Climate averages 1991–2020
Khujand weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Khujand: daytime highs average 34.8°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.8 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 46 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bekobod (31 km away). In August its highs average 33.9°C, 0.9°C cooler than Khujand, with 2.4 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Tajikistan, Khujand ranks 2nd of 7 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 7 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 7 cities is 32.6°C; Khujand is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.2°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.8 mm to 7.0 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
Khujand climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.4°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 32 | 6.7 | 9.710 h |
| February | 9.4°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 46 | 8.6 | 10.611 h |
| March | 15.7°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 64 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.3°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 68 | 10.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 28.6°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 37 | 7.3 | 14.414 h |
| June | 34.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 14 | 4.2 | 15.015 h |
| July | 36.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 5.4 | 1.4 | 14.715 h |
| August, selected | 34.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 2.8 | 0.7 | 13.814 h |
| September | 29.6°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 7.0 | 1.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 22.0°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 21 | 4.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 14.3°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 41 | 7.0 | 10.010 h |
| December | 8.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 37 | 7.7 | 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 · 31 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 19.3°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Olmaliq in AugustUzbekistan · 63 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Istaravshan in AugustTajikistan · 67 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Konibodom in AugustTajikistan · 69 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Guliston in AugustUzbekistan · 76 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Beshariq in AugustUzbekistan · 85 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Isfara in AugustTajikistan · 87 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Angren in AugustUzbekistan · 93 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 25 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 Khujand) is explained once on the Khujand year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.