Climate averages 1991–2020
Dushanbe weather
in August.
A 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 hot month in Dushanbe: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.2 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 40 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bokhtar (78 km away). In August its highs average 36.3°C, 4.6°C warmer than Dushanbe, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 7 cities listed in Tajikistan, Dushanbe ranks 5th of 7 for the warmest August highs and 4th of 7 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 7 cities is 32.6°C; Dushanbe is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.2 mm to 11 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
Dushanbe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.1°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 80 | 11.5 | 9.810 h |
| February | 7.9°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 111 | 13.2 | 10.711 h |
| March | 13.6°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 135 | 15.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.4°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 141 | 14.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.8°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 120 | 14.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 38 | 8.0 | 14.815 h |
| July | 32.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 13 | 2.7 | 14.615 h |
| August, selected | 31.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 5.2 | 1.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 27.6°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 11 | 1.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.7°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 31 | 5.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.9°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 67 | 8.6 | 10.110 h |
| December | 8.3°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 72 | 10.5 | 9.510 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
- Bokhtar in AugustTajikistan · 78 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Denov in AugustUzbekistan · 82 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Kŭlob in AugustTajikistan · 112 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Istaravshan in AugustTajikistan · 154 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Shahrisabz in AugustUzbekistan · 178 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Bekobod in AugustUzbekistan · 192 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 19.3°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Jizzax in AugustUzbekistan · 196 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Tirmiz in AugustUzbekistan · 197 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 24.0°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 Dushanbe) is explained once on the Dushanbe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.