Climate averages 1991–2020
Khujand weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Khujand: daytime highs average 8.7°C and nights cool to about 1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 22 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bekobod (31 km away). In December its highs average 8.3°C, about as warm as Khujand, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Tajikistan, Khujand ranks 3rd of 7 for the warmest December highs and joint 3rd of 7 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 7 cities is 7.8°C; Khujand is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 7.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 mm to 32 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Bekobod in DecemberUzbekistan · 31 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -0.4°C · 38 mm rain
- Olmaliq in DecemberUzbekistan · 63 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -0.8°C · 54 mm rain
- Istaravshan in DecemberTajikistan · 67 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -5.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Konibodom in DecemberTajikistan · 69 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 0.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Guliston in DecemberUzbekistan · 76 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Beshariq in DecemberUzbekistan · 85 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 0.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Isfara in DecemberTajikistan · 87 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -0.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Angren in DecemberUzbekistan · 93 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -2.3°C · 85 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.