Sarakhs weather in October

In October, Sarakhs sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 6 mm of rain across 1.1 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 23°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 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 Sarakhs's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sarakhs's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 6 mm; 1.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 5:39 AM – 4:42 PM
Cloud cover: 18%; 5th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.39 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.8; out of 10

Sarakhs 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 28°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical October day in Sarakhs reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°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 33°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 7°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)	29	29	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	22
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

How October really feels in Sarakhs

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.

Sarakhs weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-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	11° / 1°	28	5.4	2.2	9.8	3.1
Feb	13° / 3°	35	6.4	2	10.6	4.1
Mar	19° / 7°	44	7.6	0.6	11.7	6.3
Apr	26° / 13°	27	4.7	0	12.9	7.5
May	32° / 19°	10	2.2	0	13.9	4.8
Jun	37° / 23°	1	0.2	0	14.4	1.9
Jul	39° / 25°	0	0.1	0	14.2	0.8
Aug	37° / 23°	0	0	0	13.4	2.0
Sep	32° / 18°	0	0.1	0	12.2	5.3
Oct	26° / 11°	6	1.1	0	11.1	8.8
Nov	17° / 6°	15	3.5	0.3	10.1	6.6
Dec	12° / 2°	19	3.9	1.1	9.5	3.8

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 8% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 12%. 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 (%)	96	95	95	95	95	94	94	93	93	92	92	92	90	90	90	89	88	87	87	85	85	85	83	83	82	81	81	80	78	78	77
Cloudier (%)	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	10	10	10	11	12	13	13	15	15	15	17	17	18	19	19	20	22	22	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	89	11
17	88	12
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	82	18
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	80	20
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	77	23

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Sarakhs gets around 6 mm of rain over 1.1 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 4% and peaks near 9% 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	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	9

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

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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in October

Winds average 11 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	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 5:25 AM to 5:54 AM, and sunset from 5:03 PM to 4:24 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	11.2	11.2	11.2	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	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54
Sunset (PM)	5:03	5:02	5:00	4:59	4:57	4:56	4:54	4:53	4:52	4:50	4:49	4:47	4:46	4:45	4:43	4:42	4:41	4:39	4:38	4:37	4:35	4:34	4:33	4:32	4:31	4:30	4:28	4:27	4:26	4:25	4:24

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	5:25	5:03
2	11.6	5:26	5:02
3	11.6	5:27	5:00
4	11.5	5:28	4:59
5	11.5	5:29	4:57
6	11.4	5:30	4:56
7	11.4	5:31	4:54
8	11.4	5:32	4:53
9	11.3	5:32	4:52
10	11.3	5:33	4:50
11	11.2	5:34	4:49
12	11.2	5:35	4:47
13	11.2	5:36	4:46
14	11.1	5:37	4:45
15	11.1	5:38	4:43
16	11.0	5:39	4:42
17	11.0	5:40	4:41
18	11.0	5:41	4:39
19	10.9	5:42	4:38
20	10.9	5:43	4:37
21	10.9	5:44	4:35
22	10.8	5:45	4:34
23	10.8	5:46	4:33
24	10.8	5:47	4:32
25	10.7	5:48	4:31
26	10.7	5:49	4:30
27	10.6	5:50	4:28
28	10.6	5:51	4:27
29	10.6	5:52	4:26
30	10.5	5:53	4:25
31	10.5	5:54	4:24

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.39 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.43 kWh/m² to a high of 7.73 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 4.39 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)	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.6	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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

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

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Sarakhs

In seasonPeak

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

Sarakhs sees seasonal dust haze (April–August), heaviest in July.

Dust

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is October a good time to visit Sarakhs?

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

8.0

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Sarakhs in October

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

In October, Sarakhs sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes.

light clothes

UV index in Sarakhs in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sarakhs peaks around July 11 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	4	5	6	8	10	10	8	7	5	3	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Sarakhs 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 Sarakhs is worst in July — around 65 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (January, 33 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)	33	34	45	45	47	46	65	53	45	40	37	36
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	33	Moderate
Feb	34	Moderate
Mar	45	Poor
Apr	45	Poor
May	47	Poor
Jun	46	Poor
Jul	65	Unhealthy
Aug	53	Poor
Sep	45	Poor
Oct	40	Poor
Nov	37	Poor
Dec	36	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Sarakhs?

Sarakhs sits at 36.5°N, 61.2°E, 276 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Sarahs, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Sarakhs

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sarakhs has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 17 m around an average of 272 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 176 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,607 m.

The land around Sarakhs is covered by cropland (57%) within 3 km, cropland (49%) and grassland (39%) within 16 km, and grassland (69%) within 80 km.

3 km

17 m

cropland 57%

16 km

176 m

cropland 49%

80 km

1,607 m

grassland 69%

shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

October weather nearby: Sarahs 6.0 km · Tejen 110 km · Mary 131 km · Gorjī-ye Soflá 134 km · Yolöten 136 km · Mashad 142 km · Türkmengala 143 km · Çaşgyn 144 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 Sarakhs (36.5449°, 61.1577°, elevation 276 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	29	14
2	29	14
3	28	14
4	28	14
5	28	13
6	28	13
7	27	13
8	27	13
9	27	12
10	27	12
11	27	12
12	26	12
13	26	11
14	26	11
15	26	11
16	26	11
17	25	11
18	25	11
19	25	10
20	25	10
21	25	10
22	24	10
23	24	10
24	24	10
25	24	10
26	23	9
27	23	9
28	23	9
29	23	9
30	22	9
31	22	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	89	11
17	88	12
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	82	18
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	80	20
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	77	23

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	89	11
17	88	12
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	82	18
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	80	20
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	77	23

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	89	11
17	88	12
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	82	18
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	80	20
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	77	23

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1