Climate averages 1991–2020
Khujand weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry 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 Khujand: daytime highs average 7.4°C and nights cool to about -0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 39 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bekobod (31 km away). In January its highs average 6.9°C, about as warm as Khujand, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Tajikistan, Khujand ranks 3rd of 7 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 7 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 7 cities is 6.1°C; Khujand is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 9.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 46 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
Khujand climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Bekobod in JanuaryUzbekistan · 31 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -2.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Olmaliq in JanuaryUzbekistan · 63 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -2.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Istaravshan in JanuaryTajikistan · 67 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -7.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Konibodom in JanuaryTajikistan · 69 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -1.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Guliston in JanuaryUzbekistan · 76 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -1.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Beshariq in JanuaryUzbekistan · 85 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -1.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Isfara in JanuaryTajikistan · 87 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -2.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Angren in JanuaryUzbekistan · 93 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -3.9°C · 74 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.