Aflou weather in October

In October, Aflou sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 32 mm of rain across 5.2 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-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 51% 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 Aflou's 6th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Aflou's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 32 mm; 5.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 7:03 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover: 42%; 6th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.64 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.5; out of 10

Aflou is town and commune in Laghouat Province, Algeria.

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 Aflou reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 26°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	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18
Avg low (°C)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8

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

How October really feels in Aflou

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.

Aflou weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 1°	18	4.4	1.8	10	2.7
Feb	12° / 2°	19	4.6	1.5	10.7	3.6
Mar	15° / 4°	23	5.5	0.5	11.7	5.4
Apr	19° / 7°	30	5.5	0.1	12.8	7.0
May	25° / 12°	25	5.5	0.1	13.8	7.8
Jun	30° / 17°	15	4	0	14.2	5.8
Jul	35° / 21°	9	2.8	0	14	3.3
Aug	33° / 20°	16	5.2	0	13.3	3.9
Sep	28° / 16°	38	6.3	0	12.2	6.8
Oct	21° / 11°	32	5.2	0	11.1	7.5
Nov	15° / 5°	19	3.5	0.2	10.2	5.2
Dec	11° / 2°	16	3.6	1	9.8	3.2

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%.

	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 (%)	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	68	69	68	68	67	67	67	66	65	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	68
Cloudier (%)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	31	32	32	33	33	33	34	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	32

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	68	32
10	69	31
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	66	34
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	68	32

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Aflou gets around 32 mm of rain over 5.2 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 18% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days. The odds ease 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 (%)	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12

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

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 97% 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 (%)	94	94	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	97	97	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	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	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	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 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 6:51 AM to 7:16 AM, and sunset from 6:30 PM to 5:54 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	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	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	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16
Sunset (PM)	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:02	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:54

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	6:51	6:30
2	11.6	6:51	6:29
3	11.6	6:52	6:28
4	11.6	6:53	6:26
5	11.5	6:54	6:25
6	11.5	6:55	6:24
7	11.4	6:55	6:22
8	11.4	6:56	6:21
9	11.4	6:57	6:20
10	11.3	6:58	6:18
11	11.3	6:59	6:17
12	11.3	6:59	6:16
13	11.2	7:00	6:14
14	11.2	7:01	6:13
15	11.2	7:02	6:12
16	11.1	7:03	6:11
17	11.1	7:04	6:09
18	11.1	7:04	6:08
19	11.0	7:05	6:07
20	11.0	7:06	6:06
21	11.0	7:07	6:05
22	10.9	7:08	6:04
23	10.9	7:09	6:02
24	10.9	7:10	6:01
25	10.8	7:10	6:00
26	10.8	7:11	5:59
27	10.8	7:12	5:58
28	10.7	7:13	5:57
29	10.7	7:14	5:56
30	10.7	7:15	5:55
31	10.6	7:16	5:54

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.9 kWh/m² to a high of 7.66 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 4.64 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	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0
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	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.6	Bright
17	4.6	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.4	Bright
22	4.4	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.3	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.1	Bright
31	4.0	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Aflou

In seasonPeak

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

Aflou sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in June.

Dust

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Nov

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Is October a good time to visit Aflou?

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

7.5

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

4.7

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is one of the better times to visit Aflou for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Aflou in October

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

In October, Aflou sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in Aflou 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 Aflou peaks around June 18 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	5	8	8	9	11	10	9	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Aflou 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 Aflou is worst in June — around 45 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.4× the cleanest month (December, 13 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)	14	23	36	44	42	45	37	36	39	24	17	13
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	23	Moderate
Mar	36	Poor
Apr	44	Poor
May	42	Poor
Jun	45	Poor
Jul	37	Poor
Aug	36	Poor
Sep	39	Poor
Oct	24	Moderate
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	13	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Aflou?

Aflou sits at 34.1°N, 2.1°E, 1,392 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is El Idrissia, 54 km away.

Topography around Aflou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Aflou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 131 m around an average of 1,424 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 575 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,175 m.

The land around Aflou is covered by grassland (43%), bare terrain (24%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, grassland (67%) and bare terrain (24%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (60%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

131 m

grassland 43%

16 km

575 m

grassland 67%

80 km

1,175 m

bare terrain 60%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

October weather nearby: El Idrissia 54 km · Laghouat 78 km · Charef 85 km · ’Aïn Deheb 96 km · ’Aïn el Bell 106 km · El Bayadh 111 km · Djelfa 123 km · Ksar Chellala 124 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

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 Aflou (34.1128°, 2.1023°, elevation 1,392 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	13
2	24	13
3	24	12
4	24	12
5	23	12
6	23	12
7	23	12
8	23	12
9	23	12
10	22	11
11	22	11
12	22	11
13	22	11
14	22	11
15	21	11
16	21	11
17	21	10
18	21	10
19	21	10
20	21	10
21	21	10
22	20	10
23	20	10
24	20	9
25	20	9
26	20	9
27	19	9
28	19	9
29	19	8
30	19	8
31	18	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	68	32
10	69	31
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	66	34
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	68	32

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	68	32
10	69	31
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	66	34
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	68	32

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	68	32
10	69	31
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	66	34
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	68	32

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0