Climate averages 1991–2020
Istaravshan weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Istaravshan: daytime highs average 21.1°C and nights cool to about 9.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 21 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bekobod (41 km away). In May its highs average 27.6°C, 6.5°C warmer than Istaravshan, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Tajikistan, Istaravshan ranks 7th of 7 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 7 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 7 cities is 25.8°C; Istaravshan is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 77 mm to 28 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Bekobod in MayUzbekistan · 41 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Khujand in MayTajikistan · 67 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 16.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Guliston in MayUzbekistan · 67 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Jizzax in MayUzbekistan · 103 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Olmaliq in MayUzbekistan · 115 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Konibodom in MayTajikistan · 129 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Isfara in MayTajikistan · 140 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Beshariq in MayUzbekistan · 148 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 18 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.