Erbil weather in October

In October, Erbil sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 26 mm of rain across 3.1 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 33°C in the first days to 25°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 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 Erbil's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Erbil's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 26 mm; 3.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 6:17 AM – 5:21 PM
Cloud cover: 27%; 5th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.41 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.2; out of 10

Erbil is capital of Kurdistan Region in Iraq.

Density: 134/km²; people per km²

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 33°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical October day in Erbil reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 7°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)	34	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	25
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	18
2	33	18
3	33	18
4	33	18
5	33	18
6	33	18
7	32	18
8	32	18
9	32	17
10	32	17
11	32	17
12	31	17
13	31	17
14	31	17
15	31	17
16	30	16
17	30	16
18	30	16
19	29	16
20	29	16
21	29	15
22	28	15
23	28	15
24	27	15
25	27	14
26	27	14
27	26	14
28	26	14
29	26	13
30	25	13
31	25	13

How October really feels in Erbil

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 9 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

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

Erbil weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 3°	101	10.7	9.8	3.3
Feb	14° / 4°	94	10.1	10.6	4.1
Mar	18° / 8°	93	10	11.7	6.1
Apr	24° / 12°	62	7.7	12.9	7.4
May	31° / 18°	22	4.6	13.9	5.4
Jun	38° / 23°	1	0.4	14.4	1.5
Jul	42° / 26°	0	0.1	14.2	0.0
Aug	41° / 26°	0	0.1	13.4	0.0
Sep	37° / 21°	1	0.2	12.2	2.2
Oct	30° / 16°	26	3.1	11.1	6.2
Nov	20° / 9°	64	6.6	10.1	7.2
Dec	14° / 5°	87	8.4	9.6	4.5

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 11% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%. 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 (%)	95	93	93	92	91	90	90	88	88	87	85	85	84	83	83	81	81	80	79	79	78	77	76	76	75	74	74	73	73	73	73
Cloudier (%)	5	7	7	8	9	10	10	12	12	13	15	15	16	17	17	19	19	20	21	21	22	23	24	24	25	26	26	27	27	27	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	95	5
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	92	8
5	91	9
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	87	13
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	84	16
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	80	20
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	78	22
22	77	23
23	76	24
24	76	24
25	75	25
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Erbil gets around 26 mm of rain over 3.1 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 10% and peaks near 22% 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 (%)	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	6	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	15	16	17	18	19	20	20	21	21	22

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

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 96% 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	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	96	96	95	95	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	93	7

Wind in October

Winds average 8 km/h in October.

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 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 6:04 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 5:42 PM to 5:03 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)	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32
Sunset (PM)	5:42	5:41	5:39	5:38	5:36	5:35	5:33	5:32	5:30	5:29	5:28	5:26	5:25	5:24	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:18	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:13	5:12	5:11	5:10	5:09	5:08	5:06	5:05	5:04	5:03

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	6:04	5:42
2	11.6	6:05	5:41
3	11.6	6:06	5:39
4	11.5	6:06	5:38
5	11.5	6:07	5:36
6	11.4	6:08	5:35
7	11.4	6:09	5:33
8	11.4	6:10	5:32
9	11.3	6:11	5:30
10	11.3	6:12	5:29
11	11.3	6:13	5:28
12	11.2	6:13	5:26
13	11.2	6:14	5:25
14	11.1	6:15	5:24
15	11.1	6:16	5:22
16	11.1	6:17	5:21
17	11.0	6:18	5:20
18	11.0	6:19	5:18
19	11.0	6:20	5:17
20	10.9	6:21	5:16
21	10.9	6:22	5:15
22	10.8	6:23	5:13
23	10.8	6:24	5:12
24	10.8	6:25	5:11
25	10.7	6:26	5:10
26	10.7	6:27	5:09
27	10.7	6:28	5:08
28	10.6	6:29	5:06
29	10.6	6:30	5:05
30	10.6	6:31	5:04
31	10.5	6:32	5:03

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.36 kWh/m² to a high of 7.95 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 4.41 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	5.2	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	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	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	5.3	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.4	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	3.8	Moderate
27	3.8	Moderate
28	3.7	Moderate
29	3.7	Moderate
30	3.6	Moderate
31	3.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Erbil

In seasonPeak

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

Erbil's rainy season runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Erbil sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in May.

