Climate averages 1991–2020
Osh weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Osh: daytime highs average 2.9°C and nights cool to about -8.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Andijon (47 km away). In January its highs average 5.9°C, 2.9°C warmer than Osh, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Kyrgyzstan, Osh ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 2 cities is -0.8°C; Osh is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 5.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 58 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Osh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 2.9°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 37 | 7.6 | 9.610 h |
| February | 5.0°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 58 | 10.0 | 10.611 h |
| March | 11.0°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 85 | 13.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.0°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 106 | 15.1 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.7°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 85 | 14.5 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.7°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 41 | 9.4 | 15.015 h |
| July | 29.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 21 | 4.9 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 19 | 3.9 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 25 | 5.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.4°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 55 | 8.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.5°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 58 | 9.0 | 10.010 h |
| December | 4.6°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 52 | 9.1 | 9.39 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Andijon in JanuaryUzbekistan · 47 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -4.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Shahrixon in JanuaryUzbekistan · 66 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -3.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Quvasoy in JanuaryUzbekistan · 74 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -3.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Fergana in JanuaryUzbekistan · 87 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -1.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Marg‘ilon in JanuaryUzbekistan · 91 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -2.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Namangan in JanuaryUzbekistan · 108 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -3.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Chust in JanuaryUzbekistan · 142 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -4.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Qo‘qon in JanuaryUzbekistan · 157 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -2.6°C · 14 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Osh) is explained once on the Osh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.