Sho‘rchi weather in October

In October, Sho‘rchi sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 8 mm of rain across 1.9 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 75% 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 Sho‘rchi's 5th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sho‘rchi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
6th warmest
Overnight low
10°
6th coldest
Rainfall
8 mm
1.9 wet days
Daylight
11 hours
6:44 AM – 5:44 PM
Cloud cover
23%
5th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.19 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.7
out of 10

Sho‘rchi is city in Uzbekistan.

Founded
1976

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 26°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical October day in Sho‘rchi reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 6°C cooler than September and about 7°C warmer than November.

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How October really feels in Sho‘rchi

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.

Sho‘rchi weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 408.53.29.71.9
Feb11° / 559.73.110.52.7
Mar17° / 5910111.75.2
Apr23° / 12°467.70.1137.1
May29° / 17°254.90146.3
Jun35° / 21°51.4014.63.3
Jul37° / 22°10.2014.42.3
Aug34° / 20°00.1013.53.9
Sep30° / 15°20.4012.37.0
Oct23° / 10°81.90118.7
Nov16° / 285.70.69.95.8
Dec11° / 346.81.89.42.9

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 75% 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 17%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1928
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Sho‘rchi gets around 8 mm of rain over 1.9 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 7% and peaks near 13% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in October

Winds average 6 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 6:29 AM to 7:00 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 5:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:296:06
211.66:306:05
311.56:316:03
411.56:326:02
511.46:336:00
611.46:345:58
711.46:355:57
811.36:365:55
911.36:375:54
1011.26:385:52
1111.26:395:51
1211.26:405:49
1311.16:415:48
1411.16:425:47
1511.06:435:45
1611.06:445:44
1711.06:455:42
1810.96:465:41
1910.96:475:40
2010.86:485:38
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2810.56:565:29
2910.56:575:27
3010.56:585:26
3110.47:005:25

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.24 kWh/m² to a high of 7.55 kWh/m² in July across the year — October's 4.19 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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204.0Moderate
213.9Moderate
223.9Moderate
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243.8Moderate
253.7Moderate
263.7Moderate
273.6Moderate
283.6Moderate
293.5Moderate
303.5Moderate
313.4Moderate
Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Sho‘rchi?

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
6.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Sho‘rchi in October

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

In October, Sho‘rchi sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: light clothes.

light clothes

UV index in Sho‘rchi in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sho‘rchi peaks around July 12 at about 10 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highModerateJul 12UV 10Dec 22UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May9Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct4Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Air quality in Sho‘rchi 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 Sho‘rchi is worst in May — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (January, 15 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 1433 µg/m³Jan 1215 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar26Moderate
Apr30Moderate
May33Moderate
Jun28Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug26Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Sho‘rchi?

Sho‘rchi sits at 38.0°N, 67.8°E, 450 m above sea level, in Uzbekistan. The nearest listed city is Denov, 31 km away.

HisorBokhtarKolkhozobod

Topography around Sho‘rchi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sho‘rchi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 446 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 293 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,784 m.

The land around Sho‘rchi is covered by cropland (53%) and artificial surfaces (43%) within 3 km, cropland (45%) and grassland (42%) within 16 km, and grassland (69%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
36 m
16 km
293 m
80 km
3,784 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
October weather nearby: Denov 31 km · Boysun 56 km · Zarhalol 68 km · Tursunzoda 69 km · Moskovskiy 82 km · Hisor 89 km · Bokhtar 89 km · Kolkhozobod 89 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
Muslim 88%Eastern Orthodox 9%other 3%

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 Sho‘rchi (37.9994°, 67.7875°, elevation 450 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).