Climate averages 1991–2020
Dushanbe weather
in September.
A warm, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Dushanbe: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes September a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bokhtar (78 km away). In September its highs average 31.6°C, 4.0°C warmer than Dushanbe, with 1.4 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Tajikistan, Dushanbe ranks 5th of 7 for the warmest September highs and 4th of 7 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 7 cities is 27.8°C; Dushanbe is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 6.9°C to 20.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 31 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Bokhtar in SeptemberTajikistan · 78 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Denov in SeptemberUzbekistan · 82 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 14.3°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Kŭlob in SeptemberTajikistan · 112 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Istaravshan in SeptemberTajikistan · 154 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Shahrisabz in SeptemberUzbekistan · 178 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Bekobod in SeptemberUzbekistan · 192 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Jizzax in SeptemberUzbekistan · 196 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Tirmiz in SeptemberUzbekistan · 197 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 0.8 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.