Nukus climate

Name: Nukus
Address: UZ

Nukus is warmest in July, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -6.8 °C. April is the wettest month (18 mm) and August the driest (1.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Nukus averages 110 mm of rain, 144 days above 25 °C and 118 days below freezing.

Uzbekistan · population 332,500 · 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 35 °C
Coldest month January -6.8 °C
Driest month August 2 mm
Wettest month April 18 mm
Least cloud August 11 % cloud
Hottest on record July 47 °C
Coldest on record February -27 °C

What to expectNukus through the year

Nukus has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 1.4 °C in January to 35 °C in July, a swing of 32 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 144 days a year reach 25 °C, 96 of them reach 30 °C, 118 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 2 mm in August to 18 mm in April. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	1.4 °C	9 mm	62 %
February	4.5 °C	10 mm	55 %
March	12.4 °C	18 mm	52 %
April	20.8 °C	18 mm	47 %
May	27.8 °C	15 mm	39 %
June	33.3 °C	5 mm	22 %
July	35.2 °C	2 mm	14 %
August	33.3 °C	2 mm	11 %
September	26.5 °C	4 mm	16 %
October	18.3 °C	7 mm	30 %
November	8.7 °C	10 mm	48 %
December	2.6 °C	9 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	1.4 °C	-6.8 °C	-2.9 °C	16.7 °C	-24.2 °C	0	0	29
February	4.5 °C	-5.6 °C	-0.9 °C	25.2 °C	-27.3 °C	0	0	26
March	12.4 °C	0.2 °C	6.3 °C	29.9 °C	-14.4 °C	1	0	15
April	20.8 °C	7.9 °C	14.8 °C	34.4 °C	-5.3 °C	8	2	2
May	27.8 °C	14.7 °C	21.8 °C	40.9 °C	1.5 °C	22	10	0
June	33.3 °C	20.0 °C	27.3 °C	43.1 °C	8.9 °C	29	24	0
July	35.2 °C	22.3 °C	29.3 °C	47.3 °C	15.0 °C	31	29	0
August	33.3 °C	20.3 °C	27.1 °C	43.7 °C	10.4 °C	31	24	0
September	26.5 °C	13.7 °C	20.2 °C	39.9 °C	2.6 °C	19	7	0
October	18.3 °C	6.2 °C	12.2 °C	31.5 °C	-5.5 °C	3	0	2
November	8.7 °C	-0.8 °C	3.7 °C	26.3 °C	-17.8 °C	0	0	16
December	2.6 °C	-5.3 °C	-1.6 °C	17.7 °C	-24.2 °C	0	0	28

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	9 mm	2	9.4 h/day	62 %	73 %	15 km/h
February	10 mm	2	11 h/day	55 %	67 %	17 km/h
March	18 mm	4	12 h/day	52 %	59 %	18 km/h
April	18 mm	4	13 h/day	47 %	47 %	19 km/h
May	15 mm	4	15 h/day	39 %	40 %	18 km/h
June	5 mm	1	15 h/day	22 %	33 %	17 km/h
July	2 mm	1	15 h/day	14 %	33 %	16 km/h
August	2 mm	0	14 h/day	11 %	35 %	16 km/h
September	4 mm	1	13 h/day	16 %	40 %	16 km/h
October	7 mm	2	11 h/day	30 %	51 %	15 km/h
November	10 mm	3	9.8 h/day	48 %	65 %	15 km/h
December	9 mm	2	9.1 h/day	55 %	72 %	15 km/h

How Nukus 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
Nukus	35 °C	-6.8 °C	110 mm	144
Daşoguz · Turkmenistan	36 °C	-5.6 °C	100 mm	151
Bukhara · Uzbekistan	38 °C	-2.3 °C	150 mm	175
Kyzylorda · Kazakhstan	34 °C	-10.0 °C	127 mm	132

Where Nukus ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia year-round	39th of 50	9.2 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Nukus’s climate

When is the best time to visit Nukus?

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 Nukus get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 96 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -6.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 118 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Nukus?

April, averaging 18 mm over 4 days with rain. The driest month is August with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 110 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 Nukus 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: 42.459°, 59.606° (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.