Qīdar weather in October

In October, Qīdar sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 26 mm of precipitation across 4.5 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 24°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of October to 10 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Qīdar's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Qīdar's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 26 mm; 4.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 6:29 AM – 5:33 PM
Cloud cover: 31%; 5th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.5 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.8; out of 10

Qīdar is city in Zanjan 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 17°C by the end.

A typical October day in Qīdar reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 8°C cooler than September and about 9°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	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	16
Avg low (°C)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4

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

How October really feels in Qīdar

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.

Qīdar 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	3° / -6°	43	8.9	7.7	9.8	0.0
Feb	5° / -4°	50	9.4	7.1	10.6	0.4
Mar	11° / 0°	58	10.4	4.8	11.7	3.0
Apr	17° / 5°	57	11.2	0.8	12.9	5.5
May	23° / 9°	32	8.3	0	13.9	7.3
Jun	30° / 14°	5	1.5	0	14.4	6.4
Jul	34° / 16°	3	0.8	0	14.2	4.3
Aug	33° / 15°	2	0.5	0	13.4	4.6
Sep	29° / 11°	2	0.8	0	12.2	7.7
Oct	21° / 6°	26	4.5	0.1	11.1	7.8
Nov	12° / 1°	45	7.8	2	10.1	3.4
Dec	6° / -3°	41	7.6	5.9	9.6	0.5

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 21%. 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 (%)	93	92	91	90	90	89	88	87	86	86	86	84	84	83	82	81	80	79	78	76	75	74	73	72	70	69	67	67	65	65	63
Cloudier (%)	7	8	9	10	10	11	12	13	14	14	14	16	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	24	25	26	27	28	30	31	33	33	35	35	37

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	93	7
2	92	8
3	91	9
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	89	11
7	88	12
8	87	13
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	84	16
13	84	16
14	83	17
15	82	18
16	81	19
17	80	20
18	79	21
19	78	22
20	76	24
21	75	25
22	74	26
23	73	27
24	72	28
25	70	30
26	69	31
27	67	33
28	67	33
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	63	37

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitationSnow

Qīdar gets around 26 mm of rain and snow over 4.5 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 14% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. 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 (%)	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	13	14	15	17	18	19	21	22	23	25	26	27	28	29
Snow chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	6	0
2	6	0
3	6	0
4	7	0
5	7	0
6	8	0
7	8	0
8	8	0
9	8	0
10	9	0
11	9	0
12	9	0
13	10	0
14	10	0
15	11	0
16	11	0
17	12	0
18	13	0
19	14	0
20	15	0
21	17	0
22	18	0
23	19	0
24	21	1
25	22	1
26	23	1
27	25	1
28	26	1
29	27	1
30	28	2
31	29	2

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 10 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 10 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	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	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	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	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	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 36 min at the start of October to 10 h 30 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 6:15 AM to 6:43 AM, and sunset from 5:54 PM to 5:15 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)	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43
Sunset (PM)	5:54	5:52	5:51	5:49	5:48	5:46	5:45	5:44	5:42	5:41	5:39	5:38	5:37	5:35	5:34	5:33	5:31	5:30	5:29	5:28	5:26	5:25	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:20	5:19	5:18	5:17	5:16	5:15

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	6:15	5:54
2	11.6	6:16	5:52
3	11.6	6:17	5:51
4	11.5	6:18	5:49
5	11.5	6:19	5:48
6	11.4	6:20	5:46
7	11.4	6:21	5:45
8	11.4	6:22	5:44
9	11.3	6:22	5:42
10	11.3	6:23	5:41
11	11.3	6:24	5:39
12	11.2	6:25	5:38
13	11.2	6:26	5:37
14	11.1	6:27	5:35
15	11.1	6:28	5:34
16	11.1	6:29	5:33
17	11.0	6:30	5:31
18	11.0	6:31	5:30
19	11.0	6:32	5:29
20	10.9	6:32	5:28
21	10.9	6:33	5:26
22	10.8	6:34	5:25
23	10.8	6:35	5:24
24	10.8	6:36	5:23
25	10.7	6:37	5:22
26	10.7	6:38	5:20
27	10.7	6:39	5:19
28	10.6	6:40	5:18
29	10.6	6:41	5:17
30	10.6	6:42	5:16
31	10.5	6:43	5:15

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.66 kWh/m² to a high of 7.88 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 4.5 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)	5.3	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	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6
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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.0	Bright
25	4.0	Moderate
26	3.9	Moderate
27	3.9	Moderate
28	3.8	Moderate
29	3.7	Moderate
30	3.7	Moderate
31	3.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Qīdar?

