Climate averages 1991–2020
Dushanbe weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Dushanbe: daytime highs average 6.1°C and nights cool to about -5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 48 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bokhtar (78 km away). In January its highs average 9.3°C, 3.2°C warmer than Dushanbe, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Tajikistan, Dushanbe ranks joint 4th of 7 for the warmest January highs and 7th of 7 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 7 cities is 6.1°C; Dushanbe is level with that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 7.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 80 mm to 111 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
Dushanbe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Bokhtar in JanuaryTajikistan · 78 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low -0.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Denov in JanuaryUzbekistan · 82 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -2.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Kŭlob in JanuaryTajikistan · 112 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -3.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Istaravshan in JanuaryTajikistan · 154 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -7.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Shahrisabz in JanuaryUzbekistan · 178 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -4.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Bekobod in JanuaryUzbekistan · 192 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -2.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Jizzax in JanuaryUzbekistan · 196 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -2.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Tirmiz in JanuaryUzbekistan · 197 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 0.4°C · 26 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.