Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukhara weather
in December.
A cool, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Bukhara: daytime highs average 8.9°C and nights cool to about -0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 25 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Navoiy (88 km away). In December its highs average 8.9°C, about as warm as Bukhara, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Bukhara ranks joint 6th of 28 for the warmest December highs and 5th of 28 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 28 cities is 7.2°C; Bukhara is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 7.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 20 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
Bukhara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 20 | 4.8 | 9.710 h |
| February | 10.5°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 26 | 5.2 | 10.711 h |
| March | 17.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 32 | 6.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 24.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 24 | 4.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 30.8°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 9.8 | 2.5 | 14.314 h |
| June | 36.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 14.915 h |
| July | 37.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 14.715 h |
| August | 36.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 30.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.8°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 4.8 | 1.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 14.5°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 15 | 3.8 | 10.010 h |
| December, selected | 8.9°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 14 | 3.3 | 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
- Navoiy in DecemberUzbekistan · 88 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 0.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Türkmenabat in DecemberTurkmenistan · 107 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 0.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Qarshi in DecemberUzbekistan · 155 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low -0.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Kattaqo’rg’on Shahri in DecemberUzbekistan · 157 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -1.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Samarkand in DecemberUzbekistan · 217 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -2.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Shahrisabz in DecemberUzbekistan · 221 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -2.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Jizzax in DecemberUzbekistan · 293 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -1.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Bayramaly in DecemberTurkmenistan · 310 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.4°C · 15 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 Bukhara) is explained once on the Bukhara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.