Climate averages 1991–2020
Istaravshan weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Istaravshan: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.1 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 45 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bekobod (41 km away). In August its highs average 33.9°C, 7.0°C warmer than Istaravshan, with 2.4 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Tajikistan, Istaravshan ranks 7th of 7 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 7 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 7 cities is 32.6°C; Istaravshan is 5.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.4°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.1 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Istaravshan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.0°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 50 | 8.7 | 9.710 h |
| February | 3.7°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 71 | 10.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 9.4°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 100 | 12.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 115 | 13.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.1°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 77 | 12.4 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 28 | 6.8 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 11 | 3.0 | 14.715 h |
| August, selected | 26.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 8.1 | 2.4 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.5°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 13 | 2.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.4°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 35 | 5.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.7°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 59 | 7.7 | 10.010 h |
| December | 3.9°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 53 | 9.0 | 9.49 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
August in nearby cities
- Bekobod in AugustUzbekistan · 41 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 19.3°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Khujand in AugustTajikistan · 67 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 21.8°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Guliston in AugustUzbekistan · 67 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Jizzax in AugustUzbekistan · 103 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Olmaliq in AugustUzbekistan · 115 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Konibodom in AugustTajikistan · 129 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Isfara in AugustTajikistan · 140 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Beshariq in AugustUzbekistan · 148 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 3.1 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 Istaravshan) is explained once on the Istaravshan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.