Şaḩneh weather in October

In October, Şaḩneh sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 26 mm of rain 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 27°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% 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 Şaḩneh's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Şaḩneh's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 26 mm; 4.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 6:31 AM – 5:38 PM
Cloud cover: 28%; 5th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.75 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.1; out of 10

Şaḩneh is city in Kermanshah 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 27°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical October day in Şaḩneh reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 27°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)	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	18
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6

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

How October really feels in Şaḩneh

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.

Şaḩneh 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	5° / -4°	65	9.2	7.6	10	0.1
Feb	7° / -3°	73	10.2	6.6	10.7	1.0
Mar	13° / 2°	90	11.6	4	11.7	3.4
Apr	18° / 6°	74	11.3	0.2	12.8	5.7
May	24° / 11°	31	6.9	0	13.8	7.6
Jun	31° / 16°	2	0.6	0	14.3	5.8
Jul	36° / 19°	0	0.1	0	14.1	3.0
Aug	35° / 19°	0	0.1	0	13.3	3.2
Sep	31° / 14°	1	0.2	0	12.2	6.6
Oct	23° / 9°	26	4.5	0	11.1	8.1
Nov	14° / 3°	64	7.7	0.7	10.2	4.4
Dec	8° / -1°	61	7.9	4.4	9.7	1.5

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%. 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 (%)	94	94	94	92	92	91	89	89	87	87	85	85	84	82	82	81	80	79	78	78	77	75	74	73	73	71	70	70	69	68	67
Cloudier (%)	6	6	6	8	8	9	11	11	13	13	15	15	16	18	18	19	20	21	22	22	23	25	26	27	27	29	30	30	31	32	33

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	91	9
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	84	16
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	81	19
17	80	20
18	79	21
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	77	23
22	75	25
23	74	26
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	71	29
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	69	31
30	68	32
31	67	33

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Şaḩneh gets around 26 mm of rain 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 rain averages around 14% and peaks near 29% 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 (%)	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	8	9	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	18	19	20	21	23	24	25	26	27	27	28	29

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

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 6 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	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 6:18 AM to 6:44 AM, and sunset from 5:58 PM to 5:21 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	11.5	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	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	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	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44
Sunset (PM)	5:58	5:57	5:55	5:54	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:48	5:47	5:46	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:40	5:39	5:38	5:37	5:35	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:29	5:27	5:26	5:25	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:21

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	6:18	5:58
2	11.6	6:19	5:57
3	11.6	6:20	5:55
4	11.5	6:21	5:54
5	11.5	6:22	5:52
6	11.5	6:22	5:51
7	11.4	6:23	5:50
8	11.4	6:24	5:48
9	11.4	6:25	5:47
10	11.3	6:26	5:46
11	11.3	6:26	5:44
12	11.3	6:27	5:43
13	11.2	6:28	5:42
14	11.2	6:29	5:40
15	11.2	6:30	5:39
16	11.1	6:31	5:38
17	11.1	6:32	5:37
18	11.1	6:32	5:35
19	11.0	6:33	5:34
20	11.0	6:34	5:33
21	10.9	6:35	5:32
22	10.9	6:36	5:31
23	10.9	6:37	5:30
24	10.8	6:38	5:29
25	10.8	6:39	5:27
26	10.8	6:40	5:26
27	10.7	6:40	5:25
28	10.7	6:41	5:24
29	10.7	6:42	5:23
30	10.7	6:43	5:22
31	10.6	6:44	5:21

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.76 kWh/m² to a high of 8.1 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 4.75 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	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9
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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.6	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.4	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.0	Bright
29	4.0	Moderate
30	3.9	Moderate
31	3.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Şaḩneh?

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

8.1

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

6.1

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Şaḩneh in October

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

In October, Şaḩneh sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Şaḩneh 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 Şaḩneh peaks around August 13 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 3 (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)	3	5	5	7	10	11	10	11	9	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

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

Air quality in Şaḩneh 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 Şaḩneh is worst in April — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	25	28	34	37	36	28	28	25	27	27	24	24
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	25	Moderate
Feb	28	Moderate
Mar	34	Moderate
Apr	37	Poor
May	36	Poor
Jun	28	Moderate
Jul	28	Moderate
Aug	25	Moderate
Sep	27	Moderate
Oct	27	Moderate
Nov	24	Moderate
Dec	24	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Şaḩneh?

Şaḩneh sits at 34.5°N, 47.7°E, 1,364 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Harsīn, 25 km away.

Topography around Şaḩneh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Şaḩneh has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 611 m around an average of 1,460 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,889 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,561 m.

The land around Şaḩneh is covered by grassland (40%) and cropland (34%) within 3 km, grassland (59%) and cropland (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%) and cropland (41%) within 80 km.

3 km

611 m

grassland 40%

16 km

1,889 m

grassland 59%

80 km

2,561 m

grassland 53%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

October weather nearby: Harsīn 25 km · Kangāvar 25 km · Sonqor 34 km · Asadābād 52 km · Nūrābād 52 km · Kermanshah 60 km · Tūyserkān 69 km · Nahāvand 71 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 Şaḩneh (34.4813°, 47.6908°, elevation 1,364 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	11
2	27	11
3	27	11
4	26	11
5	26	11
6	26	10
7	26	10
8	25	10
9	25	10
10	25	10
11	25	10
12	24	9
13	24	9
14	24	9
15	24	9
16	23	9
17	23	9
18	23	9
19	22	8
20	22	8
21	22	8
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	21	8
25	20	7
26	20	7
27	20	7
28	19	7
29	19	7
30	19	7
31	18	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	91	9
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	84	16
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	81	19
17	80	20
18	79	21
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	77	23
22	75	25
23	74	26
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	71	29
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	69	31
30	68	32
31	67	33

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	91	9
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	84	16
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	81	19
17	80	20
18	79	21
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	77	23
22	75	25
23	74	26
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	71	29
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	69	31
30	68	32
31	67	33

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	91	9
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	84	16
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	81	19
17	80	20
18	79	21
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	77	23
22	75	25
23	74	26
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	71	29
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	69	31
30	68	32
31	67	33

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

	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