Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukhara weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Bukhara: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical September (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Navoiy (88 km away). In September its highs average 29.1°C, 1.2°C cooler than Bukhara, with 1.7 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Bukhara ranks 4th of 28 for the warmest September highs and 1st of 28 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 28 cities is 28.5°C; Bukhara is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 7.5°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 4.8 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Navoiy in SeptemberUzbekistan · 88 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 14.7°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Türkmenabat in SeptemberTurkmenistan · 107 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Qarshi in SeptemberUzbekistan · 155 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 15.2°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Kattaqo’rg’on Shahri in SeptemberUzbekistan · 157 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Samarkand in SeptemberUzbekistan · 217 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 12.5°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Shahrisabz in SeptemberUzbekistan · 221 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Jizzax in SeptemberUzbekistan · 293 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Bayramaly in SeptemberTurkmenistan · 310 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 17.0°C · 0.7 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.