Climate averages 1991–2020
Bokhtar weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Bokhtar: daytime highs average 36.3°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 37 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dushanbe (78 km away). In August its highs average 31.7°C, 4.6°C cooler than Bokhtar, with 5.2 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Tajikistan, Bokhtar ranks 1st of 7 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 7 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 7 cities is 32.6°C; Bokhtar is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.4 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Bokhtar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 41 | 8.1 | 9.910 h |
| February | 11.5°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 57 | 9.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.4°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 63 | 9.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.4°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 51 | 8.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 29.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 34 | 6.6 | 14.214 h |
| June | 35.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 9.9 | 2.4 | 14.715 h |
| July | 38.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 14.515 h |
| August, selected | 36.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 31.6°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 24.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 8.3 | 2.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 16.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 30 | 5.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | 11.0°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 37 | 6.7 | 9.610 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
August in nearby cities
- Dushanbe in AugustTajikistan · 78 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Kŭlob in AugustTajikistan · 89 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Denov in AugustUzbekistan · 91 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Kunduz in AugustAfghanistan · 123 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Khanabad in AugustAfghanistan · 132 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Tirmiz in AugustUzbekistan · 149 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Baghlān in AugustAfghanistan · 190 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 19.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Mazār-e Sharīf in AugustAfghanistan · 194 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 0.1 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 Bokhtar) is explained once on the Bokhtar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.