Climate averages 1991–2020

Khujand weather
in October.

A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 22.0°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 11.0°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 21 mm 4 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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October is a warm month in Khujand: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 10 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bekobod (31 km away). In October its highs average 21.5°C, about as warm as Khujand, with 21 mm of rain.

Among the 7 cities listed in Tajikistan, Khujand ranks 3rd of 7 for the warmest October highs and 2nd of 7 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 7 cities is 20.6°C; Khujand is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 7.7°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 41 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -50510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Khujand, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 7.4°C-0.1°C-0.1°C326.79.710 h
February 9.4°C0.8°C0.8°C468.610.611 h
March 15.7°C5.7°C5.7°C6410.211.912 h
April 22.3°C11.1°C11.1°C6810.613.213 h
May 28.6°C16.0°C16.0°C377.314.414 h
June 34.3°C20.5°C20.5°C144.215.015 h
July 36.4°C23.1°C23.1°C5.41.414.715 h
August 34.8°C21.8°C21.8°C2.80.713.814 h
September 29.6°C16.9°C16.9°C7.01.512.513 h
October, selected 22.0°C11.0°C11.0°C214.111.211 h
November 14.3°C5.6°C5.6°C417.010.010 h
December 8.7°C1.6°C1.6°C377.79.49 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

October in nearby cities

Distance from Khujand

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 limits

How 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.