Ahvaz weather in October

In October, Ahvaz sees average daytime highs of 37°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 8 mm of rain across 1.7 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 40°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 84% 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 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Ahvaz's 5th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ahvaz's year-round climate.

Daytime high
37°
6th warmest
Overnight low
21°
7th coldest
Rainfall
8 mm
1.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
6:24 AM – 5:37 PM
Cloud cover
17%
5th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.99 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.3
out of 10

Ahvaz is city in Khuzestan Province, Iran.

Air quality
Very high
PM2.5 43.7 µg/m³ · 2020
Density
1,593/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 40°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical October day in Ahvaz reaches about 37°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 40°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 7°C cooler than September and about 10°C warmer than November.

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 30 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
30
6 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Ahvaz weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan18° / 59710.26.7
Feb21° / 10°364.910.97.7
Mar26° / 14°404.711.87.8
Apr33° / 20°212.912.74.3
May40° / 26°50.913.60.5
Jun45° / 29°00.1140.0
Jul47° / 31°00.213.80.0
Aug47° / 30°10.313.10.0
Sep43° / 26°10.512.20.0
Oct37° / 21°81.711.22.3
Nov27° / 15°654.510.47.3
Dec20° / 10°736.5107.2

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 84% 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 11%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1982
2973
3973
4964
5964
6964
7964
8964
9955
10955
11946
12946
13937
14937
15928
16919
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Ahvaz gets around 8 mm of rain over 1.7 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 6% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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22
32
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62
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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 76% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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2968151430
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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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:13 AM to 6:35 AM, and sunset from 5:55 PM to 5:22 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:135:55
211.76:145:54
311.66:155:53
411.66:155:51
511.66:165:50
611.56:175:49
711.56:175:48
811.56:185:46
911.46:195:45
1011.46:195:44
1111.46:205:43
1211.36:215:42
1311.36:215:40
1411.36:225:39
1511.36:235:38
1611.26:245:37
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1811.26:255:35
1911.16:265:34
2011.16:275:33
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2211.06:285:31
2311.06:295:29
2411.06:305:29
2510.96:315:28
2610.96:315:27
2710.96:325:26
2810.96:335:25
2910.86:345:24
3010.86:355:23
3110.86:355:22

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.99 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.05 kWh/m² to a high of 7.87 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 4.99 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
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55.5Bright
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135.2Bright
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155.1Bright
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224.7Bright
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244.6Bright
254.5Bright
264.5Bright
274.4Bright
284.4Bright
294.3Bright
304.3Bright
314.2Bright
Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Ahvaz

In seasonPeak

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

Ahvaz sees seasonal dust haze (March–July), heaviest in May.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is October a good time to visit Ahvaz?

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

2.3
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ahvaz.

What to pack for Ahvaz in October

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

In October, Ahvaz sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ahvaz 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 Ahvaz peaks around July 13 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJul 13UV 10Dec 22UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5High
Apr6High
May7Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep6High
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Ahvaz 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 Ahvaz is worst in May — around 53 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Ahvaz's WHO annual average of 43.7 µg/m³.

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorMay 1152 µg/m³Aug 1837 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan45Poor
Feb48Poor
Mar51Poor
Apr50Poor
May53Poor
Jun39Poor
Jul38Poor
Aug37Poor
Sep38Poor
Oct40Poor
Nov42Poor
Dec43Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Ahvaz?

Ahvaz sits at 31.3°N, 48.7°E, 23 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is ‘Eyn-e Do, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Ahvaz

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ahvaz has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 76 m around an average of 19 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 91 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 627 m.

The land around Ahvaz is covered by artificial surfaces (78%) within 3 km, cropland (36%), bare terrain (32%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (44%) and bare terrain (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
76 m
16 km
91 m
80 km
627 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
October weather nearby: ‘Eyn-e Do 8.0 km · Kūt-e ‘Abdollāh 9.0 km · Sheybān 14 km · Veys 26 km · Ḥamīdiyeh 30 km · Sūsangerd 54 km · Hoveyzeh 60 km · Shādegān 75 km

Iran travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 352% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,924
2025
Happiness
5.2 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
94%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.4
per 100k, 2014
Road deaths
21.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 492
Religion
Muslim 99%Christian 1%Baha'i 0%agnostic 0%

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 Ahvaz (31.319°, 48.6842°, elevation 23 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).