Dushanbe climate

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Dushanbe is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -5.9 °C. April is the wettest month (143 mm) and August the driest (5.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Dushanbe averages 825 mm of rain, 133 days above 25 °C and 94 days below freezing.

Tajikistan · population 679,400 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 32 °C
Coldest month January -5.9 °C
Driest month August 5 mm
Wettest month April 143 mm
Least cloud August 12 % cloud
Hottest on record July 41 °C
Coldest on record December -25 °C

What to expectDushanbe through the year

Dushanbe has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 6.1 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 26 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 133 days a year reach 25 °C, 74 of them reach 30 °C, 94 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 143 mm against 5 mm in August — 28 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	6.1 °C	78 mm	67 %
February	7.9 °C	110 mm	68 %
March	13.6 °C	134 mm	68 %
April	19.4 °C	143 mm	61 %
May	23.9 °C	124 mm	49 %
June	29.0 °C	37 mm	28 %
July	32.5 °C	12 mm	16 %
August	32.0 °C	5 mm	12 %
September	27.8 °C	11 mm	14 %
October	20.8 °C	31 mm	32 %
November	13.8 °C	68 mm	53 %
December	8.1 °C	72 mm	61 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	6.1 °C	-5.9 °C	0.1 °C	18.1 °C	-24.6 °C	0	0	26
February	7.9 °C	-4.1 °C	2.1 °C	23.3 °C	-23.4 °C	0	0	20
March	13.6 °C	1.0 °C	7.7 °C	28.4 °C	-14.7 °C	0	0	12
April	19.4 °C	6.0 °C	13.6 °C	30.2 °C	-16.1 °C	4	0	2
May	23.9 °C	10.4 °C	18.3 °C	34.1 °C	-2.4 °C	13	2	0
June	29.0 °C	14.2 °C	22.9 °C	37.9 °C	7.3 °C	26	13	0
July	32.5 °C	17.7 °C	26.5 °C	40.9 °C	10.3 °C	31	25	0
August	32.0 °C	17.1 °C	25.8 °C	40.8 °C	9.2 °C	31	25	0
September	27.8 °C	12.8 °C	21.3 °C	35.5 °C	3.4 °C	24	9	0
October	20.8 °C	6.8 °C	14.1 °C	31.4 °C	-4.9 °C	5	0	1
November	13.8 °C	1.1 °C	7.3 °C	28.2 °C	-18.4 °C	0	0	10
December	8.1 °C	-3.9 °C	1.9 °C	19.9 °C	-25.1 °C	0	0	23

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	78 mm	11	9.8 h/day	67 %	70 %	7.3 km/h
February	110 mm	13	11 h/day	68 %	69 %	7.8 km/h
March	134 mm	15	12 h/day	68 %	69 %	8.3 km/h
April	143 mm	15	13 h/day	61 %	66 %	8.2 km/h
May	124 mm	14	14 h/day	49 %	63 %	8.5 km/h
June	37 mm	7	15 h/day	28 %	54 %	8.9 km/h
July	12 mm	2	15 h/day	16 %	44 %	8.6 km/h
August	5 mm	2	14 h/day	12 %	41 %	8.2 km/h
September	11 mm	2	12 h/day	14 %	42 %	7.8 km/h
October	31 mm	5	11 h/day	32 %	53 %	7.4 km/h
November	68 mm	9	10 h/day	53 %	64 %	7.4 km/h
December	72 mm	10	9.5 h/day	61 %	70 %	7.2 km/h

How Dushanbe compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Dushanbe	32 °C	-5.9 °C	825 mm	133
Kŭlob · Tajikistan	35 °C	-3.9 °C	682 mm	160
Istaravshan · Tajikistan	28 °C	-6.9 °C	639 mm	86
Tirmiz · Uzbekistan	40 °C	0.00 °C	186 mm	190
Jizzax · Uzbekistan	34 °C	-3.0 °C	409 mm	144
Samarkand · Uzbekistan	33 °C	-4.3 °C	519 mm	139
Kunduz · Afghanistan	39 °C	-2.3 °C	394 mm	180

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Dushanbe.

QuestionsCommon questions about Dushanbe’s climate

When is the best time to visit Dushanbe?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Dushanbe get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 74 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -5.9 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 94 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Dushanbe?

April, averaging 143 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is August with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 825 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Dushanbe rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.