Khujand climate

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Khujand is warmest in July, with average highs of 36 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -0.6 °C. April is the wettest month (69 mm) and August the driest (3.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Khujand averages 384 mm of rain, 159 days above 25 °C and 48 days below freezing.

Tajikistan · population 191,000 · 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 36 °C
Coldest month January -0.6 °C
Driest month August 3 mm
Wettest month April 69 mm
Least cloud August 12 % cloud
Hottest on record July 44 °C
Coldest on record February -19 °C

What to expectKhujand through the year

Khujand has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 7.1 °C in January to 36 °C in July, a swing of 27 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 159 days a year reach 25 °C, 114 of them reach 30 °C, 48 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 69 mm against 3 mm in August — 23 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	7.1 °C	32 mm	64 %
February	9.1 °C	46 mm	66 %
March	15.5 °C	65 mm	66 %
April	22.2 °C	69 mm	58 %
May	28.4 °C	40 mm	46 %
June	34.2 °C	15 mm	26 %
July	36.3 °C	5 mm	14 %
August	34.7 °C	3 mm	12 %
September	29.4 °C	8 mm	15 %
October	21.7 °C	23 mm	35 %
November	14.0 °C	42 mm	52 %
December	8.4 °C	38 mm	60 %

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	7.1 °C	-0.6 °C	2.9 °C	18.0 °C	-15.8 °C	0	0	16
February	9.1 °C	0.3 °C	4.6 °C	24.0 °C	-19.3 °C	0	0	12
March	15.5 °C	5.3 °C	10.5 °C	28.0 °C	-6.2 °C	1	0	4
April	22.2 °C	10.6 °C	16.6 °C	35.6 °C	-1.1 °C	9	2	0
May	28.4 °C	15.5 °C	22.3 °C	39.1 °C	2.6 °C	24	12	0
June	34.2 °C	20.0 °C	27.7 °C	43.2 °C	12.0 °C	30	26	0
July	36.3 °C	22.6 °C	30.1 °C	43.9 °C	15.8 °C	31	30	0
August	34.7 °C	21.2 °C	28.5 °C	42.7 °C	10.9 °C	31	29	0
September	29.4 °C	16.2 °C	23.1 °C	38.7 °C	6.1 °C	26	14	0
October	21.7 °C	10.5 °C	16.0 °C	33.3 °C	0.0 °C	8	1	0
November	14.0 °C	5.0 °C	9.2 °C	27.7 °C	-9.3 °C	0	0	4
December	8.4 °C	1.1 °C	4.4 °C	18.1 °C	-13.8 °C	0	0	12

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	32 mm	7	9.6 h/day	64 %	71 %	14 km/h
February	46 mm	9	11 h/day	66 %	71 %	15 km/h
March	65 mm	10	12 h/day	66 %	69 %	15 km/h
April	69 mm	10	13 h/day	58 %	64 %	15 km/h
May	40 mm	7	14 h/day	46 %	55 %	14 km/h
June	15 mm	4	15 h/day	26 %	42 %	14 km/h
July	5 mm	1	15 h/day	14 %	37 %	13 km/h
August	3 mm	1	14 h/day	12 %	41 %	12 km/h
September	8 mm	2	12 h/day	15 %	47 %	12 km/h
October	23 mm	4	11 h/day	35 %	58 %	13 km/h
November	42 mm	7	10.0 h/day	52 %	68 %	14 km/h
December	38 mm	8	9.3 h/day	60 %	70 %	15 km/h

How Khujand 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
Khujand	36 °C	-0.6 °C	384 mm	159
Istaravshan · Tajikistan	28 °C	-6.9 °C	639 mm	86
Konibodom · Tajikistan	36 °C	-1.7 °C	364 mm	152
Isfara · Tajikistan	31 °C	-3.0 °C	401 mm	115
Angren · Uzbekistan	31 °C	-3.9 °C	811 mm	117
Tashkent · Uzbekistan	35 °C	-5.1 °C	579 mm	147
Qo‘qon · Uzbekistan	37 °C	-2.9 °C	214 mm	164

Where Khujand ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in October	22ndof 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in October	24thof 50	97/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Khujand’s climate

When is the best time to visit Khujand?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, 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 Khujand get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 36 °C. About 114 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -0.6 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 48 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Khujand?

April, averaging 69 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is August with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 384 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 Khujand 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.