Tashkent climate

Name: Tashkent
Address: UZ

Tashkent is warmest in July, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -5.1 °C. April is the wettest month (94 mm) and August the driest (5.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Tashkent averages 579 mm of rain, 147 days above 25 °C and 96 days below freezing.

Uzbekistan · population 1,978,028 · 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 -5.1 °C
Driest month August 5 mm
Wettest month April 94 mm
Least cloud August 11 % cloud
Hottest on record August 44 °C
Coldest on record January -25 °C

What to expectTashkent through the year

Tashkent has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 5.6 °C in January to 35 °C in July, a swing of 28 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 147 days a year reach 25 °C, 95 of them reach 30 °C, 96 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 94 mm against 5 mm in August — 17 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	5.6 °C	56 mm	65 %
February	7.8 °C	71 mm	65 %
March	14.3 °C	84 mm	64 %
April	20.3 °C	94 mm	56 %
May	26.3 °C	72 mm	44 %
June	32.1 °C	28 mm	26 %
July	34.8 °C	10 mm	14 %
August	33.6 °C	5 mm	11 %
September	28.3 °C	10 mm	15 %
October	20.8 °C	31 mm	35 %
November	12.8 °C	56 mm	52 %
December	6.9 °C	60 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	5.6 °C	-5.1 °C	-0.1 °C	20.0 °C	-25.0 °C	0	0	27
February	7.8 °C	-3.9 °C	1.8 °C	22.7 °C	-24.3 °C	0	0	21
March	14.3 °C	1.9 °C	8.3 °C	28.0 °C	-15.1 °C	1	0	11
April	20.3 °C	7.3 °C	14.3 °C	33.7 °C	-4.8 °C	6	0	1
May	26.3 °C	12.4 °C	20.0 °C	37.5 °C	0.4 °C	19	6	0
June	32.1 °C	17.3 °C	25.5 °C	41.1 °C	8.8 °C	29	22	0
July	34.8 °C	20.0 °C	28.1 °C	42.9 °C	12.9 °C	31	29	0
August	33.6 °C	18.5 °C	26.6 °C	43.6 °C	8.6 °C	31	26	0
September	28.3 °C	13.4 °C	21.1 °C	38.4 °C	2.3 °C	24	10	0
October	20.8 °C	7.2 °C	13.9 °C	34.7 °C	-3.5 °C	7	1	1
November	12.8 °C	1.1 °C	6.6 °C	29.6 °C	-17.9 °C	1	0	11
December	6.9 °C	-3.5 °C	1.2 °C	20.9 °C	-21.9 °C	0	0	24

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	56 mm	9	9.5 h/day	65 %	76 %	9.5 km/h
February	71 mm	10	11 h/day	65 %	75 %	11 km/h
March	84 mm	11	12 h/day	64 %	72 %	11 km/h
April	94 mm	11	13 h/day	56 %	70 %	12 km/h
May	72 mm	9	15 h/day	44 %	60 %	12 km/h
June	28 mm	6	15 h/day	26 %	45 %	12 km/h
July	10 mm	2	15 h/day	14 %	37 %	12 km/h
August	5 mm	1	14 h/day	11 %	38 %	11 km/h
September	10 mm	2	12 h/day	15 %	41 %	11 km/h
October	31 mm	5	11 h/day	35 %	54 %	10 km/h
November	56 mm	8	9.9 h/day	52 %	69 %	10 km/h
December	60 mm	9	9.2 h/day	60 %	76 %	9.3 km/h

How Tashkent 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
Tashkent	35 °C	-5.1 °C	579 mm	147
Chirchiq · Uzbekistan	32 °C	-6.5 °C	653 mm	129
Angren · Uzbekistan	31 °C	-3.9 °C	811 mm	117
Khujand · Tajikistan	36 °C	-0.6 °C	384 mm	159
Shymkent · Kazakhstan	33 °C	-6.0 °C	611 mm	131
Konibodom · Tajikistan	36 °C	-1.7 °C	364 mm	152
Istaravshan · Tajikistan	28 °C	-6.9 °C	639 mm	86

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Tashkent’s climate

When is the best time to visit Tashkent?

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 Tashkent get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 95 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 -5.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 96 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Tashkent?

April, averaging 94 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is August with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 579 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 Tashkent 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.