Climate averages 1991–2020
Istaravshan weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Istaravshan: daytime highs average 3.9°C and nights cool to about -5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 24 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bekobod (41 km away). In December its highs average 8.3°C, 4.4°C warmer than Istaravshan, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Tajikistan, Istaravshan ranks 7th of 7 for the warmest December highs and 5th of 7 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 7 cities is 7.8°C; Istaravshan is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 2.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Bekobod in DecemberUzbekistan · 41 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -0.4°C · 38 mm rain
- Khujand in DecemberTajikistan · 67 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 1.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Guliston in DecemberUzbekistan · 67 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Jizzax in DecemberUzbekistan · 103 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -1.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Olmaliq in DecemberUzbekistan · 115 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -0.8°C · 54 mm rain
- Konibodom in DecemberTajikistan · 129 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 0.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Isfara in DecemberTajikistan · 140 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -0.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Beshariq in DecemberUzbekistan · 148 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 0.1°C · 23 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.