Şafāshahr weather in October

In October, Şafāshahr sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 3 mm of rain across 1 wet days and about 11.2 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 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% 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 Şafāshahr's 3rd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Şafāshahr's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 3 mm; 1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 12 min; 6:05 AM – 5:20 PM
Cloud cover: 20%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 5.44 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.7; out of 10

Şafāshahr is city in Fars 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 18°C by the end.

A typical October day in Şafāshahr reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 24°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)	25	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5

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

How October really feels in Şafāshahr

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.

Şafāshahr 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	6° / -5°	35	5.2	4.1	10.2	0.6
Feb	8° / -2°	27	4.8	2.1	10.9	1.9
Mar	13° / 1°	30	5.3	0.7	11.8	4.2
Apr	18° / 6°	16	4.1	0.1	12.7	6.8
May	25° / 11°	7	2	0	13.5	8.4
Jun	30° / 16°	1	0.4	0	13.9	6.6
Jul	32° / 19°	1	0.1	0	13.8	5.5
Aug	31° / 17°	0	0.1	0	13.1	6.4
Sep	27° / 13°	0	0.1	0	12.2	8.5
Oct	21° / 8°	3	1	0	11.2	8.7
Nov	14° / 2°	15	2.9	0.5	10.5	5.0
Dec	9° / -2°	26	3.5	1.8	10.1	2.2

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% 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 (%)	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	94	93	93	92	92	91	90	90	89	89	87	87	86	86	85	84	84	84	83
Cloudier (%)	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	7	7	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	13	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	94	6
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	91	9
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	85	15
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	84	16
31	83	17

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Şafāshahr gets around 3 mm of rain over 1 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 6% 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	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6

	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	3
19	3
20	3
21	3
22	4
23	4
24	4
25	5
26	5
27	5
28	5
29	5
30	6
31	6

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 8 km/h in October, the calmest month.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

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 5:55 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 5:37 PM to 5:05 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	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8
Sunrise (AM)	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:16
Sunset (PM)	5:37	5:36	5:35	5:34	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:29	5:28	5:26	5:25	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:18	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:14	5:13	5:12	5:11	5:10	5:09	5:09	5:08	5:07	5:06	5:05

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	5:55	5:37
2	11.7	5:56	5:36
3	11.6	5:56	5:35
4	11.6	5:57	5:34
5	11.6	5:58	5:32
6	11.5	5:58	5:31
7	11.5	5:59	5:30
8	11.5	6:00	5:29
9	11.5	6:00	5:28
10	11.4	6:01	5:26
11	11.4	6:02	5:25
12	11.4	6:02	5:24
13	11.3	6:03	5:23
14	11.3	6:04	5:22
15	11.3	6:04	5:21
16	11.2	6:05	5:20
17	11.2	6:06	5:18
18	11.2	6:06	5:17
19	11.2	6:07	5:16
20	11.1	6:08	5:15
21	11.1	6:09	5:14
22	11.1	6:09	5:13
23	11.0	6:10	5:12
24	11.0	6:11	5:11
25	11.0	6:12	5:10
26	11.0	6:12	5:09
27	10.9	6:13	5:09
28	10.9	6:14	5:08
29	10.9	6:15	5:07
30	10.8	6:16	5:06
31	10.8	6:16	5:05

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.68 kWh/m² to a high of 8.02 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 5.44 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)	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	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	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8
Level	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	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Intense
2	6.0	Intense
3	6.0	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.8	Bright
31	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Şafāshahr?

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

8.7

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

5.5

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Şafāshahr in October

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

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

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Şafāshahr in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Şafāshahr peaks around July 17 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 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)	4	7	7	8	11	11	12	11	10	8	5	4
Level	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	7	High
Mar	7	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Şafāshahr 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 Şafāshahr is worst in April — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (November, 15 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	27	27	33	29	19	24	17	19	18	15	16
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	20	Moderate
Feb	27	Moderate
Mar	27	Moderate
Apr	33	Moderate
May	29	Moderate
Jun	19	Moderate
Jul	24	Moderate
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	15	Moderate
Dec	16	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Şafāshahr?

Şafāshahr sits at 30.6°N, 53.2°E, 2,299 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Pasargad, 46 km away.

Topography around Şafāshahr

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Şafāshahr has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 114 m around an average of 2,315 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,127 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,444 m.

The land around Şafāshahr is covered by bare terrain (55%) and cropland (32%) within 3 km, bare terrain (81%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (71%) within 80 km.

3 km

114 m

bare terrain 55%

16 km

1,127 m

bare terrain 81%

80 km

2,444 m

bare terrain 71%

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

October weather nearby: Pasargad 46 km · Surian 47 km · Eqlīd 57 km · Abarkūh 58 km · Sa‘ādat Shahr 60 km · Arsanjān 79 km · Marvdasht 90 km · Zarqān 104 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 Şafāshahr (30.6131°, 53.1954°, elevation 2,299 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	10
2	24	10
3	24	10
4	24	10
5	24	10
6	24	9
7	23	9
8	23	9
9	23	9
10	23	9
11	22	9
12	22	8
13	22	8
14	22	8
15	22	8
16	21	8
17	21	7
18	21	7
19	21	7
20	21	7
21	20	7
22	20	7
23	20	6
24	20	6
25	19	6
26	19	6
27	19	6
28	19	6
29	18	5
30	18	5
31	18	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	94	6
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	91	9
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	85	15
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	84	16
31	83	17

	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	3
19	3
20	3
21	3
22	4
23	4
24	4
25	5
26	5
27	5
28	5
29	5
30	6
31	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	94	6
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	91	9
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	85	15
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	84	16
31	83	17

	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	3
19	3
20	3
21	3
22	4
23	4
24	4
25	5
26	5
27	5
28	5
29	5
30	6
31	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	94	6
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	91	9
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	85	15
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	84	16
31	83	17

	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	3
19	3
20	3
21	3
22	4
23	4
24	4
25	5
26	5
27	5
28	5
29	5
30	6
31	6

	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