Climate averages 1991–2020
Bokhtar weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Bokhtar: daytime highs average 9.3°C and nights cool to about -0.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 52 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dushanbe (78 km away). In January its highs average 6.1°C, 3.2°C cooler than Bokhtar, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Tajikistan, Bokhtar ranks 1st of 7 for the warmest January highs and 4th of 7 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 7 cities is 6.1°C; Bokhtar is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 11.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 57 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
Bokhtar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Dushanbe in JanuaryTajikistan · 78 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -5.5°C · 80 mm rain
- Kŭlob in JanuaryTajikistan · 89 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -3.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Denov in JanuaryUzbekistan · 91 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -2.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Kunduz in JanuaryAfghanistan · 123 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -2.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Khanabad in JanuaryAfghanistan · 132 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -1.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Tirmiz in JanuaryUzbekistan · 149 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 0.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Baghlān in JanuaryAfghanistan · 190 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low -3.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Mazār-e Sharīf in JanuaryAfghanistan · 194 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 0.1°C · 34 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.