Climate averages 1991–2020
Bokhtar weather
in October.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 4th 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 Bokhtar: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dushanbe (78 km away). In October its highs average 20.7°C, 3.7°C cooler than Bokhtar, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Tajikistan, Bokhtar ranks 1st of 7 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 7 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 7 cities is 20.6°C; Bokhtar is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.8°C to 16.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.3 mm to 30 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
Bokhtar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 41 | 8.1 | 9.910 h |
| February | 11.5°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 57 | 9.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.4°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 63 | 9.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.4°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 51 | 8.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 29.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 34 | 6.6 | 14.214 h |
| June | 35.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 9.9 | 2.4 | 14.715 h |
| July | 38.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 14.515 h |
| August | 36.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 31.6°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 12.512 h |
| October, selected | 24.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 8.3 | 2.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 16.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 30 | 5.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | 11.0°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 37 | 6.7 | 9.610 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
- Dushanbe in OctoberTajikistan · 78 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 6.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Kŭlob in OctoberTajikistan · 89 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 9.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Denov in OctoberUzbekistan · 91 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 8.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Kunduz in OctoberAfghanistan · 123 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 10.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Khanabad in OctoberAfghanistan · 132 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 10.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Tirmiz in OctoberUzbekistan · 149 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Baghlān in OctoberAfghanistan · 190 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 9.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Mazār-e Sharīf in OctoberAfghanistan · 194 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.1°C · 4.3 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 Bokhtar) is explained once on the Bokhtar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.