Dar Chioukh weather in October

In October, Dar Chioukh sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 27 mm of rain across 4.7 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% 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 Dar Chioukh's 6th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dar Chioukh's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 27 mm; 4.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 6:58 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover: 43%; 6th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.44 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.8; out of 10

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical October day in Dar Chioukh reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 28°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)	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9

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

How October really feels in Dar Chioukh

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.

Dar Chioukh 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / 2°	29	6	0.9	9.9	3.1
Feb	13° / 3°	24	5.7	1.1	10.7	3.9
Mar	16° / 5°	28	5.8	0.4	11.7	5.9
Apr	20° / 8°	36	6.1	0.1	12.9	7.0
May	26° / 13°	30	6.3	0	13.8	7.6
Jun	32° / 18°	13	3.9	0	14.3	5.0
Jul	36° / 22°	8	3.1	0	14.1	2.6
Aug	35° / 21°	12	4.2	0	13.3	3.2
Sep	29° / 16°	31	6.4	0	12.2	6.4
Oct	23° / 12°	27	4.7	0	11.1	7.8
Nov	16° / 6°	21	4.6	0	10.2	5.7
Dec	12° / 3°	24	5.3	0.6	9.7	3.6

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% 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 35%.

	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 (%)	68	68	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	67	67	66	65	64	64	64	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	64	64	64	64	64	65	65
Cloudier (%)	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	33	33	34	35	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	35	35

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	66	34
13	65	35
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	65	35
31	65	35

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Dar Chioukh gets around 27 mm of rain over 4.7 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 16% and peaks near 18% 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 (%)	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

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

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 92% 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 (%)	86	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	89	89	90	90	90	91	91	92	92	93	93	94	95	95	96	96	97	97	97	98	98	98	99
Comfortable (%)	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	94	6
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	99	1

Wind in October

Winds average 9 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	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 6:45 AM to 7:12 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 5:48 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	11.5	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	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:12
Sunset (PM)	6:25	6:23	6:22	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:16	6:15	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:04	6:03	6:02	6:01	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:49	5:48

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	6:45	6:25
2	11.6	6:46	6:23
3	11.6	6:47	6:22
4	11.5	6:48	6:20
5	11.5	6:49	6:19
6	11.5	6:49	6:18
7	11.4	6:50	6:16
8	11.4	6:51	6:15
9	11.4	6:52	6:13
10	11.3	6:53	6:12
11	11.3	6:54	6:11
12	11.2	6:54	6:09
13	11.2	6:55	6:08
14	11.2	6:56	6:07
15	11.1	6:57	6:06
16	11.1	6:58	6:04
17	11.1	6:59	6:03
18	11.0	7:00	6:02
19	11.0	7:01	6:01
20	11.0	7:01	5:59
21	10.9	7:02	5:58
22	10.9	7:03	5:57
23	10.9	7:04	5:56
24	10.8	7:05	5:55
25	10.8	7:06	5:54
26	10.8	7:07	5:53
27	10.7	7:08	5:52
28	10.7	7:09	5:51
29	10.7	7:10	5:50
30	10.6	7:11	5:49
31	10.6	7:12	5:48

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 2.63 kWh/m² to a high of 7.62 kWh/m² in June 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)	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8
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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	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	4.8	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.5	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	4.2	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.0	Bright
26	4.0	Moderate
27	3.9	Moderate
28	3.9	Moderate
29	3.9	Moderate
30	3.8	Moderate
31	3.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Dar Chioukh

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is October a good time to visit Dar Chioukh?

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

7.8

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

5.7

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Dar Chioukh in October

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

In October, Dar Chioukh sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes. About 5 days see rain.

light clothes

UV index in Dar Chioukh 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 Dar Chioukh peaks around July 12 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 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	7	7	8	9	10	8	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	7	High
Apr	7	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Dar Chioukh 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 Dar Chioukh is worst in June — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (December, 16 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)	17	19	26	29	30	33	31	30	33	24	17	16
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	19	Moderate
Mar	26	Moderate
Apr	29	Moderate
May	30	Moderate
Jun	33	Moderate
Jul	31	Moderate
Aug	30	Moderate
Sep	33	Moderate
Oct	24	Moderate
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	16	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Dar Chioukh?

Dar Chioukh sits at 34.9°N, 3.5°E, 1,094 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Djelfa, 32 km away.

Topography around Dar Chioukh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dar Chioukh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m around an average of 1,109 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 590 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,184 m.

The land around Dar Chioukh is covered by cropland (60%) within 3 km, cropland (37%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and grassland (41%) and bare terrain (40%) within 80 km.

3 km

50 m

cropland 60%

16 km

590 m

cropland 37%

80 km

1,184 m

grassland 41%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

October weather nearby: Djelfa 32 km · Hassi Bahbah 46 km · Feidh el Botma 51 km · ’Aïn el Melh 62 km · ’Aïn el Bell 66 km · Charef 70 km · Bou Saâda 72 km · Aïn Oussera 81 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 Dar Chioukh (34.8964°, 3.4854°, elevation 1,094 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	25	14
2	25	14
3	25	13
4	25	13
5	25	13
6	25	13
7	24	13
8	24	13
9	24	13
10	24	12
11	24	12
12	23	12
13	23	12
14	23	12
15	23	12
16	23	12
17	23	12
18	22	11
19	22	11
20	22	11
21	22	11
22	22	11
23	22	11
24	21	11
25	21	10
26	21	10
27	21	10
28	20	10
29	20	10
30	20	9
31	20	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	66	34
13	65	35
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	65	35
31	65	35

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	94	6
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	66	34
13	65	35
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	65	35
31	65	35

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	94	6
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	66	34
13	65	35
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	65	35
31	65	35

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	94	6
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	99	1