Samarkand climate

Name: Samarkand
Address: UZ

Samarkand is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -4.3 °C. March is the wettest month (94 mm) and August the driest (2.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Samarkand averages 519 mm of rain, 139 days above 25 °C and 98 days below freezing.

Uzbekistan · population 595,200 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month January -4.3 °C
Driest month August 3 mm
Wettest month March 94 mm
Least cloud August 6 % cloud
Hottest on record July 42 °C
Coldest on record February -24 °C

What to expectSamarkand through the year

Samarkand has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 6.2 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 26 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 139 days a year reach 25 °C, 82 of them reach 30 °C, 98 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 94 mm against 3 mm in August — 33 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	6.2 °C	57 mm	64 %
February	8.4 °C	75 mm	64 %
March	13.9 °C	94 mm	64 %
April	19.5 °C	90 mm	55 %
May	25.1 °C	54 mm	40 %
June	30.7 °C	15 mm	18 %
July	33.2 °C	4 mm	8 %
August	32.1 °C	3 mm	6 %
September	27.4 °C	6 mm	10 %
October	20.7 °C	20 mm	29 %
November	13.3 °C	50 mm	50 %
December	8.0 °C	52 mm	59 %

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	6.2 °C	-4.3 °C	0.4 °C	20.2 °C	-23.7 °C	0	0	26
February	8.4 °C	-3.1 °C	2.3 °C	23.7 °C	-23.9 °C	0	0	21
March	13.9 °C	1.3 °C	7.6 °C	29.3 °C	-19.9 °C	0	0	12
April	19.5 °C	6.3 °C	13.2 °C	32.1 °C	-11.9 °C	4	0	2
May	25.1 °C	11.1 °C	18.5 °C	37.7 °C	-0.1 °C	15	4	0
June	30.7 °C	15.6 °C	23.9 °C	39.1 °C	8.1 °C	28	18	0
July	33.2 °C	18.1 °C	26.3 °C	41.5 °C	11.0 °C	31	27	0
August	32.1 °C	16.8 °C	24.8 °C	40.4 °C	7.9 °C	30	24	0
September	27.4 °C	12.3 °C	19.8 °C	36.0 °C	4.7 °C	23	8	0
October	20.7 °C	6.4 °C	13.2 °C	33.2 °C	-4.4 °C	6	1	1
November	13.3 °C	1.1 °C	6.6 °C	30.6 °C	-18.3 °C	1	0	12
December	8.0 °C	-2.8 °C	1.9 °C	21.8 °C	-21.2 °C	0	0	25

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	57 mm	10	9.7 h/day	64 %	74 %	11 km/h
February	75 mm	11	11 h/day	64 %	73 %	12 km/h
March	94 mm	12	12 h/day	64 %	73 %	13 km/h
April	90 mm	11	13 h/day	55 %	71 %	13 km/h
May	54 mm	9	14 h/day	40 %	62 %	13 km/h
June	15 mm	4	15 h/day	18 %	46 %	15 km/h
July	4 mm	1	15 h/day	8 %	39 %	16 km/h
August	3 mm	1	14 h/day	6 %	40 %	15 km/h
September	6 mm	1	12 h/day	10 %	46 %	14 km/h
October	20 mm	4	11 h/day	29 %	57 %	12 km/h
November	50 mm	7	10 h/day	50 %	69 %	11 km/h
December	52 mm	9	9.4 h/day	59 %	73 %	11 km/h

How Samarkand 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
Samarkand	33 °C	-4.3 °C	519 mm	139
Jizzax · Uzbekistan	34 °C	-3.0 °C	409 mm	144
Qarshi · Uzbekistan	37 °C	-2.0 °C	275 mm	172
Istaravshan · Tajikistan	28 °C	-6.9 °C	639 mm	86
Dushanbe · Tajikistan	32 °C	-5.9 °C	825 mm	133
Bukhara · Uzbekistan	38 °C	-2.3 °C	150 mm	175
Khujand · Tajikistan	36 °C	-0.6 °C	384 mm	159

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Samarkand’s climate

When is the best time to visit Samarkand?

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 Samarkand get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 82 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -4.3 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 98 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Samarkand?

March, averaging 94 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is August with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 519 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 Samarkand 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.