Zābol weather in October

In October, Zābol sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 95% 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 Zābol's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zābol's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
7th warmest
Overnight low
16°
6th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
5:32 AM – 4:46 PM
Cloud cover
6%
5th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

Zābol is city in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran.

Air quality
Severe
PM2.5 69.4 µg/m³ · 2020

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical October day in Zābol reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 6°C cooler than September and about 8°C warmer than November.

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How October really feels in Zābol

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 10 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
10
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in October is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Zābol weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan16° / 153.310.26.1
Feb20° / 112.710.97.8
Mar26° / 12°153.311.88.1
Apr33° / 18°40.812.74.7
May38° / 24°10.113.61.3
Jun42° / 28°10140.0
Jul43° / 30°0013.80.0
Aug41° / 28°0013.10.0
Sep37° / 23°0012.22.0
Oct31° / 16°0011.26.4
Nov23° / 30.710.48.9
Dec17° / 71.6107.2

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 95% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 3% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 2%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11000
21000
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41000
5991
6991
7991
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31946

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Zābol gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 0% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

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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.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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Wind in October

Winds average 18 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 22 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
122breezy
222breezy
322breezy
421breezy
521breezy
621breezy
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1220light breeze
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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 5:22 AM to 5:44 AM, and sunset from 5:04 PM to 4:31 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.75:225:04
211.75:235:03
311.65:235:01
411.65:245:00
511.65:254:59
611.55:254:58
711.55:264:56
811.55:274:55
911.45:274:54
1011.45:284:53
1111.45:294:52
1211.45:294:50
1311.35:304:49
1411.35:314:48
1511.35:314:47
1611.25:324:46
1711.25:334:45
1811.25:344:44
1911.15:344:43
2011.15:354:42
2111.15:364:41
2211.05:374:40
2311.05:374:39
2411.05:384:38
2511.05:394:37
2610.95:404:36
2710.95:414:35
2810.95:414:34
2910.85:424:33
3010.85:434:32
3110.85:444:31

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.58 kWh/m² to a high of 8.09 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 5.33 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.9Bright
25.9Bright
35.8Bright
45.8Bright
55.8Bright
65.7Bright
75.7Bright
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95.6Bright
105.6Bright
115.5Bright
125.5Bright
135.5Bright
145.4Bright
155.4Bright
165.3Bright
175.3Bright
185.3Bright
195.2Bright
205.2Bright
215.1Bright
225.1Bright
235.0Bright
245.0Bright
255.0Bright
264.9Bright
274.9Bright
284.8Bright
294.8Bright
304.8Bright
314.7Bright
Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Zābol

In seasonPeak

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

Zābol sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in July.

Dust
Jan
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Is October a good time to visit Zābol?

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

6.4
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
8.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Zābol for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Zābol in October

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

In October, Zābol sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Zābol in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Zābol peaks around June 18 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highVery highVery highModerateJun 18UV 10Dec 18UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb6High
Mar8Very high
Apr8Very high
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct7High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Zābol 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 Zābol is worst in August — around 135 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.8× the cleanest month (December, 36 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Zābol's WHO annual average of 69.4 µg/m³.

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorAug 11134 µg/m³Dec 1936 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan37Poor
Feb41Poor
Mar43Poor
Apr56Unhealthy
May65Unhealthy
Jun90Unhealthy
Jul129Unhealthy
Aug135Unhealthy
Sep100Unhealthy
Oct63Unhealthy
Nov38Poor
Dec36Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Zābol?

Zābol sits at 31.0°N, 61.5°E, 483 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Zaranj, 36 km away.

KhāshNehbandānFarahZahedanKhān NeshīnKushkShīnḏanḏ

Topography around Zābol

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zābol has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 9 m around an average of 480 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 711 m.

The land around Zābol is covered by artificial surfaces (55%) and bare terrain (36%) within 3 km, bare terrain (51%) and cropland (44%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (89%) within 80 km.

3 km
9 m
16 km
16 m
80 km
711 m
shrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland
October weather nearby: Zaranj 36 km · Khāsh 135 km · Nehbandān 150 km · Farah 161 km · Zahedan 181 km · Khān Neshīn 226 km · Kushk 256 km · Shīnḏanḏ 260 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
Muslim 99%Christian 1%Baha'i 0%agnostic 0%

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 Zābol (31.0306°, 61.4949°, elevation 483 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).