Zākīyah weather in October

In October, Zākīyah sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 7 mm of rain across 1.7 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Zākīyah's 6th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zākīyah's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 7 mm; 1.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 12 min; 5:46 AM – 4:55 PM
Cloud cover: 23%; 6th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 4.7 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.8; out of 10

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical October day in Zākīyah reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 5°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)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11

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

How October really feels in Zākīyah

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.

Zākīyah 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	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 3°	38	7.1	0.5	10	3.7
Feb	14° / 4°	32	6.4	0.7	10.8	4.7
Mar	18° / 6°	23	5.2	0.1	11.7	6.9
Apr	23° / 10°	9	2.8	0	12.8	8.4
May	29° / 14°	7	1.7	0	13.7	7.4
Jun	33° / 17°	0	0.1	0	14.2	5.0
Jul	35° / 19°	0	0	0	14	3.4
Aug	35° / 19°	0	0.1	0	13.2	3.3
Sep	33° / 17°	1	0.3	0	12.2	5.1
Oct	28° / 14°	7	1.7	0	11.2	7.8
Nov	20° / 8°	18	3.7	0	10.3	7.5
Dec	14° / 5°	29	5.2	0.1	9.8	4.9

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% 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 11%. 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	96	95	95	95	93	93	93	92	92	91	90	90	89	89	89	88	88	88	87	87	86	86	85	85	84	84	84	83	83	82
Cloudier (%)	4	4	5	5	5	7	7	7	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	91	9
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	82	18

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Zākīyah gets around 7 mm of rain over 1.7 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 6% and peaks near 11% 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	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	11

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	3
3	3
4	3
5	3
6	3
7	3
8	3
9	3
10	4
11	4
12	4
13	4
14	5
15	5
16	5
17	6
18	6
19	6
20	7
21	7
22	7
23	8
24	8
25	9
26	9
27	9
28	10
29	10
30	11
31	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 93% 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 (%)	83	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	91	92	92	93	93	94	94	95	95	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98
Comfortable (%)	17	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	83	17
2	85	15
3	86	14
4	87	13
5	88	12
6	89	11
7	90	10
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	93	7
13	93	7
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

Wind in October

Winds average 8 km/h in October, the calmest month.

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	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	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	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	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 42 min at the start of October to 10 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:34 AM to 5:59 AM, and sunset from 5:15 PM to 4:39 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	11.6	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	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7
Sunrise (AM)	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59
Sunset (PM)	5:15	5:13	5:12	5:10	5:09	5:08	5:06	5:05	5:04	5:03	5:01	5:00	4:59	4:58	4:56	4:55	4:54	4:53	4:52	4:50	4:49	4:48	4:47	4:46	4:45	4:44	4:43	4:42	4:41	4:40	4:39

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	5:34	5:15
2	11.6	5:35	5:13
3	11.6	5:36	5:12
4	11.6	5:36	5:10
5	11.5	5:37	5:09
6	11.5	5:38	5:08
7	11.5	5:39	5:06
8	11.4	5:39	5:05
9	11.4	5:40	5:04
10	11.4	5:41	5:03
11	11.3	5:42	5:01
12	11.3	5:42	5:00
13	11.3	5:43	4:59
14	11.2	5:44	4:58
15	11.2	5:45	4:56
16	11.2	5:46	4:55
17	11.1	5:46	4:54
18	11.1	5:47	4:53
19	11.1	5:48	4:52
20	11.0	5:49	4:50
21	11.0	5:50	4:49
22	11.0	5:51	4:48
23	10.9	5:52	4:47
24	10.9	5:52	4:46
25	10.9	5:53	4:45
26	10.8	5:54	4:44
27	10.8	5:55	4:43
28	10.8	5:56	4:42
29	10.7	5:57	4:41
30	10.7	5:58	4:40
31	10.7	5:59	4:39

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.71 kWh/m² to a high of 8.18 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 4.7 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)	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	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	Bright	Moderate	Moderate

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

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Zākīyah?

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

7.8

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

8.4

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Zākīyah in October

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

In October, Zākīyah sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 14°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Zākīyah 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 Zākīyah peaks around June 22 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

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

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

Air quality in Zākīyah 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 Zākīyah is worst in April — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.7× the cleanest month (July, 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)	48	54	54	55	46	37	33	34	42	48	50	51
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	48	Poor
Feb	54	Poor
Mar	54	Poor
Apr	55	Unhealthy
May	46	Poor
Jun	37	Poor
Jul	33	Moderate
Aug	34	Moderate
Sep	42	Poor
Oct	48	Poor
Nov	50	Poor
Dec	51	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Zākīyah?

Zākīyah sits at 33.3°N, 36.2°E, 766 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Al Kiswah, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Zākīyah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zākīyah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m around an average of 762 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 540 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,018 m.

The land around Zākīyah is covered by grassland (45%) and cropland (41%) within 3 km, cropland (44%) and grassland (43%) within 16 km, and grassland (36%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

65 m

grassland 45%

16 km

540 m

cropland 44%

80 km

3,018 m

grassland 36%

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

October weather nearby: Al Kiswah 8.0 km · Şaḩnāyā 12 km · Qaţanā 14 km · Dārayyā 15 km · al-Yarmūk 20 km · Babīlā 22 km · Damascus 23 km · Jaramānā 24 km

Syria travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / E / L; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 32% of US; price level, 2022
GDP per capita: $1,057; 2022
Happiness: 3.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2018
Homicide rate: 2.1; per 100k, 2010
Road deaths: 14.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 456
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 Zākīyah (33.3341°, 36.1588°, elevation 766 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	30	16
2	30	15
3	30	15
4	30	15
5	30	15
6	30	15
7	30	15
8	29	15
9	29	15
10	29	15
11	29	15
12	29	14
13	28	14
14	28	14
15	28	14
16	28	14
17	28	14
18	27	14
19	27	14
20	27	13
21	27	13
22	26	13
23	26	13
24	26	13
25	25	12
26	25	12
27	25	12
28	24	12
29	24	12
30	24	11
31	24	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	91	9
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	82	18

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	83	17
2	85	15
3	86	14
4	87	13
5	88	12
6	89	11
7	90	10
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	93	7
13	93	7
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	91	9
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	82	18

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	83	17
2	85	15
3	86	14
4	87	13
5	88	12
6	89	11
7	90	10
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	93	7
13	93	7
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	91	9
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	82	18

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	83	17
2	85	15
3	86	14
4	87	13
5	88	12
6	89	11
7	90	10
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	93	7
13	93	7
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2