Qarqīn weather in October

In October, Qarqīn sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 4 mm of rain across 1 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% 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 Qarqīn's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Qarqīn's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 4 mm; 1 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 6:20 AM – 5:21 PM
Cloud cover: 19%; 5th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.32 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.8; out of 10

Qarqīn is human settlement 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 28°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical October day in Qarqīn reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 31°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)	29	29	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	22
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

How October really feels in Qarqīn

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.

Qarqīn 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	11° / 2°	28	6.6	1.6	9.7	2.7
Feb	13° / 4°	41	7.4	1.3	10.6	3.8
Mar	19° / 8°	46	8.2	0.3	11.7	6.3
Apr	26° / 14°	34	5.6	0	12.9	7.2
May	33° / 19°	17	3.4	0	14	4.5
Jun	38° / 23°	2	0.6	0	14.5	1.4
Jul	40° / 24°	1	0.1	0	14.3	0.3
Aug	38° / 22°	0	0	0	13.4	1.6
Sep	33° / 17°	0	0.1	0	12.3	5.2
Oct	25° / 12°	4	1	0	11	8.8
Nov	18° / 7°	20	4.1	0.2	10	6.5
Dec	12° / 3°	24	4.8	0.9	9.5	3.6

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%. 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	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	90	90	90	89	88	88	88	87	87	86	85	84	84	82	81	79	79	77	76	75	73	71
Cloudier (%)	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	16	16	18	19	21	21	23	24	25	27	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	89	11
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	86	14
20	85	15
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	82	18
24	81	19
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	77	23
28	76	24
29	75	25
30	73	27
31	71	29

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Qarqīn gets around 4 mm of rain over 1 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 4% and peaks near 8% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8

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

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 10 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	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 6:06 AM to 6:36 AM, and sunset from 5:43 PM to 5:03 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	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	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	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:35	6:36
Sunset (PM)	5:43	5:42	5:40	5:39	5:37	5:36	5:34	5:33	5:31	5:30	5:28	5:27	5:26	5:24	5:23	5:21	5:20	5:19	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:14	5:12	5:11	5:10	5:09	5:08	5:06	5:05	5:04	5:03

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	6:06	5:43
2	11.6	6:07	5:42
3	11.5	6:08	5:40
4	11.5	6:09	5:39
5	11.5	6:10	5:37
6	11.4	6:11	5:36
7	11.4	6:12	5:34
8	11.3	6:13	5:33
9	11.3	6:14	5:31
10	11.3	6:15	5:30
11	11.2	6:15	5:28
12	11.2	6:16	5:27
13	11.1	6:17	5:26
14	11.1	6:18	5:24
15	11.1	6:19	5:23
16	11.0	6:20	5:21
17	11.0	6:21	5:20
18	10.9	6:22	5:19
19	10.9	6:23	5:17
20	10.9	6:24	5:16
21	10.8	6:25	5:15
22	10.8	6:26	5:14
23	10.8	6:27	5:12
24	10.7	6:28	5:11
25	10.7	6:29	5:10
26	10.6	6:30	5:09
27	10.6	6:31	5:08
28	10.6	6:32	5:06
29	10.5	6:33	5:05
30	10.5	6:35	5:04
31	10.5	6:36	5:03

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.31 kWh/m² to a high of 7.8 kWh/m² in July across the year — October's 4.32 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)	5.1	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	3.6	3.6	3.5
Level	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	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.1	Bright
21	4.1	Bright
22	4.0	Bright
23	4.0	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	3.8	Moderate
27	3.8	Moderate
28	3.7	Moderate
29	3.6	Moderate
30	3.6	Moderate
31	3.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Qarqīn

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Oct

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Is October a good time to visit Qarqīn?

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

8.8

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

8.0

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Qarqīn in October

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

In October, Qarqīn sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes.

light clothes

UV index in Qarqīn in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Qarqīn peaks around June 19 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 2 (low).

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	6	9	9	9	8	7	4	3	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	9	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Qarqīn 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 Qarqīn is worst in April — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	22	23	32	34	31	25	26	24	27	26	25	23
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	22	Moderate
Feb	23	Moderate
Mar	32	Moderate
Apr	34	Moderate
May	31	Moderate
Jun	25	Moderate
Jul	26	Moderate
Aug	24	Moderate
Sep	27	Moderate
Oct	26	Moderate
Nov	25	Moderate
Dec	23	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Qarqīn?

Qarqīn sits at 37.4°N, 66.0°E, 263 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Magdanly, 44 km away.

Topography around Qarqīn

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Qarqīn has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 11 m around an average of 263 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 195 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,880 m.

The land around Qarqīn is covered by cropland (42%), water (22%) and bare terrain (21%) within 3 km, bare terrain (53%) and cropland (29%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (50%) and grassland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

11 m

cropland 42%

16 km

195 m

bare terrain 53%

80 km

2,880 m

bare terrain 50%

shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

October weather nearby: Magdanly 44 km · Kerki 87 km · Shibirghān 87 km · Andkhoy 97 km · Balkh 106 km · Termez 111 km · Mazār-e Sharīf 123 km · Halaç 126 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 Qarqīn (37.4185°, 66.0436°, elevation 263 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	29	14
2	29	14
3	28	14
4	28	14
5	28	13
6	28	13
7	27	13
8	27	13
9	27	13
10	27	12
11	26	12
12	26	12
13	26	12
14	26	12
15	26	12
16	25	11
17	25	11
18	25	11
19	25	11
20	25	11
21	24	11
22	24	11
23	24	11
24	24	10
25	24	10
26	23	10
27	23	10
28	23	10
29	23	10
30	23	10
31	22	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	89	11
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	86	14
20	85	15
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	82	18
24	81	19
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	77	23
28	76	24
29	75	25
30	73	27
31	71	29

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	89	11
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	86	14
20	85	15
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	82	18
24	81	19
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	77	23
28	76	24
29	75	25
30	73	27
31	71	29

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	89	11
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	86	14
20	85	15
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	82	18
24	81	19
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	77	23
28	76	24
29	75	25
30	73	27
31	71	29

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

	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