Climate averages 1991–2020
Istaravshan weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Istaravshan: daytime highs average 2.0°C and nights cool to about -7.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 41 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bekobod (41 km away). In January its highs average 6.9°C, 4.9°C warmer than Istaravshan, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Tajikistan, Istaravshan ranks 7th of 7 for the warmest January highs and 5th of 7 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 7 cities is 6.1°C; Istaravshan is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 3.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 71 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Bekobod in JanuaryUzbekistan · 41 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -2.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Khujand in JanuaryTajikistan · 67 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -0.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Guliston in JanuaryUzbekistan · 67 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -1.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Jizzax in JanuaryUzbekistan · 103 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -2.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Olmaliq in JanuaryUzbekistan · 115 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -2.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Konibodom in JanuaryTajikistan · 129 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -1.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Isfara in JanuaryTajikistan · 140 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -2.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Beshariq in JanuaryUzbekistan · 148 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -1.3°C · 16 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.