Abadan weather in October

In October, Abadan sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 14 mm of rain across 3.9 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 72% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Abadan's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Abadan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
6th warmest
Overnight low
11°
7th coldest
Rainfall
14 mm
3.9 wet days
Daylight
11 hours
7:22 AM – 6:22 PM
Cloud cover
26%
5th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.04 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.2
out of 10

Abadan is district of Ashgabat, former city.

Founded
1963

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 25°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical October day in Abadan reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 7°C cooler than September and about 8°C warmer than November.

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How October really feels in Abadan

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Abadan weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°306.249.71.0
Feb / 458.14.710.51.8
Mar14° / 6611.13.911.74.2
Apr21° / 11°6311.31136.4
May27° / 16°4710.10.1146.4
Jun33° / 21°184.9014.64.6
Jul35° / 24°71.8014.43.5
Aug34° / 22°51.3013.54.3
Sep29° / 17°82.2012.37.2
Oct22° / 11°143.90118.2
Nov14° / 275.41.59.94.7
Dec / 224.92.69.41.8

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 72% 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 17%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Abadan gets around 14 mm of rain over 3.9 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 13% and peaks near 18% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3017
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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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1973
2982
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Wind in October

Winds average 7 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of October to 10 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 72 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 7:08 AM to 7:38 AM, and sunset from 6:45 PM to 6:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.67:086:45
211.67:096:43
311.57:106:41
411.57:116:40
511.47:126:38
611.47:136:37
711.47:146:35
811.37:146:34
911.37:156:32
1011.27:166:31
1111.27:176:29
1211.27:186:28
1311.17:196:26
1411.17:206:25
1511.07:216:24
1611.07:226:22
1711.07:236:21
1810.97:246:19
1910.97:256:18
2010.87:266:17
2110.87:276:15
2210.87:296:14
2310.77:306:13
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2710.67:346:08
2810.57:356:07
2910.57:366:06
3010.57:376:05
3110.47:386:03

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.3 kWh/m² to a high of 7.44 kWh/m² in July across the year — October's 4.04 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
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184.0Moderate
193.9Moderate
203.9Moderate
213.8Moderate
223.8Moderate
233.7Moderate
243.6Moderate
253.6Moderate
263.5Moderate
273.5Moderate
283.4Moderate
293.4Moderate
303.3Moderate
313.3Moderate
Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Abadan

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is October a good time to visit Abadan?

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

8.2
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

October is one of the better times to visit Abadan for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Abadan in October

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

In October, Abadan sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes. About 4 days see rain.

light clothes

UV index in Abadan 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 Abadan peaks around July 15 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 2 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJul 15UV 10Jan 10UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5High
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Abadan 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 Abadan is worst in September — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.0× the cleanest month (January, 19 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModerateSep 1636 µg/m³Jan 1019 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan19Moderate
Feb24Moderate
Mar33Moderate
Apr33Moderate
May31Moderate
Jun29Moderate
Jul34Moderate
Aug32Moderate
Sep37Poor
Oct32Moderate
Nov27Moderate
Dec19Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Abadan?

Abadan sits at 38.1°N, 58.2°E, 228 m above sea level, in Turkmenistan. The nearest listed city is Arkadag, 12 km away.

ShīrvānBäherdenBojnūrdDargaz

Topography around Abadan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Abadan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 76 m around an average of 230 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,377 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,894 m.

The land around Abadan is covered by artificial surfaces (49%) and cropland (22%) within 3 km, cropland (31%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and grassland (38%) and bare terrain (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
76 m
16 km
1,377 m
80 km
2,894 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
October weather nearby: Arkadag 12 km · Ashgabat 20 km · Gökdepe 24 km · Änew 34 km · Shīrvān 77 km · Bäherden 79 km · Bojnūrd 100 km · Dargaz 105 km

Turkmenistan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type B / C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 0% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$6,540
2025
Happiness
5.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2021
Safe drinking water
95%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1
per 100k, 2015
Road deaths
13.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 456
Religion
Muslim 93%Christian 6%

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 Abadan (38.0541°, 58.1972°, elevation 228 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).