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

4.7

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Qīdar in October

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

In October, Qīdar sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Qīdar 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 Qīdar peaks around July 17 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 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	5	7	9	10	11	10	8	6	4	4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

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

Air quality in Qīdar 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 Qīdar is worst in April — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (December, 19 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)	20	23	30	33	32	24	23	21	23	23	21	19
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	20	Moderate
Feb	23	Moderate
Mar	30	Moderate
Apr	33	Moderate
May	32	Moderate
Jun	24	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	21	Moderate
Sep	23	Moderate
Oct	23	Moderate
Nov	21	Moderate
Dec	19	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Qīdar?

Qīdar sits at 36.1°N, 48.6°E, 1,994 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Khorramdarreh, 55 km away.

Topography around Qīdar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Qīdar has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 624 m around an average of 1,999 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,083 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,319 m.

The land around Qīdar is covered by cropland (58%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (81%) within 16 km, and cropland (57%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

624 m

cropland 58%

16 km

1,083 m

cropland 81%

80 km

2,319 m

cropland 57%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

October weather nearby: Khorramdarreh 55 km · Abhar 56 km · Zanjan 63 km · Bījār 93 km · Tākestān 99 km · Manjīl 101 km · Kabūdarāhang 101 km · Pādegān-e Manjīl 102 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 Qīdar (36.1147°, 48.5911°, elevation 1,994 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	9
2	24	8
3	24	8
4	24	8
5	24	8
6	23	8
7	23	8
8	23	7
9	23	7
10	23	7
11	22	7
12	22	7
13	22	7
14	22	7
15	21	7
16	21	6
17	21	6
18	21	6
19	20	6
20	20	6
21	20	6
22	19	6
23	19	6
24	19	5
25	18	5
26	18	5
27	18	5
28	17	5
29	17	5
30	17	5
31	16	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	93	7
2	92	8
3	91	9
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	89	11
7	88	12
8	87	13
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	84	16
13	84	16
14	83	17
15	82	18
16	81	19
17	80	20
18	79	21
19	78	22
20	76	24
21	75	25
22	74	26
23	73	27
24	72	28
25	70	30
26	69	31
27	67	33
28	67	33
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	6	0
2	6	0
3	6	0
4	7	0
5	7	0
6	8	0
7	8	0
8	8	0
9	8	0
10	9	0
11	9	0
12	9	0
13	10	0
14	10	0
15	11	0
16	11	0
17	12	0
18	13	0
19	14	0
20	15	0
21	17	0
22	18	0
23	19	0
24	21	1
25	22	1
26	23	1
27	25	1
28	26	1
29	27	1
30	28	2
31	29	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	93	7
2	92	8
3	91	9
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	89	11
7	88	12
8	87	13
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	84	16
13	84	16
14	83	17
15	82	18
16	81	19
17	80	20
18	79	21
19	78	22
20	76	24
21	75	25
22	74	26
23	73	27
24	72	28
25	70	30
26	69	31
27	67	33
28	67	33
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	6	0
2	6	0
3	6	0
4	7	0
5	7	0
6	8	0
7	8	0
8	8	0
9	8	0
10	9	0
11	9	0
12	9	0
13	10	0
14	10	0
15	11	0
16	11	0
17	12	0
18	13	0
19	14	0
20	15	0
21	17	0
22	18	0
23	19	0
24	21	1
25	22	1
26	23	1
27	25	1
28	26	1
29	27	1
30	28	2
31	29	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	93	7
2	92	8
3	91	9
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	89	11
7	88	12
8	87	13
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	84	16
13	84	16
14	83	17
15	82	18
16	81	19
17	80	20
18	79	21
19	78	22
20	76	24
21	75	25
22	74	26
23	73	27
24	72	28
25	70	30
26	69	31
27	67	33
28	67	33
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	6	0
2	6	0
3	6	0
4	7	0
5	7	0
6	8	0
7	8	0
8	8	0
9	8	0
10	9	0
11	9	0
12	9	0
13	10	0
14	10	0
15	11	0
16	11	0
17	12	0
18	13	0
19	14	0
20	15	0
21	17	0
22	18	0
23	19	0
24	21	1
25	22	1
26	23	1
27	25	1
28	26	1
29	27	1
30	28	2
31	29	2

	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