Qarshi climate

Name: Qarshi
Address: UZ

Qarshi is warmest in July, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -2.0 °C. March is the wettest month (54 mm) and August the driest (0.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Qarshi averages 275 mm of rain, 172 days above 25 °C and 68 days below freezing.

Uzbekistan · 374 m elevation · population 278,300 · 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 37 °C
Coldest month January -2.0 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month March 54 mm
Least cloud August 3 % cloud
Hottest on record July 44 °C
Coldest on record February -26 °C

What to expectQarshi through the year

Qarshi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 8.6 °C in January to 37 °C in July, a swing of 27 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 172 days a year reach 25 °C, 123 of them reach 30 °C, 68 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 54 mm against 0 mm in August — 115 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	8.6 °C	36 mm	60 %
February	11.1 °C	47 mm	58 %
March	16.7 °C	54 mm	59 %
April	23.1 °C	44 mm	50 %
May	29.3 °C	23 mm	35 %
June	35.0 °C	4 mm	13 %
July	36.8 °C	1 mm	5 %
August	35.1 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
September	29.9 °C	2 mm	7 %
October	23.0 °C	9 mm	23 %
November	15.5 °C	26 mm	45 %
December	10.1 °C	29 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	8.6 °C	-2.0 °C	2.9 °C	24.4 °C	-23.4 °C	0	0	21
February	11.1 °C	-0.6 °C	5.1 °C	26.2 °C	-26.3 °C	0	0	15
March	16.7 °C	4.1 °C	10.6 °C	33.8 °C	-10.2 °C	3	0	6
April	23.1 °C	9.6 °C	16.7 °C	37.7 °C	-3.7 °C	12	3	0
May	29.3 °C	14.8 °C	22.5 °C	40.3 °C	2.0 °C	26	14	0
June	35.0 °C	19.7 °C	27.9 °C	42.5 °C	11.4 °C	30	28	0
July	36.8 °C	22.1 °C	29.9 °C	44.2 °C	14.2 °C	31	31	0
August	35.1 °C	20.0 °C	27.7 °C	44.1 °C	11.8 °C	31	30	0
September	29.9 °C	14.6 °C	22.3 °C	38.3 °C	4.6 °C	27	15	0
October	23.0 °C	8.7 °C	15.6 °C	36.6 °C	-2.3 °C	11	2	0
November	15.5 °C	3.2 °C	8.9 °C	32.2 °C	-14.0 °C	2	0	7
December	10.1 °C	-0.8 °C	4.1 °C	27.2 °C	-18.9 °C	0	0	18

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	36 mm	7	9.8 h/day	60 %	72 %	13 km/h
February	47 mm	8	11 h/day	58 %	68 %	14 km/h
March	54 mm	9	12 h/day	59 %	66 %	14 km/h
April	44 mm	7	13 h/day	50 %	61 %	14 km/h
May	23 mm	5	14 h/day	35 %	49 %	14 km/h
June	4 mm	1	15 h/day	13 %	35 %	15 km/h
July	1 mm	0	15 h/day	5 %	32 %	16 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	3 %	37 %	14 km/h
September	2 mm	1	12 h/day	7 %	43 %	12 km/h
October	9 mm	2	11 h/day	23 %	51 %	12 km/h
November	26 mm	5	10 h/day	45 %	64 %	12 km/h
December	29 mm	6	9.5 h/day	55 %	71 %	12 km/h

How Qarshi 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
Qarshi	37 °C	-2.0 °C	275 mm	172
Samarkand · Uzbekistan	33 °C	-4.3 °C	519 mm	139
Bukhara · Uzbekistan	38 °C	-2.3 °C	150 mm	175
Tirmiz · Uzbekistan	40 °C	0.00 °C	186 mm	190
Jizzax · Uzbekistan	34 °C	-3.0 °C	409 mm	144
Dushanbe · Tajikistan	32 °C	-5.9 °C	825 mm	133
Mazār-e Sharīf · Afghanistan	38 °C	-0.2 °C	229 mm	176

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Qarshi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Qarshi?

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 Qarshi get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 123 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 -2.0 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 68 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Qarshi?

March, averaging 54 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 275 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 Qarshi 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.