Istālif weather in October

In October, Istālif sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 41 mm of precipitation across 6.6 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 13°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 74% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of October to 10 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Istālif's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Istālif's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 41 mm; 6.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 6:05 AM – 5:12 PM
Cloud cover: 25%; 5th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.9 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.7; out of 10

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 13°C by the end.

A typical October day in Istālif reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 7°C cooler than September and about 8°C warmer than November.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	7
2	19	6
3	19	6
4	19	6
5	18	6
6	18	6
7	18	5
8	18	5
9	17	5
10	17	5
11	17	4
12	17	4
13	16	4
14	16	4
15	16	4
16	16	3
17	15	3
18	15	3
19	15	3
20	15	3
21	15	3
22	14	2
23	14	2
24	14	2
25	14	2
26	14	2
27	13	2
28	13	1
29	13	1
30	13	1
31	13	1

How October really feels in Istālif

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 5 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in October is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Istālif weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-2° / -14°	72	7.5	7.9	9.9	0.0
Feb	-1° / -12°	101	8.9	9.1	10.7	0.0
Mar	5° / -6°	128	11	8.6	11.7	0.3
Apr	12° / 1°	149	13.9	2.9	12.9	3.1
May	19° / 7°	139	15.9	0	13.8	5.5
Jun	24° / 10°	36	7.3	0	14.3	7.9
Jul	28° / 14°	14	2.4	0	14.1	8.3
Aug	27° / 13°	9	1.9	0	13.3	8.5
Sep	23° / 9°	20	3.9	0	12.2	8.6
Oct	16° / 4°	41	6.6	0.2	11.1	5.7
Nov	8° / -4°	54	6.9	3.8	10.2	1.7
Dec	1° / -11°	46	5.9	5.8	9.7	0.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 74% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 13%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	94	94	93	93	93	92	91	91	90	89	89	88	88	87	87	86	86	86	86	85	85	84	84	83	83	83	83	81	81	80	79
Cloudier (%)	6	6	7	7	7	8	9	9	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	19	19	20	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	92	8
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	80	20
31	79	21

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitationSnow

Istālif gets around 41 mm of rain and snow over 6.6 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 22% and peaks near 24% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	22	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	23	23
Snow chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	22	0
2	23	0
3	23	0
4	24	0
5	24	0
6	24	0
7	24	0
8	24	0
9	24	0
10	23	0
11	23	0
12	23	0
13	23	0
14	22	1
15	22	1
16	21	1
17	21	1
18	21	1
19	20	1
20	20	1
21	20	1
22	20	1
23	20	1
24	20	1
25	21	2
26	21	2
27	21	2
28	22	2
29	22	3
30	23	3
31	23	4

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in October

Winds average 6 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of October to 10 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:53 AM to 6:19 AM, and sunset from 5:32 PM to 4:55 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6
Sunrise (AM)	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19
Sunset (PM)	5:32	5:31	5:29	5:28	5:27	5:25	5:24	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:18	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:13	5:12	5:11	5:09	5:08	5:07	5:06	5:05	5:04	5:03	5:01	5:00	4:59	4:58	4:57	4:56	4:55

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	5:53	5:32
2	11.6	5:54	5:31
3	11.6	5:55	5:29
4	11.5	5:55	5:28
5	11.5	5:56	5:27
6	11.5	5:57	5:25
7	11.4	5:58	5:24
8	11.4	5:59	5:22
9	11.4	6:00	5:21
10	11.3	6:00	5:20
11	11.3	6:01	5:18
12	11.3	6:02	5:17
13	11.2	6:03	5:16
14	11.2	6:04	5:15
15	11.1	6:05	5:13
16	11.1	6:05	5:12
17	11.1	6:06	5:11
18	11.0	6:07	5:09
19	11.0	6:08	5:08
20	11.0	6:09	5:07
21	10.9	6:10	5:06
22	10.9	6:11	5:05
23	10.9	6:12	5:04
24	10.8	6:13	5:03
25	10.8	6:14	5:01
26	10.8	6:14	5:00
27	10.7	6:15	4:59
28	10.7	6:16	4:58
29	10.7	6:17	4:57
30	10.6	6:18	4:56
31	10.6	6:19	4:55

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.3 kWh/m² to a high of 8.03 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 4.9 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.1	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.6	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.5	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.4	Bright
28	4.4	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.3	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Istālif

In seasonPeak

None of Istālif's seasonal hazards are active in October. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Istālif's rainy season runs January–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is October a good time to visit Istālif?

