Gonābād weather in October

In October, Gonābād sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.9 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 85% 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 Gonābād's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gonābād's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 3 mm; 0.9 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 5:47 AM – 4:54 PM
Cloud cover: 15%; 5th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.93 kWh/m²
Travel score: 9.1; out of 10

Gonābād is city in Razavi Khorasan 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 26°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical October day in Gonābād reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 6°C cooler than September and about 8°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)	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9

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

How October really feels in Gonābād

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.

Gonābād weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	9° / -1°	33	6.1	2.1	10	1.8
Feb	11° / 1°	41	7.4	1.6	10.7	3.0
Mar	16° / 6°	55	9.6	0.7	11.7	5.4
Apr	23° / 12°	38	7.4	0	12.8	7.3
May	28° / 17°	15	3.7	0	13.8	7.0
Jun	33° / 21°	2	0.6	0	14.3	4.9
Jul	34° / 23°	0	0.1	0	14.1	4.2
Aug	32° / 21°	0	0.1	0	13.3	5.4
Sep	29° / 17°	0	0.1	0	12.2	7.6
Oct	24° / 12°	3	0.9	0	11.1	9.1
Nov	16° / 6°	14	3.3	0	10.2	6.2
Dec	11° / 1°	21	4.5	0.9	9.7	3.1

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 85% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 9%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	99	99	98	98	98	98	97	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	93	93	92	92	90	89	89	87	87	86	85	84	84	84	82	82	81
Cloudier (%)	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	7	7	8	8	10	11	11	13	13	14	15	16	16	16	18	18	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	97	3
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	90	10
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	86	14
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	81	19

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Gonābād gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.9 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 8% on the wettest days. The odds climb 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 (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8

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

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 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	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	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	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 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 5:34 AM to 6:00 AM, and sunset from 5:14 PM to 4:38 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)	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00
Sunset (PM)	5:14	5:13	5:11	5:10	5:08	5:07	5:06	5:04	5:03	5:02	5:00	4:59	4:58	4:57	4:55	4:54	4:53	4:52	4:50	4:49	4:48	4:47	4:46	4:45	4:44	4:43	4:42	4:41	4:40	4:39	4:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	5:34	5:14
2	11.6	5:35	5:13
3	11.6	5:36	5:11
4	11.6	5:37	5:10
5	11.5	5:38	5:08
6	11.5	5:38	5:07
7	11.4	5:39	5:06
8	11.4	5:40	5:04
9	11.4	5:41	5:03
10	11.3	5:42	5:02
11	11.3	5:42	5:00
12	11.3	5:43	4:59
13	11.2	5:44	4:58
14	11.2	5:45	4:57
15	11.2	5:46	4:55
16	11.1	5:47	4:54
17	11.1	5:47	4:53
18	11.1	5:48	4:52
19	11.0	5:49	4:50
20	11.0	5:50	4:49
21	11.0	5:51	4:48
22	10.9	5:52	4:47
23	10.9	5:53	4:46
24	10.9	5:54	4:45
25	10.8	5:54	4:44
26	10.8	5:55	4:43
27	10.8	5:56	4:42
28	10.7	5:57	4:41
29	10.7	5:58	4:40
30	10.7	5:59	4:39
31	10.6	6:00	4:38

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.01 kWh/m² to a high of 8 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 4.93 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)	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2
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	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.1	Bright
13	5.1	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.6	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.5	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.4	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.2	Bright
31	4.2	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Gonābād

In seasonPeak

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

Gonābād sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

Dust

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Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is October a good time to visit Gonābād?

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

9.1

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.2

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is one of the better times to visit Gonābād for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Gonābād in October

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

In October, Gonābād sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Gonābād 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 Gonābād peaks around July 16 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 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	10	11	9	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	7	High
Apr	7	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Gonābād 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 Gonābād is worst in May — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (December, 14 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)	15	20	24	32	32	25	28	23	28	22	16	14
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	20	Moderate
Mar	24	Moderate
Apr	32	Moderate
May	32	Moderate
Jun	25	Moderate
Jul	28	Moderate
Aug	23	Moderate
Sep	28	Moderate
Oct	22	Moderate
Nov	16	Moderate
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Gonābād?

Gonābād sits at 34.4°N, 58.7°E, 1,095 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Ferdows, 60 km away.

Topography around Gonābād

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gonābād has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 70 m around an average of 1,098 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 466 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,025 m.

The land around Gonābād is covered by cropland (35%), bare terrain (34%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 3 km, bare terrain (91%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (93%) within 80 km.

3 km

70 m

cropland 35%

16 km

466 m

bare terrain 91%

80 km

2,025 m

bare terrain 93%

croplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

October weather nearby: Ferdows 60 km · Qā’en 84 km · Kāshmar 100 km · Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh 114 km · Bardaskan 120 km · Boshrūyeh 127 km · Khvāf 136 km · Bīrjand 173 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 Gonābād (34.3529°, 58.6837°, elevation 1,095 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	27	14
2	27	14
3	26	14
4	26	14
5	26	13
6	26	13
7	25	13
8	25	13
9	25	13
10	25	12
11	25	12
12	24	12
13	24	12
14	24	12
15	24	12
16	24	11
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	11
20	23	11
21	23	11
22	23	10
23	22	10
24	22	10
25	22	10
26	22	10
27	22	10
28	21	10
29	21	9
30	21	9
31	21	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	97	3
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	90	10
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	86	14
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	81	19

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	97	3
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	90	10
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	86	14
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	81	19

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	97	3
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	90	10
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	86	14
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	81	19

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

	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