Climate averages 1991–2020
Dushanbe weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Dushanbe: daytime highs average 8.3°C and nights cool to about -3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 32 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bokhtar (78 km away). In December its highs average 11.0°C, 2.8°C warmer than Dushanbe, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Tajikistan, Dushanbe ranks 4th of 7 for the warmest December highs and 7th of 7 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 7 cities is 7.8°C; Dushanbe is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 6.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 80 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Bokhtar in DecemberTajikistan · 78 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 1.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Denov in DecemberUzbekistan · 82 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -1.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Kŭlob in DecemberTajikistan · 112 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low -1.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Istaravshan in DecemberTajikistan · 154 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -5.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Shahrisabz in DecemberUzbekistan · 178 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -2.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Bekobod in DecemberUzbekistan · 192 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -0.4°C · 38 mm rain
- Jizzax in DecemberUzbekistan · 196 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -1.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Tirmiz in DecemberUzbekistan · 197 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.8°C · 20 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.