Hiking in October
Where the days are dry and cool enough to walk all day, measured over ten years. In October, 10 places are good and 1 fair.
Everywhere
- Srinagar India good 26 of 31 days dry and 10–27 °C · 21°C by day
- Yosemite United States good 26 of 31 days dry and 10–27 °C · 21°C by day
- Santiago Chile good 25 of 31 days dry and 10–27 °C · 23°C by day
- Seoul South Korea good 25 of 31 days dry and 10–27 °C · 18°C by day
- The Grand Canyon United States good 25 of 31 days dry and 10–27 °C · 17°C by day
- Asheville United States good 24 of 31 days dry and 10–27 °C · 20°C by day
- Almaty Kazakhstan good 23 of 31 days dry and 10–27 °C · 16°C by day
- Kathmandu Nepal good 23 of 31 days dry and 10–27 °C · 24°C by day
- Zion United States good 23 of 31 days dry and 10–27 °C · 22°C by day
- Cape Town South Africa good 21 of 31 days dry and 10–27 °C · 23°C by day
- Vancouver Canada fair 16 of 31 days dry and 10–27 °C · 13°C by day
How a month is tested for hiking
- A walking day has a daytime high of 10–27 °C, feels no hotter than 30 °C, and is not a rainy day.
- A month is good where 2 days in 3 are walking days, and fair where 1 in 2 are.
- Counted day by day over ten years of measured climate at the place itself, not up on the trails, where it is cooler.
A test on measured figures, the same at every place and from every city: the same month always gives the same answer. It is "good" or "fair", and a month that passes neither is simply not listed. It is separate from the month's own verdict, which also weighs holidays, crowds and fares.
Hiking, other months
- January 5 good
- February 4 good
- March 2 good
- April 7 good
- May 6 good
- June 5 good
- July 4 good
- August 5 good
- September 6 good
- October
- November 6 good
- December 2 good
- Every month, side by side
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Measured at each place's own point, where its visitors stay, not up on the trails: a mountain path is about 6.5 °C cooler for every 1,000 m it climbs.