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Dhaka in October

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Dhaka is hot: highs near 90°F, lows near 75°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Dhaka is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
90°F32°Caverage
Low
75°F24°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 61% of days
Daylight
11h 32mon average

Is October a good time to visit Dhaka?

October sits outside Dhaka's best months, which run from December to January. Expect hot days and rain on about four days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 90°F in October, against 78°F to 94°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in October, against 26°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

61% of days in October, against 4% to 95% through the year.

Cloud cover

54% cover in October, against 18% to 84% through the year.

Daylight

11h 32m in October, against 10h 42m to 13h 35m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with October shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. September91°33°low 78°low 26°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. October90°32°low 75°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. November86°30°low 66°low 19°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Dhaka sits, in October

Asia/Dhaka
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
5:55 AMsets 5:33 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
23.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Dhaka, shaded by its typical high in October, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Dhaka is our one place in Bangladesh so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

See October on the planning mapThe whole year in Dhaka

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Dhaka. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.