Where Is It Warm in October? The Warmest Places
Among 619 covered cities, Khartoum, Sudan is warmest in October with average highs of 102°. For milder warmth and more sunshine, Cape Town, South Africa averages 70° with 11.9 sun hours a day.
A month with more than one kind of warmth
Every ranking uses the same ten-year 2015–2024 reanalysis window, not brochure copy. Average daytime highs, overnight lows, rainy days and sunshine hours make it possible to separate raw heat from weather that is easier to use.
October at a glance
- Hottest overall: Khartoum, Sudan - 102° average highs
- Comfortable warmth: Cape Town, South Africa - 70° with 11.9 hours of sun a day
- How to use this page: compare heat, rain and sunshine, then open a city's climate guide for the full year
If your dates are flexible, compare this month with the complete warm places by month guide.
What sets October apart
The top 25 span 21 countries, while Asia supplies 14 places. The gap from first to tenth is 4.0°C (7.2°F), showing whether the leaders form a tight pack or one place pulls away.
How the leading city changes around this month
Khartoum, Sudan averages 102° in September, 102° in October, and 95° in November. The change entering October is 0.3°C; the change into November is 3.8°C.
A lower-rain warm option
Among 233 covered cities with comfortable 21–29°C daytime highs outside the hottest 25, Bakersfield, CA has the fewest typical rainy days: about 1, with 10.6 hours of sunshine per day.
Comfortable warmth with useful sunshine
Highs between 70°F and 85°F (21–29°C), sorted by sunshine. This is a climate filter, not a forecast for specific dates.
| City | Oct high / low | Sun h/day | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa | 70° / 56° | 11.9 | 6 |
| 🇰🇲 Moroni, Comoros | 84° / 73° | 11.9 | 17 |
| 🇿🇼 Harare, Zimbabwe | 84° / 60° | 11.6 | 3 |
| 🇲🇺 Port Louis, Mauritius | 82° / 70° | 11.6 | 10 |
| 🇦🇺 Cairns, Australia | 83° / 70° | 11.5 | 9 |
| 🇮🇩 Denpasar, Indonesia | 84° / 74° | 11.5 | 18 |
| 🇲🇬 Antananarivo, Madagascar | 79° / 57° | 11.4 | 6 |
| 🇱🇸 Maseru, Lesotho | 78° / 49° | 11.4 | 6 |
| 🇦🇺 Perth, Australia | 71° / 55° | 11.4 | 6 |
| 🇪🇷 Asmara, Eritrea | 71° / 53° | 11.3 | 8 |
| 🇾🇪 Sanaa, Yemen | 75° / 53° | 11.2 | 1 |
| 🇳🇷 Yaren, Nauru | 83° / 81° | 11.2 | 11 |
| 🇿🇦 Pretoria, South Africa | 83° / 57° | 11.1 | 6 |
| 🇿🇦 Johannesburg, South Africa | 79° / 53° | 11.1 | 7 |
| 🇨🇱 Santiago, Chile | 71° / 49° | 11.0 | 5 |
A warm option on every continent in October
Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
Oceania
South America
The hottest places on Earth in October
| City | Oct high | Oct low | Rainy days | Sun h/day | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇸🇩 Khartoum, Sudan | 102° | 80° | 0 | 10.9 |
| 2 | 🇳🇪 Niamey, Niger | 99° | 76° | 2 | 10.6 |
| 3 | 🇦🇪 Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 98° | 75° | 1 | 10.7 |
| 4 | 🇲🇷 Nouakchott, Mauritania | 97° | 77° | 1 | 10.3 |
| 5 | 🇹🇩 N'Djamena, Chad | 96° | 75° | 4 | 10.6 |
| 6 | 🇪🇬 Luxor, Egypt | 96° | 70° | 0 | 10.9 |
| 7 | 🇶🇦 Doha, Qatar | 96° | 78° | 1 | 10.9 |
| 8 | 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | 95° | 81° | 0 | 10.8 |
| 9 | 🇰🇼 Kuwait City, Kuwait | 95° | 76° | 1 | 10.6 |
| 10 | 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 94° | 70° | 0 | 10.9 |
| 11 | 🇮🇶 Baghdad, Iraq | 94° | 70° | 1 | 9.9 |
| 12 | 🇧🇫 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | 94° | 74° | 6 | 10.7 |
| 13 | 🇸🇦 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 93° | 79° | 1 | 10.7 |
| 14 | 🇴🇲 Muscat, Oman | 92° | 78° | 1 | 10.9 |
| 15 | 🇪🇬 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 92° | 75° | 0 | 10.9 |
| 16 | 🇺🇸 Yuma, AZ | 92° | 66° | 1 | 10.8 |
| 17 | 🇧🇭 Manama, Bahrain | 92° | 80° | 0 | 10.9 |
| 18 | 🇭🇹 Port-au-Prince, Haiti | 92° | 77° | 12 | 10.3 |
| 19 | 🇸🇸 Juba, South Sudan | 91° | 73° | 13 | 10.2 |
| 20 | 🇲🇱 Bamako, Mali | 91° | 74° | 8 | 10.4 |
| 21 | 🇵🇰 Karachi, Pakistan | 91° | 76° | 1 | 10.7 |
| 22 | 🇮🇩 Jakarta, Indonesia | 90° | 75° | 21 | 10.4 |
| 23 | 🇮🇳 Jaipur, India | 90° | 69° | 2 | 10.6 |
| 24 | 🇮🇳 New Delhi, India | 90° | 68° | 2 | 10.6 |
| 25 | 🇹🇱 Dili, Timor-Leste | 90° | 75° | 9 | 11.7 |