Rainy season

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is October a good time to visit Erbil?

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

6.2

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

8.0

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Erbil in October

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

In October, Erbil sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes. About 3 days see rain.

light clothes

UV index in Erbil 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 Erbil peaks around June 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

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

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

Air quality in Erbil 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 Erbil is worst in March — around 49 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)	37	41	49	49	47	42	38	38	40	42	37	36
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	37	Poor
Feb	41	Poor
Mar	49	Poor
Apr	49	Poor
May	47	Poor
Jun	42	Poor
Jul	38	Poor
Aug	38	Poor
Sep	40	Poor
Oct	42	Poor
Nov	37	Poor
Dec	36	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Erbil?

Erbil sits at 36.2°N, 44.0°E, 429 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Khasnahzān, 12 km away.

Topography around Erbil

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Erbil has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 57 m around an average of 415 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 483 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,473 m.

The land around Erbil is covered by artificial surfaces (84%) within 3 km, cropland (55%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (46%) and grassland (45%) within 80 km.

3 km

57 m

artificial surfaces 84%

16 km

483 m

cropland 55%

80 km

2,473 m

cropland 46%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

October weather nearby: Khasnahzān 12 km · Baḥarkah 14 km · Pīrmām 27 km · Shaqlāwah 37 km · Ḩarir 50 km · Koysinceq 57 km · Al-Hamdaniya 57 km · Khalīfān 58 km

Iraq travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / D / G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 38% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $5,410; 2025
Happiness: 5.2 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 60%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 9.5; per 100k, 2013
Road deaths: 27.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 406
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 Erbil (36.1912°, 44.0094°, elevation 429 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	34	18
2	33	18
3	33	18
4	33	18
5	33	18
6	33	18
7	32	18
8	32	18
9	32	17
10	32	17
11	32	17
12	31	17
13	31	17
14	31	17
15	31	17
16	30	16
17	30	16
18	30	16
19	29	16
20	29	16
21	29	15
22	28	15
23	28	15
24	27	15
25	27	14
26	27	14
27	26	14
28	26	14
29	26	13
30	25	13
31	25	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	95	5
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	92	8
5	91	9
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	87	13
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	84	16
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	80	20
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	78	22
22	77	23
23	76	24
24	76	24
25	75	25
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	93	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	18
2	33	18
3	33	18
4	33	18
5	33	18
6	33	18
7	32	18
8	32	18
9	32	17
10	32	17
11	32	17
12	31	17
13	31	17
14	31	17
15	31	17
16	30	16
17	30	16
18	30	16
19	29	16
20	29	16
21	29	15
22	28	15
23	28	15
24	27	15
25	27	14
26	27	14
27	26	14
28	26	14
29	26	13
30	25	13
31	25	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	95	5
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	92	8
5	91	9
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	87	13
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	84	16
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	80	20
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	78	22
22	77	23
23	76	24
24	76	24
25	75	25
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	93	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	18
2	33	18
3	33	18
4	33	18
5	33	18
6	33	18
7	32	18
8	32	18
9	32	17
10	32	17
11	32	17
12	31	17
13	31	17
14	31	17
15	31	17
16	30	16
17	30	16
18	30	16
19	29	16
20	29	16
21	29	15
22	28	15
23	28	15
24	27	15
25	27	14
26	27	14
27	26	14
28	26	14
29	26	13
30	25	13
31	25	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	95	5
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	92	8
5	91	9
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	87	13
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	84	16
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	80	20
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	78	22
22	77	23
23	76	24
24	76	24
25	75	25
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	93	7