Climate averages 1991–2020
Dushanbe weather
in October.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Dushanbe: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 6.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 14 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bokhtar (78 km away). In October its highs average 24.4°C, 3.7°C warmer than Dushanbe, with 8.3 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Tajikistan, Dushanbe ranks 5th of 7 for the warmest October highs and 5th of 7 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 7 cities is 20.6°C; Dushanbe is level with that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.8°C to 13.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 67 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Bokhtar in OctoberTajikistan · 78 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.5°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Denov in OctoberUzbekistan · 82 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 8.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Kŭlob in OctoberTajikistan · 112 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 9.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Istaravshan in OctoberTajikistan · 154 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 5.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Shahrisabz in OctoberUzbekistan · 178 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 7.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Bekobod in OctoberUzbekistan · 192 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Jizzax in OctoberUzbekistan · 196 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 8.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Tirmiz in OctoberUzbekistan · 197 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 4.3 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.