Climate averages 1991–2020
Makhachkala weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Makhachkala: daytime highs average 17.3°C and nights cool to about 12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 05 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaspiysk (16 km away). In October its highs average 17.4°C, about as warm as Makhachkala, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Makhachkala ranks 10th of 236 for the warmest October highs and joint 87th of 236 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 236 cities is 8.6°C; Makhachkala is 8.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.5°C to 10.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 42 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
Makhachkala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.8°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 26 | 6.6 | 9.49 h |
| February | 5.3°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 26 | 6.2 | 10.510 h |
| March | 8.5°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 27 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 30 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 39 | 8.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 38 | 7.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 28.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 40 | 7.4 | 15.015 h |
| August | 27.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 52 | 7.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 65 | 9.0 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 17.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 49 | 8.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.8°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 42 | 7.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 6.5°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 27 | 6.4 | 9.19 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
- Kaspiysk in OctoberRussia · 16 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 13.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in OctoberRussia · 80 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 9.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Derbent in OctoberRussia · 120 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 13.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Grozny in OctoberRussia · 152 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Sunzha in OctoberRussia · 202 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Nazran in OctoberRussia · 223 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 7.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Vladikavkaz in OctoberRussia · 230 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 6.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Mingachevir in OctoberAzerbaijan · 249 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.7°C · 50 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 Makhachkala) is explained once on the Makhachkala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.