Kyakhta weather in October

In October, Kyakhta sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near -4°C, with 15 mm of precipitation across 4.1 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 3°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of October to 9 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Kyakhta's 1st-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kyakhta's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 8°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: -4°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 15 mm; 4.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 7:26 AM – 5:53 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 1st clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 2.67 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.6; out of 10

Kyakhta is town in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia.

Density: 658/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1727

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 12°C in the first days to 3°C by the end.

A typical October day in Kyakhta reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to -4°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 1°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 10°C cooler than September and about 13°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)	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2
Avg low (°C)	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	-2	-2	-2	-3	-3	-3	-3	-4	-4	-4	-5	-5	-5	-5	-6	-6	-6	-7	-7	-7	-7	-8	-8	-8

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	0
2	13	0
3	12	0
4	12	-1
5	12	-1
6	11	-1
7	11	-1
8	11	-2
9	10	-2
10	10	-2
11	10	-3
12	9	-3
13	9	-3
14	9	-3
15	8	-4
16	8	-4
17	8	-4
18	7	-5
19	7	-5
20	6	-5
21	6	-5
22	6	-6
23	5	-6
24	5	-6
25	5	-7
26	4	-7
27	4	-7
28	4	-7
29	3	-8
30	3	-8
31	2	-8

How October really feels in Kyakhta

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 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

9 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

The story in October is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Kyakhta weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-16° / -27°	2	0.6	1.2	8.3	0.0
Feb	-9° / -23°	2	0.8	1.4	9.7	0.0
Mar	2° / -12°	6	2.2	2.5	11.5	0.2
Apr	11° / -2°	17	4.3	3.2	13.5	3.2
May	19° / 5°	33	6.7	1.5	15.2	6.5
Jun	25° / 12°	47	9	0	16.1	6.8
Jul	27° / 15°	65	10.7	0	15.7	6.3
Aug	24° / 12°	72	10.7	0	14.3	6.7
Sep	17° / 5°	39	8.2	0.5	12.4	5.8
Oct	8° / -4°	15	4.1	2.6	10.5	1.6
Nov	-5° / -15°	7	2.3	3.2	8.8	0.0
Dec	-14° / -24°	5	1.9	2.4	7.9	0.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in October, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 43%.

	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 (%)	54	54	54	54	54	54	55	56	56	57	57	57	57	58	58	58	59	59	58	59	59	59	59	59	59	58	58	57	58	58	57
Cloudier (%)	46	46	46	46	46	46	45	44	44	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	41	41	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	43	42	42	43

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	55	45
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	58	42
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	57	43
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	57	43

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitationSnow

Kyakhta gets around 15 mm of rain and snow over 4.1 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 14% and peaks near 19% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow. The odds ease 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 (%)	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	9
Snow chance (%)	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11

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

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.

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

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of October to 9 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 114 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 7:01 AM to 7:51 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 5:24 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)	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:01	7:03	7:04	7:06	7:08	7:09	7:11	7:13	7:14	7:16	7:18	7:19	7:21	7:22	7:24	7:26	7:28	7:29	7:31	7:33	7:34	7:36	7:38	7:39	7:41	7:43	7:45	7:46	7:48	7:50	7:51
Sunset (PM)	6:25	6:23	6:21	6:18	6:16	6:14	6:12	6:10	6:07	6:05	6:03	6:01	5:59	5:57	5:55	5:53	5:51	5:49	5:47	5:45	5:43	5:41	5:39	5:37	5:35	5:33	5:31	5:29	5:28	5:26	5:24

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	7:01	6:25
2	11.3	7:03	6:23
3	11.3	7:04	6:21
4	11.2	7:06	6:18
5	11.1	7:08	6:16
6	11.1	7:09	6:14
7	11.0	7:11	6:12
8	11.0	7:13	6:10
9	10.9	7:14	6:07
10	10.8	7:16	6:05
11	10.8	7:18	6:03
12	10.7	7:19	6:01
13	10.6	7:21	5:59
14	10.6	7:22	5:57
15	10.5	7:24	5:55
16	10.4	7:26	5:53
17	10.4	7:28	5:51
18	10.3	7:29	5:49
19	10.3	7:31	5:47
20	10.2	7:33	5:45
21	10.1	7:34	5:43
22	10.1	7:36	5:41
23	10.0	7:38	5:39
24	10.0	7:39	5:37
25	9.9	7:41	5:35
26	9.8	7:43	5:33
27	9.8	7:45	5:31
28	9.7	7:46	5:29
29	9.7	7:48	5:28
30	9.6	7:50	5:26
31	9.5	7:51	5:24

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 2.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.14 kWh/m² to a high of 6.42 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 2.67 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)	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.3	Moderate
2	3.2	Moderate
3	3.2	Moderate
4	3.2	Moderate
5	3.1	Moderate
6	3.1	Moderate
7	3.0	Moderate
8	3.0	Moderate
9	3.0	Moderate
10	2.9	Moderate
11	2.9	Moderate
12	2.8	Moderate
13	2.8	Moderate
14	2.7	Moderate
15	2.7	Moderate
16	2.6	Moderate
17	2.6	Moderate
18	2.6	Moderate
19	2.5	Moderate
20	2.5	Moderate
21	2.5	Moderate
22	2.4	Moderate
23	2.4	Moderate
24	2.3	Moderate
25	2.3	Moderate
26	2.3	Moderate
27	2.2	Moderate
28	2.2	Moderate
29	2.2	Moderate
30	2.1	Moderate
31	2.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Kyakhta?

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

1.6

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kyakhta.

What to pack for Kyakhta in October

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

In October, Kyakhta sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near -4°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Kyakhta in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kyakhta peaks around July 15 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	5	6	7	7	6	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	7	High
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Kyakhta?

Kyakhta sits at 50.3°N, 106.5°E, 742 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Sühbaatar, 22 km away.

Topography around Kyakhta

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kyakhta has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 310 m around an average of 821 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 499 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,186 m.

The land around Kyakhta is covered by grassland (43%) and trees (39%) within 3 km, grassland (55%) and trees (42%) within 16 km, and grassland (62%) and trees (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

310 m

grassland 43%

16 km

499 m

grassland 55%

80 km

1,186 m

grassland 62%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

October weather nearby: Sühbaatar 22 km · Darhan 103 km · Gusinoozyorsk 104 km · Dzüünharaa 166 km · Ulan-Ude 183 km · Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy 197 km · Baykal’sk 207 km · Erdenet 225 km

Russia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 32% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $17,547; 2025
Happiness: 5.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 76%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 6.8; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 12; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 521
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 Kyakhta (50.3496°, 106.451°, elevation 742 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. 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	13	0
2	13	0
3	12	0
4	12	-1
5	12	-1
6	11	-1
7	11	-1
8	11	-2
9	10	-2
10	10	-2
11	10	-3
12	9	-3
13	9	-3
14	9	-3
15	8	-4
16	8	-4
17	8	-4
18	7	-5
19	7	-5
20	6	-5
21	6	-5
22	6	-6
23	5	-6
24	5	-6
25	5	-7
26	4	-7
27	4	-7
28	4	-7
29	3	-8
30	3	-8
31	2	-8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	55	45
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	58	42
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	57	43
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	57	43

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	55	45
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	58	42
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	57	43
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	57	43

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	55	45
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	58	42
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	57	43
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	57	43

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

	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