Bāft weather in October

In October, Bāft sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.8 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 9th-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 83% 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 Bāft's 1st-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bāft's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 4 mm; 0.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 5:50 AM – 5:07 PM
Cloud cover: 16%; 1st clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.6 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.8; out of 10

Bāft is city in Kerman Province, Iran.

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 Bāft reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 5°C cooler than September and about 6°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	24	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

How October really feels in Bāft

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.

Bāft weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	7° / -4°	66	7.2	5.3	10.3	1.2
Feb	9° / -2°	70	7.9	3.9	10.9	2.0
Mar	13° / 2°	66	9.2	1.8	11.8	4.0
Apr	19° / 7°	27	4.9	0.1	12.7	6.9
May	25° / 12°	7	1.8	0	13.4	8.6
Jun	30° / 17°	3	0.4	0	13.8	6.9
Jul	31° / 19°	3	0.6	0	13.7	5.8
Aug	30° / 17°	5	1.1	0	13	6.7
Sep	27° / 14°	1	0.2	0	12.2	8.7
Oct	21° / 8°	4	0.8	0	11.3	8.8
Nov	15° / 3°	18	2.8	0.5	10.5	5.8
Dec	10° / -1°	39	4.5	2.6	10.2	3.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 83% of the time in October, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 6%.

	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 (%)	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	94	94	93	93	93	93	92	91	90	90	89	89	89	87
Cloudier (%)	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	9	10	10	11	11	11	13

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

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Bāft gets around 4 mm of rain over 0.8 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 3% and peaks near 5% 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 (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5

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

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 9 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

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 5:41 AM to 6:01 AM, and sunset from 5:24 PM to 4:53 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	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9
Sunrise (AM)	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:01
Sunset (PM)	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:21	5:19	5:18	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:14	5:13	5:11	5:10	5:09	5:08	5:07	5:06	5:05	5:04	5:03	5:02	5:01	5:00	4:59	4:58	4:58	4:57	4:56	4:55	4:54	4:53

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	5:41	5:24
2	11.7	5:41	5:23
3	11.7	5:42	5:22
4	11.6	5:43	5:21
5	11.6	5:43	5:19
6	11.6	5:44	5:18
7	11.5	5:44	5:17
8	11.5	5:45	5:16
9	11.5	5:46	5:15
10	11.5	5:46	5:14
11	11.4	5:47	5:13
12	11.4	5:48	5:11
13	11.4	5:48	5:10
14	11.3	5:49	5:09
15	11.3	5:49	5:08
16	11.3	5:50	5:07
17	11.3	5:51	5:06
18	11.2	5:51	5:05
19	11.2	5:52	5:04
20	11.2	5:53	5:03
21	11.1	5:54	5:02
22	11.1	5:54	5:01
23	11.1	5:55	5:00
24	11.1	5:56	4:59
25	11.0	5:56	4:58
26	11.0	5:57	4:58
27	11.0	5:58	4:57
28	11.0	5:59	4:56
29	10.9	5:59	4:55
30	10.9	6:00	4:54
31	10.9	6:01	4:53

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.9 kWh/m² to a high of 7.87 kWh/m² in May across the year — October's 5.6 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)	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.0
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	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	6.1	Intense
2	6.1	Intense
3	6.0	Intense
4	6.0	Intense
5	6.0	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Bāft?

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

8.8

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

5.6

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Bāft in October

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

In October, Bāft sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: sun protection.

sun protection

UV index in Bāft in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bāft peaks around June 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 4 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	5	8	10	9	12	13	12	12	11	8	5	4
Level	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	5	Moderate
Feb	8	Very high
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	9	Very high
May	12	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	5	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Bāft 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 Bāft is worst in April — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.5× the cleanest month (November, 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)	14	20	24	30	29	22	28	20	19	16	12	12
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	20	Moderate
Mar	24	Moderate
Apr	30	Moderate
May	29	Moderate
Jun	22	Moderate
Jul	28	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	12	Moderate
Dec	12	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Bāft?

Bāft sits at 29.2°N, 56.6°E, 2,268 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Bardsīr, 77 km away.

Topography around Bāft

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bāft has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 385 m around an average of 2,283 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,008 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,173 m.

The land around Bāft is covered by bare terrain (52%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 3 km, bare terrain (82%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (77%) within 80 km.

3 km

385 m

bare terrain 52%

16 km

1,008 m

bare terrain 82%

80 km

3,173 m

bare terrain 77%

shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

October weather nearby: Bardsīr 77 km · Najafshahr 87 km · Sirjan 93 km · Māhān 114 km · Ḩājjīābād 123 km · Kerman 126 km · Jīroft 127 km · Rafsanjān 143 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

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 Bāft (29.2331°, 56.6022°, elevation 2,268 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	11
2	24	11
3	24	11
4	24	10
5	24	10
6	23	10
7	23	10
8	23	10
9	23	9
10	23	9
11	22	9
12	22	9
13	22	9
14	22	8
15	22	8
16	21	8
17	21	8
18	21	8
19	21	7
20	21	7
21	21	7
22	20	7
23	20	7
24	20	7
25	20	7
26	20	6
27	19	6
28	19	6
29	19	6
30	19	6
31	19	6

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	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