Karakul’ weather in October

In October, Karakul’ sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 4 mm of rain across 1.4 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Karakul’'s 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Karakul’'s year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 4 mm; 1.4 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 7:01 AM – 5:58 PM
Cloud cover: 22%; 5th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.03 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.7; out of 10

Karakul’ is human settlement.

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 26°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical October day in Karakul’ reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 8°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)	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	19
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6

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

How October really feels in Karakul’

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.

Karakul’ weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	7° / -2°	17	3.9	1.2	9.5	1.1
Feb	10° / 0°	23	5	1.2	10.4	2.6
Mar	17° / 5°	28	5.7	0.4	11.7	5.8
Apr	25° / 12°	20	4	0	13	7.7
May	31° / 17°	8	2.2	0	14.1	5.5
Jun	36° / 22°	2	0.7	0	14.7	2.5
Jul	38° / 24°	0	0.1	0	14.5	1.3
Aug	36° / 22°	0	0	0	13.6	2.5
Sep	31° / 16°	1	0.2	0	12.3	6.4
Oct	23° / 9°	4	1.4	0	10.9	8.7
Nov	14° / 3°	13	3.5	0.3	9.8	5.0
Dec	8° / -1°	11	2.7	0.4	9.3	1.6

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%. 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 (%)	91	90	90	89	89	89	89	88	87	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	85	85	84	84	83	82	82	81	80	78	78	77	76	75	74
Cloudier (%)	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	18	18	19	20	22	22	23	24	25	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	88	12
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	83	17
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	81	19
25	80	20
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	77	23
29	76	24
30	75	25
31	74	26

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Karakul’ gets around 4 mm of rain over 1.4 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 5% and peaks near 8% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	8

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

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 12 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	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	12	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of October to 10 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 78 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:46 AM to 7:18 AM, and sunset from 6:21 PM to 5:38 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	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18
Sunset (PM)	6:21	6:20	6:18	6:16	6:15	6:13	6:12	6:10	6:09	6:07	6:05	6:04	6:02	6:01	5:59	5:58	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:48	5:47	5:46	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:41	5:39	5:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	6:46	6:21
2	11.5	6:47	6:20
3	11.5	6:48	6:18
4	11.5	6:49	6:16
5	11.4	6:50	6:15
6	11.4	6:51	6:13
7	11.3	6:52	6:12
8	11.3	6:53	6:10
9	11.2	6:54	6:09
10	11.2	6:55	6:07
11	11.2	6:56	6:05
12	11.1	6:57	6:04
13	11.1	6:58	6:02
14	11.0	6:59	6:01
15	11.0	7:00	5:59
16	10.9	7:01	5:58
17	10.9	7:03	5:56
18	10.9	7:04	5:55
19	10.8	7:05	5:54
20	10.8	7:06	5:52
21	10.7	7:07	5:51
22	10.7	7:08	5:50
23	10.7	7:09	5:48
24	10.6	7:10	5:47
25	10.6	7:11	5:46
26	10.5	7:12	5:44
27	10.5	7:14	5:43
28	10.5	7:15	5:42
29	10.4	7:16	5:41
30	10.4	7:17	5:39
31	10.3	7:18	5:38

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.03 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.05 kWh/m² to a high of 7.74 kWh/m² in July across the year — October's 4.03 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)	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	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.1	Bright
15	4.1	Bright
16	4.0	Bright
17	4.0	Moderate
18	3.9	Moderate
19	3.9	Moderate
20	3.8	Moderate
21	3.8	Moderate
22	3.7	Moderate
23	3.7	Moderate
24	3.6	Moderate
25	3.5	Moderate
26	3.5	Moderate
27	3.4	Moderate
28	3.4	Moderate
29	3.3	Moderate
30	3.3	Moderate
31	3.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Karakul’

In seasonPeak

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

Karakul’ sees seasonal dust haze (April–August), heaviest in July.

Dust

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is October a good time to visit Karakul’?

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

8.7

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

6.4

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Karakul’ in October

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

In October, Karakul’ sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: light clothes.

light clothes

UV index in Karakul’ 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 Karakul’ peaks around June 16 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 2 (low).

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

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

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

Air quality in Karakul’ 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 Karakul’ is worst in July — around 71 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.5× the cleanest month (January, 28 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)	28	33	45	51	48	50	71	66	59	45	39	32
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	28	Moderate
Feb	33	Moderate
Mar	45	Poor
Apr	51	Poor
May	48	Poor
Jun	50	Poor
Jul	71	Unhealthy
Aug	66	Unhealthy
Sep	59	Unhealthy
Oct	45	Poor
Nov	39	Poor
Dec	32	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Karakul’?

Karakul’ sits at 39.5°N, 63.8°E, 199 m above sea level, in Uzbekistan. The nearest listed city is Türkmenabat, 56 km away.

Topography around Karakul’

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Karakul’ has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m around an average of 200 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 40 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 162 m.

The land around Karakul’ is covered by cropland (44%) and artificial surfaces (39%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) and bare terrain (40%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (67%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

27 m

cropland 44%

16 km

40 m

cropland 48%

80 km

162 m

bare terrain 67%

shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

October weather nearby: Türkmenabat 56 km · Bukhara 58 km · Kogon Shahri 65 km · Vobkent Shahri 77 km · Seydi 79 km · Saýat 83 km · Shofirkon Shahri 87 km · G’ijduvon Shahri 96 km

Uzbekistan travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / E / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 29% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $3,968; 2025
Happiness: 6.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 82%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.4; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 11.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 439
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 Karakul’ (39.5333°, 63.8333°, elevation 199 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	27	12
2	27	12
3	26	12
4	26	11
5	26	11
6	25	11
7	25	11
8	25	10
9	25	10
10	24	10
11	24	10
12	24	9
13	24	9
14	23	9
15	23	9
16	23	8
17	23	8
18	22	8
19	22	8
20	22	8
21	22	8
22	22	7
23	21	7
24	21	7
25	21	7
26	21	7
27	20	7
28	20	7
29	20	7
30	20	6
31	19	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	88	12
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	83	17
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	81	19
25	80	20
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	77	23
29	76	24
30	75	25
31	74	26

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	88	12
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	83	17
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	81	19
25	80	20
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	77	23
29	76	24
30	75	25
31	74	26

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	88	12
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	83	17
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	81	19
25	80	20
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	77	23
29	76	24
30	75	25
31	74	26

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

	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