Our two travel scores rate October for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.7

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

1.1

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Istālif for sightseeing.

What to pack for Istālif in October

From October's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In October, Istālif sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Istālif in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Istālif peaks around June 16 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	5	8	8	11	12	11	11	9	6	3	3
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	11	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Istālif in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Istālif is worst in February — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (October, 16 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	30	30	25	23	24	22	20	18	16	16	20	26
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	30	Moderate
Feb	30	Moderate
Mar	25	Moderate
Apr	23	Moderate
May	24	Moderate
Jun	22	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	16	Moderate
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	20	Moderate
Dec	26	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Istālif?

Istālif sits at 34.8°N, 69.1°E, 1,891 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Charikar, 22 km away.

Topography around Istālif

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Istālif.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Istālif has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 797 m around an average of 1,906 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,025 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,203 m.

The land around Istālif is covered by bare terrain (34%) within 3 km, cropland (35%), bare terrain (30%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (48%) and grassland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km

797 m

bare terrain 34%

16 km

3,025 m

cropland 35%

80 km

4,203 m

bare terrain 48%

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← September Istālif year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Charikar 22 km · Paghmān 30 km · Jabal os Saraj 35 km · Kabul 35 km · Bāzārak 67 km · Baraki Barak 97 km · Mehtar Lām 105 km · Bāmyān 114 km

Afghanistan travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 17% of US; price level, 2024
GDP per capita: $417; 2024
Happiness: 1.4 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 31%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 4; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 15.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 446
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Istālif (34.8327°, 69.0776°, elevation 1,891 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	7
2	19	6
3	19	6
4	19	6
5	18	6
6	18	6
7	18	5
8	18	5
9	17	5
10	17	5
11	17	4
12	17	4
13	16	4
14	16	4
15	16	4
16	16	3
17	15	3
18	15	3
19	15	3
20	15	3
21	15	3
22	14	2
23	14	2
24	14	2
25	14	2
26	14	2
27	13	2
28	13	1
29	13	1
30	13	1
31	13	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	92	8
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	80	20
31	79	21

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	22	0
2	23	0
3	23	0
4	24	0
5	24	0
6	24	0
7	24	0
8	24	0
9	24	0
10	23	0
11	23	0
12	23	0
13	23	0
14	22	1
15	22	1
16	21	1
17	21	1
18	21	1
19	20	1
20	20	1
21	20	1
22	20	1
23	20	1
24	20	1
25	21	2
26	21	2
27	21	2
28	22	2
29	22	3
30	23	3
31	23	4

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	7
2	19	6
3	19	6
4	19	6
5	18	6
6	18	6
7	18	5
8	18	5
9	17	5
10	17	5
11	17	4
12	17	4
13	16	4
14	16	4
15	16	4
16	16	3
17	15	3
18	15	3
19	15	3
20	15	3
21	15	3
22	14	2
23	14	2
24	14	2
25	14	2
26	14	2
27	13	2
28	13	1
29	13	1
30	13	1
31	13	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	92	8
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	80	20
31	79	21

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	22	0
2	23	0
3	23	0
4	24	0
5	24	0
6	24	0
7	24	0
8	24	0
9	24	0
10	23	0
11	23	0
12	23	0
13	23	0
14	22	1
15	22	1
16	21	1
17	21	1
18	21	1
19	20	1
20	20	1
21	20	1
22	20	1
23	20	1
24	20	1
25	21	2
26	21	2
27	21	2
28	22	2
29	22	3
30	23	3
31	23	4

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	7
2	19	6
3	19	6
4	19	6
5	18	6
6	18	6
7	18	5
8	18	5
9	17	5
10	17	5
11	17	4
12	17	4
13	16	4
14	16	4
15	16	4
16	16	3
17	15	3
18	15	3
19	15	3
20	15	3
21	15	3
22	14	2
23	14	2
24	14	2
25	14	2
26	14	2
27	13	2
28	13	1
29	13	1
30	13	1
31	13	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	92	8
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	80	20
31	79	21

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	22	0
2	23	0
3	23	0
4	24	0
5	24	0
6	24	0
7	24	0
8	24	0
9	24	0
10	23	0
11	23	0
12	23	0
13	23	0
14	22	1
15	22	1
16	21	1
17	21	1
18	21	1
19	20	1
20	20	1
21	20	1
22	20	1
23	20	1
24	20	1
25	21	2
26	21	2
27	21	2
28	22	2
29	22	3
30	23	3
31	23	4

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100