Climate averages 1991–2020
Khujand weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Khujand: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 23 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bekobod (31 km away). In May its highs average 27.6°C, 1.0°C cooler than Khujand, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Tajikistan, Khujand ranks 2nd of 7 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 7 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 7 cities is 25.8°C; Khujand is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 34.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 mm to 14 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Bekobod in MayUzbekistan · 31 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Olmaliq in MayUzbekistan · 63 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Istaravshan in MayTajikistan · 67 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 9.8°C · 77 mm rain
- Konibodom in MayTajikistan · 69 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Guliston in MayUzbekistan · 76 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Beshariq in MayUzbekistan · 85 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Isfara in MayTajikistan · 87 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Angren in MayUzbekistan · 93 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 105 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.