Climate averages 1991–2020

Istaravshan weather
in February.

A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 3.7°C Daytime mean, February
Average low -5.4°C Night-time mean, February
Rainfall 71 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Istaravshan · average highYear overview

February is a cold month in Istaravshan: daytime highs average 3.7°C and nights cool to about -5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 40 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bekobod (41 km away). In February its highs average 8.9°C, 5.2°C warmer than Istaravshan, with 49 mm of rain.

Among the 7 cities listed in Tajikistan, Istaravshan ranks 7th of 7 for the warmest February highs and 5th of 7 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 7 cities is 8.0°C; Istaravshan is 4.4°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 9.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 71 mm to 100 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Istaravshan, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 2.0°C-7.0°C-7.0°C508.79.710 h
February, selected 3.7°C-5.4°C-5.4°C7110.510.711 h
March 9.4°C-0.1°C-0.1°C10012.411.912 h
April 16.1°C5.3°C5.3°C11513.613.213 h
May 21.1°C9.8°C9.8°C7712.414.414 h
June 25.8°C13.7°C13.7°C286.815.015 h
July 28.0°C16.3°C16.3°C113.014.715 h
August 26.9°C15.5°C15.5°C8.12.413.714 h
September 22.5°C11.6°C11.6°C132.812.512 h
October 16.4°C5.6°C5.6°C355.611.211 h
November 9.7°C-0.3°C-0.3°C597.710.010 h
December 3.9°C-5.1°C-5.1°C539.09.49 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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Istaravshan

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 limits

How 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.