Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukhara weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Bukhara: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.8 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 21 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Navoiy (88 km away). In May its highs average 28.6°C, 2.2°C cooler than Bukhara, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Bukhara ranks 2nd of 28 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 28 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 28 cities is 27.4°C; Bukhara is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 36.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 9.8 mm to 1.7 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Navoiy in MayUzbekistan · 88 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 15.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Türkmenabat in MayTurkmenistan · 107 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Qarshi in MayUzbekistan · 155 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Kattaqo’rg’on Shahri in MayUzbekistan · 157 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Samarkand in MayUzbekistan · 217 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 11.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Shahrisabz in MayUzbekistan · 221 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Jizzax in MayUzbekistan · 293 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Bayramaly in MayTurkmenistan · 310 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 9.6 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.