Sar-e Pul weather in October

In October, Sar-e Pul sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 8 mm of rain across 1.8 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 24°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 79% 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 Sar-e Pul's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sar-e Pul's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 8 mm; 1.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 6:19 AM – 5:23 PM
Cloud cover: 19%; 5th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.43 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.6; out of 10

Sar-e Pul is capital of Sar-e Pol Province, Afghanistan.

Density: 1,743/km²; people per km²

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 24°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical October day in Sar-e Pul reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 6°C cooler than September and about 7°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)	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

How October really feels in Sar-e Pul

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.

Sar-e Pul 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	8° / -3°	54	9.4	5.1	9.8	1.5
Feb	10° / -1°	65	10.8	4.7	10.6	2.3
Mar	15° / 4°	84	12.3	2.2	11.7	4.5
Apr	21° / 9°	66	9.8	0.2	12.9	6.7
May	27° / 13°	28	4.6	0	13.9	7.6
Jun	32° / 17°	2	0.6	0	14.4	5.6
Jul	33° / 19°	0	0.1	0	14.2	4.8
Aug	32° / 17°	0	0	0	13.4	5.9
Sep	27° / 12°	1	0.3	0	12.2	8.7
Oct	21° / 7°	8	1.8	0	11.1	8.6
Nov	15° / 3°	37	6.6	1.1	10.1	5.0
Dec	10° / -1°	42	7.6	3.4	9.6	2.4

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 79% 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 15%. 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	92	92	92	90	90	90	89	88	88	87	87	87	86	86	86	85	85	84	83	83	81	80	79	78	76	75	73	72
Cloudier (%)	6	6	7	8	8	8	10	10	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	19	20	21	22	24	25	27	28

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	89	11
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	84	16
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	81	19
25	80	20
26	79	21
27	78	22
28	76	24
29	75	25
30	73	27
31	72	28

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Sar-e Pul gets around 8 mm of rain over 1.8 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 (%)	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	9	10	10	11	12	13	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	4
3	4
4	4
5	4
6	4
7	4
8	5
9	5
10	5
11	5
12	5
13	5
14	5
15	6
16	6
17	6
18	6
19	6
20	6
21	7
22	7
23	7
24	8
25	9
26	10
27	10
28	11
29	12
30	13
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 (%)	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 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 6:06 AM to 6:34 AM, and sunset from 5:44 PM to 5:06 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	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	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	6:34
Sunset (PM)	5:44	5:43	5:41	5:40	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:34	5:33	5:31	5:30	5:29	5:27	5:26	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:21	5:19	5:18	5:17	5:16	5:14	5:13	5:12	5:11	5:10	5:09	5:08	5:07	5:06

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	6:06	5:44
2	11.6	6:07	5:43
3	11.6	6:08	5:41
4	11.5	6:09	5:40
5	11.5	6:10	5:38
6	11.4	6:10	5:37
7	11.4	6:11	5:36
8	11.4	6:12	5:34
9	11.3	6:13	5:33
10	11.3	6:14	5:31
11	11.2	6:15	5:30
12	11.2	6:16	5:29
13	11.2	6:17	5:27
14	11.1	6:18	5:26
15	11.1	6:19	5:24
16	11.1	6:19	5:23
17	11.0	6:20	5:22
18	11.0	6:21	5:21
19	11.0	6:22	5:19
20	10.9	6:23	5:18
21	10.9	6:24	5:17
22	10.8	6:25	5:16
23	10.8	6:26	5:14
24	10.8	6:27	5:13
25	10.7	6:28	5:12
26	10.7	6:29	5:11
27	10.7	6:30	5:10
28	10.6	6:31	5:09
29	10.6	6:32	5:08
30	10.6	6:33	5:07
31	10.5	6:34	5:06

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.51 kWh/m² to a high of 7.86 kWh/m² in July across the year — October's 4.43 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	3.7	3.7	3.6
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	3.7	Moderate
30	3.7	Moderate
31	3.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Sar-e Pul?

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

8.6

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

5.4

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is one of the better times to visit Sar-e Pul for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Sar-e Pul in October

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

In October, Sar-e Pul sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Sar-e Pul 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 Sar-e Pul peaks around July 13 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 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	6	9	10	10	9	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	6	High
May	9	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Sar-e Pul 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 Sar-e Pul is worst in May — around 28 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (December, 12 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)	12	14	21	27	28	22	22	21	23	19	15	12
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Moderate
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	21	Moderate
Apr	27	Moderate
May	28	Moderate
Jun	22	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	21	Moderate
Sep	23	Moderate
Oct	19	Moderate
Nov	15	Moderate
Dec	12	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Sar-e Pul?

Sar-e Pul sits at 36.2°N, 65.9°E, 657 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Shibirghān, 53 km away.

Topography around Sar-e Pul

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Sar-e Pul.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sar-e Pul has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 134 m around an average of 650 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 790 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,448 m.

The land around Sar-e Pul is covered by bare terrain (40%) and cropland (30%) within 3 km, bare terrain (43%) and grassland (37%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%) and bare terrain (40%) within 80 km.

3 km

134 m

bare terrain 40%

16 km

790 m

bare terrain 43%

80 km

3,448 m

grassland 50%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← September Sar-e Pul year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Shibirghān 53 km · Sang-e Chārak 61 km · Balkh 105 km · Maymana 108 km · Andkhoy 109 km · Mazār-e Sharīf 119 km · Qarqīn 134 km · Termez 164 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 Sar-e Pul (36.2154°, 65.9325°, elevation 657 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	24	10
2	24	10
3	24	9
4	24	9
5	23	9
6	23	9
7	23	9
8	23	9
9	22	8
10	22	8
11	22	8
12	22	8
13	22	8
14	21	8
15	21	7
16	21	7
17	21	7
18	21	7
19	21	7
20	21	7
21	20	7
22	20	7
23	20	6
24	20	6
25	20	6
26	20	6
27	20	6
28	19	6
29	19	6
30	19	6
31	19	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	89	11
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	84	16
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	81	19
25	80	20
26	79	21
27	78	22
28	76	24
29	75	25
30	73	27
31	72	28

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	89	11
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	84	16
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	81	19
25	80	20
26	79	21
27	78	22
28	76	24
29	75	25
30	73	27
31	72	28

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	89	11
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	84	16
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	81	19
25	80	20
26	79	21
27	78	22
28	76	24
29	75	25
30	73	27
31	72	28

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

	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