Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukhara weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Bukhara: daytime highs average 7.7°C and nights cool to about -1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 42 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Navoiy (88 km away). In January its highs average 7.2°C, 0.5°C cooler than Bukhara, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Bukhara ranks 4th of 28 for the warmest January highs and 11th of 28 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 28 cities is 5.8°C; Bukhara is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 10.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 26 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
Bukhara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Navoiy in JanuaryUzbekistan · 88 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Türkmenabat in JanuaryTurkmenistan · 107 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -1.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Qarshi in JanuaryUzbekistan · 155 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -1.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Kattaqo’rg’on Shahri in JanuaryUzbekistan · 157 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -2.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Samarkand in JanuaryUzbekistan · 217 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -4.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Shahrisabz in JanuaryUzbekistan · 221 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -4.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Jizzax in JanuaryUzbekistan · 293 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -2.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Bayramaly in JanuaryTurkmenistan · 310 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 0.2°C · 21 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.