Adrar weather in October

In October, Adrar sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 37°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% 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 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Adrar's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Adrar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
6th warmest
Overnight low
20°
7th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
7:07 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover
27%
12th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.53 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Adrar is сapital city of Adrar Province, Algeria.

Density
108/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 37°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical October day in Adrar reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 7°C cooler than September and about 8°C warmer than November.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How October really feels in Adrar

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 25 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
25
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in October is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Adrar weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 20.410.48.7
Feb24° / 10°20.4119.1
Mar28° / 14°20.411.87.9
Apr33° / 18°30.312.64.6
May38° / 23°00.113.41.5
Jun43° / 27°00.113.70.0
Jul46° / 31°0013.60.0
Aug44° / 30°10.2130.0
Sep41° / 26°20.412.20.3
Oct34° / 20°10.311.34.0
Nov26° / 13°10.410.68.5
Dec22° / 10.210.38.8

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in October, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Adrar gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.3 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 1% and peaks near 2% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
191711
291711
391711
493610
593610
693610
793610
894510
994510
1094510
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1295410
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2898200
2999100
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Wind in October

Winds average 16 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
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516light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of October to 10 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:58 AM to 7:17 AM, and sunset from 6:42 PM to 6:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:586:42
211.76:596:41
311.76:596:40
411.77:006:39
511.67:006:38
611.67:016:37
711.67:016:35
811.57:026:34
911.57:026:33
1011.57:036:32
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1211.47:046:30
1311.47:056:29
1411.47:056:28
1511.37:066:27
1611.37:076:26
1711.37:076:25
1811.37:086:24
1911.27:086:23
2011.27:096:22
2111.27:106:21
2211.27:106:20
2311.17:116:19
2411.17:126:18
2511.17:126:18
2611.17:136:17
2711.07:146:16
2811.07:146:15
2911.07:156:14
3011.07:166:14
3110.97:176:13

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.02 kWh/m² to a high of 8.04 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 5.53 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Intense
26.0Intense
36.0Bright
45.9Bright
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275.2Bright
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305.1Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Adrar

In seasonPeak

In October, Adrar sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Adrar sees seasonal dust haze (February–October), heaviest in July.

Dust
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May
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Nov
Dec

Is October a good time to visit Adrar?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
7.4
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Adrar for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Adrar in October

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

In October, Adrar sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Adrar in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Adrar peaks around July 16 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 16UV 11Dec 17UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5High
Feb7High
Mar8Very high
Apr9Very high
May9Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct7Very high
Nov5High
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Adrar 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 Adrar is worst in April — around 76 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.8× the cleanest month (November, 42 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorApr 1775 µg/m³Nov 1744 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan46Poor
Feb72Unhealthy
Mar68Unhealthy
Apr76Unhealthy
May71Unhealthy
Jun71Unhealthy
Jul75Unhealthy
Aug72Unhealthy
Sep66Unhealthy
Oct61Unhealthy
Nov42Poor
Dec56Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Adrar?

Adrar sits at 27.9°N, 0.3°W, 257 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Reggane, 137 km away.

RegganeTimimounAoulefIn SalahEl MeniaBécharMerzougaMoulay Ali Cherif

Topography around Adrar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Adrar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 255 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 80 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 230 m.

The land around Adrar is covered by artificial surfaces (54%) and bare terrain (36%) within 3 km, bare terrain (95%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

3 km
30 m
16 km
80 m
80 km
230 m
treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
October weather nearby: Reggane 137 km · Timimoun 163 km · Aoulef 169 km · In Salah 284 km · El Menia 430 km · Béchar 456 km · Merzouga 508 km · Moulay Ali Cherif 539 km

Algeria travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 33% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$6,051
2025
Happiness
5.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
69%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.2
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
20.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 468
Religion
Muslim 99%

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 Adrar (27.8743°, -0.2939°, elevation 257 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).