Climate averages 1991–2020
Bokhtar weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Bokhtar: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 11 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dushanbe (78 km away). In May its highs average 23.8°C, 5.3°C cooler than Bokhtar, with 120 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Tajikistan, Bokhtar ranks 1st of 7 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 7 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 7 cities is 25.8°C; Bokhtar is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 35.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to 9.9 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Dushanbe in MayTajikistan · 78 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.7°C · 120 mm rain
- Kŭlob in MayTajikistan · 89 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 99 mm rain
- Denov in MayUzbekistan · 91 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Kunduz in MayAfghanistan · 123 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 15.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Khanabad in MayAfghanistan · 132 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Tirmiz in MayUzbekistan · 149 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 19.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Baghlān in MayAfghanistan · 190 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 13.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Mazār-e Sharīf in MayAfghanistan · 194 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 13 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.