.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.7°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 169 | 13.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 132 | 12.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 60 | 8.7 | 14.114 h |
| June | 32.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 4.5 | 1.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 36.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 1.7 | 0.6 | 14.414 h |
| August | 37.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 32.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 2.8 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 25.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 44 | 5.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.8°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 100 | 8.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.0°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 132 | 10.0 | 9.710 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
- Hajiawa in OctoberIraq · 52 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Piranshahr in OctoberIran · 54 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Rānyah in OctoberIraq · 54 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in OctoberIraq · 59 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 26 mm rain
- 'Ākra in OctoberIraq · 60 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in OctoberIraq · 62 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 13.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Erbil in OctoberIraq · 70 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Qeładizê in OctoberIraq · 74 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 13.6°C · 39 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 Soran) is explained once on the Soran year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.