Bukhara climate

Name: Bukhara
Address: UZ

Bukhara is warmest in July, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -2.3 °C. March is the wettest month (32 mm) and August the driest (0.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bukhara averages 150 mm of rain, 175 days above 25 °C and 71 days below freezing.

Uzbekistan · population 280,187 · 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 38 °C
Coldest month January -2.3 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month March 32 mm
Least cloud August 4 % cloud
Hottest on record July 46 °C
Coldest on record January -23 °C

What to expectBukhara through the year

Bukhara has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 7.4 °C in January to 38 °C in July, a swing of 29 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 175 days a year reach 25 °C, 129 of them reach 30 °C, 71 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in August to 32 mm in March. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	7.4 °C	20 mm	60 %
February	10.3 °C	26 mm	56 %
March	16.8 °C	32 mm	55 %
April	24.1 °C	24 mm	48 %
May	30.6 °C	10 mm	35 %
June	36.0 °C	2 mm	15 %
July	37.6 °C	1 mm	6 %
August	35.9 °C	under 1 mm	4 %
September	30.2 °C	1 mm	8 %
October	22.6 °C	5 mm	24 %
November	14.2 °C	15 mm	44 %
December	8.7 °C	15 mm	55 %

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	7.4 °C	-2.3 °C	2.2 °C	23.1 °C	-22.8 °C	0	0	22
February	10.3 °C	-0.9 °C	4.5 °C	28.8 °C	-16.7 °C	0	0	16
March	16.8 °C	4.3 °C	10.7 °C	35.1 °C	-6.8 °C	3	0	6
April	24.1 °C	10.7 °C	17.7 °C	38.4 °C	-3.4 °C	14	5	0
May	30.6 °C	16.6 °C	24.2 °C	41.0 °C	3.7 °C	28	18	0
June	36.0 °C	21.9 °C	29.6 °C	45.3 °C	10.4 °C	30	28	0
July	37.6 °C	24.4 °C	31.5 °C	45.6 °C	16.4 °C	31	31	0
August	35.9 °C	22.4 °C	29.4 °C	44.8 °C	13.4 °C	31	29	0
September	30.2 °C	16.1 °C	23.2 °C	40.5 °C	3.3 °C	27	16	0
October	22.6 °C	8.9 °C	15.6 °C	37.9 °C	-2.7 °C	11	2	0
November	14.2 °C	2.8 °C	8.2 °C	30.9 °C	-11.8 °C	1	0	8
December	8.7 °C	-1.0 °C	3.4 °C	24.6 °C	-14.5 °C	0	0	19

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	20 mm	5	9.7 h/day	60 %	71 %	16 km/h
February	26 mm	5	11 h/day	56 %	66 %	18 km/h
March	32 mm	6	12 h/day	55 %	59 %	19 km/h
April	24 mm	5	13 h/day	48 %	49 %	19 km/h
May	10 mm	2	14 h/day	35 %	37 %	19 km/h
June	2 mm	0	15 h/day	15 %	26 %	21 km/h
July	1 mm	0	15 h/day	6 %	24 %	22 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	4 %	25 %	21 km/h
September	1 mm	0	12 h/day	8 %	32 %	18 km/h
October	5 mm	2	11 h/day	24 %	47 %	16 km/h
November	15 mm	4	10.0 h/day	44 %	63 %	15 km/h
December	15 mm	3	9.4 h/day	55 %	71 %	15 km/h

How Bukhara 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
Bukhara	38 °C	-2.3 °C	150 mm	175
Qarshi · Uzbekistan	37 °C	-2.0 °C	275 mm	172
Samarkand · Uzbekistan	33 °C	-4.3 °C	519 mm	139
Jizzax · Uzbekistan	34 °C	-3.0 °C	409 mm	144
Mary · Turkmenistan	38 °C	-0.5 °C	157 mm	184
Tirmiz · Uzbekistan	40 °C	0.00 °C	186 mm	190

Where Bukhara ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in April	47th of 50	94/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Bukhara’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bukhara?

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 Bukhara get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 129 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -2.3 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 71 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Bukhara?

March, averaging 32 mm over 6 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 150 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 Bukhara 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
Data point: 39.770°, 64.431° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.