Climate averages 1991–2020
Bokhtar weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Bokhtar: daytime highs average 11.0°C and nights cool to about 1.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 36 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dushanbe (78 km away). In December its highs average 8.3°C, 2.8°C cooler than Bokhtar, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Tajikistan, Bokhtar ranks 1st of 7 for the warmest December highs and joint 3rd of 7 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 7 cities is 7.8°C; Bokhtar is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 9.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 41 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Dushanbe in DecemberTajikistan · 78 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -3.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Kŭlob in DecemberTajikistan · 89 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low -1.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Denov in DecemberUzbekistan · 91 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -1.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Kunduz in DecemberAfghanistan · 123 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low -0.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Khanabad in DecemberAfghanistan · 132 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low -0.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Tirmiz in DecemberUzbekistan · 149 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Baghlān in DecemberAfghanistan · 190 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low -1.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Mazār-e Sharīf in DecemberAfghanistan · 194 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.5°C · 25 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.