Climate averages 1991–2020
Dushanbe weather
in February.
A cold, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Dushanbe: daytime highs average 7.9°C and nights cool to about -3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 111 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 44 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bokhtar (78 km away). In February its highs average 11.5°C, 3.6°C warmer than Dushanbe, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Tajikistan, Dushanbe ranks 5th of 7 for the warmest February highs and 7th of 7 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 7 cities is 8.0°C; Dushanbe is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 13.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 111 mm to 135 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Bokhtar in FebruaryTajikistan · 78 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 1.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Denov in FebruaryUzbekistan · 82 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low -1.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Kŭlob in FebruaryTajikistan · 112 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low -1.9°C · 95 mm rain
- Istaravshan in FebruaryTajikistan · 154 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -5.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Shahrisabz in FebruaryUzbekistan · 178 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -3.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Bekobod in FebruaryUzbekistan · 192 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -1.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Jizzax in FebruaryUzbekistan · 196 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -1.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Tirmiz in FebruaryUzbekistan · 197 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 2.1°C · 32 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.