Khulm weather in October

In October, Khulm sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 8 mm of rain across 1.9 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of October to 10 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Khulm's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khulm's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 8 mm; 1.9 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 6:13 AM – 5:16 PM
Cloud cover: 20%; 5th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.44 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.7; out of 10

Khulm is city in Afghanistan.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical October day in Khulm reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 8°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)	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9

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

How October really feels in Khulm

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 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

October sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Khulm weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-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	9° / 1°	37	8.4	1.9	9.8	1.8
Feb	11° / 3°	48	9.5	2.4	10.6	2.7
Mar	17° / 8°	60	10.9	0.5	11.7	5.2
Apr	24° / 13°	55	9.3	0	12.9	6.9
May	30° / 18°	27	5.2	0	13.9	5.8
Jun	36° / 22°	3	0.6	0	14.5	3.0
Jul	38° / 24°	1	0.2	0	14.3	1.8
Aug	36° / 22°	0	0.1	0	13.4	3.0
Sep	31° / 17°	2	0.4	0	12.2	6.3
Oct	23° / 11°	8	1.9	0	11.1	8.7
Nov	15° / 6°	33	6.7	0.4	10	5.2
Dec	10° / 2°	29	6.4	1.3	9.5	2.5

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% 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 (%)	95	94	93	93	93	93	92	91	91	91	90	89	89	89	89	89	87	87	87	86	85	85	84	82	81	80	79	77	76	75	73
Cloudier (%)	5	6	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	14	15	15	16	18	19	20	21	23	24	25	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	95	5
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	90	10
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	86	14
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	84	16
24	82	18
25	81	19
26	80	20
27	79	21
28	77	23
29	76	24
30	75	25
31	73	27

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Khulm gets around 8 mm of rain over 1.9 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 7% and peaks near 14% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	14

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

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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in October

Winds average 6 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 6 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	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of October to 10 h 30 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 5:59 AM to 6:28 AM, and sunset from 5:37 PM to 4:58 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)	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:59	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	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28
Sunset (PM)	5:37	5:36	5:34	5:33	5:31	5:30	5:28	5:27	5:25	5:24	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:18	5:17	5:16	5:14	5:13	5:12	5:10	5:09	5:08	5:07	5:06	5:04	5:03	5:02	5:01	5:00	4:59	4:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	5:59	5:37
2	11.6	6:00	5:36
3	11.6	6:01	5:34
4	11.5	6:02	5:33
5	11.5	6:03	5:31
6	11.4	6:04	5:30
7	11.4	6:05	5:28
8	11.4	6:05	5:27
9	11.3	6:06	5:25
10	11.3	6:07	5:24
11	11.2	6:08	5:22
12	11.2	6:09	5:21
13	11.2	6:10	5:20
14	11.1	6:11	5:18
15	11.1	6:12	5:17
16	11.0	6:13	5:16
17	11.0	6:14	5:14
18	11.0	6:15	5:13
19	10.9	6:16	5:12
20	10.9	6:17	5:10
21	10.9	6:18	5:09
22	10.8	6:19	5:08
23	10.8	6:20	5:07
24	10.7	6:21	5:06
25	10.7	6:22	5:04
26	10.7	6:23	5:03
27	10.6	6:24	5:02
28	10.6	6:25	5:01
29	10.6	6:26	5:00
30	10.5	6:27	4:59
31	10.5	6:28	4:58

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.48 kWh/m² to a high of 7.86 kWh/m² in July across the year — October's 4.44 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)	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7
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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.0	Bright
25	4.0	Moderate
26	3.9	Moderate
27	3.9	Moderate
28	3.8	Moderate
29	3.8	Moderate
30	3.7	Moderate
31	3.7	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Khulm

In seasonPeak

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

Khulm sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

Dust

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Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is October a good time to visit Khulm?

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

8.7

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

6.7

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

October is one of the better times to visit Khulm for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Khulm in October

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

In October, Khulm sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes.

light clothes

UV index in Khulm in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Khulm peaks around June 18 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	4	5	7	10	10	10	10	8	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	7	High
May	10	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Khulm 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 Khulm is worst in April — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (January, 20 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)	20	23	30	35	34	26	26	24	28	26	24	22
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	20	Moderate
Feb	23	Moderate
Mar	30	Moderate
Apr	35	Moderate
May	34	Moderate
Jun	26	Moderate
Jul	26	Moderate
Aug	24	Moderate
Sep	28	Moderate
Oct	26	Moderate
Nov	24	Moderate
Dec	22	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Khulm?

Khulm sits at 36.7°N, 67.7°E, 445 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Mazār-e Sharīf, 52 km away.

Topography around Khulm

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Khulm has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 224 m around an average of 467 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,994 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,552 m.

The land around Khulm is covered by bare terrain (46%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, bare terrain (68%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (57%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

224 m

bare terrain 46%

16 km

1,994 m

bare terrain 68%

80 km

2,552 m

bare terrain 57%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

October weather nearby: Mazār-e Sharīf 52 km · Aībak 56 km · Termez 69 km · Balkh 72 km · Zarhalol 95 km · Kunduz 103 km · Baghlān 110 km · Qarāwul 112 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 Khulm (36.6974°, 67.6983°, elevation 445 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	27	14
2	27	14
3	27	14
4	26	14
5	26	13
6	26	13
7	26	13
8	25	13
9	25	13
10	25	12
11	24	12
12	24	12
13	24	12
14	24	11
15	23	11
16	23	11
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	11
20	22	10
21	22	10
22	22	10
23	22	10
24	22	10
25	21	10
26	21	10
27	21	9
28	21	9
29	20	9
30	20	9
31	20	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	95	5
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	90	10
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	86	14
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	84	16
24	82	18
25	81	19
26	80	20
27	79	21
28	77	23
29	76	24
30	75	25
31	73	27

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	95	5
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	90	10
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	86	14
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	84	16
24	82	18
25	81	19
26	80	20
27	79	21
28	77	23
29	76	24
30	75	25
31	73	27

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	95	5
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	90	10
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	86	14
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	84	16
24	82	18
25	81	19
26	80	20
27	79	21
28	77	23
29	76	24
30	75	25
31	73	27

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0