Climate averages 1991–2020
Nukus weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Nukus: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.7 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 54 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Daşoguz (75 km away). In August its highs average 33.9°C, 0.5°C warmer than Nukus, with 1.0 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Nukus ranks 18th of 28 for the warmest August highs and 10th of 28 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 28 cities is 33.8°C; Nukus is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 6.8°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.7 mm to 4.1 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Nukus climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.6°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 9.0 | 2.3 | 9.59 h |
| February | 4.7°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 9.4 | 2.1 | 10.511 h |
| March | 12.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 17 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.9°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 18 | 4.1 | 13.313 h |
| May | 27.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 14 | 3.5 | 14.615 h |
| June | 33.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 5.3 | 1.5 | 15.215 h |
| July | 35.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 2.4 | 0.9 | 15.015 h |
| August, selected | 33.4°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 1.7 | 0.3 | 13.914 h |
| September | 26.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 4.1 | 0.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.4°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 7.0 | 2.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 9.8 | 2.7 | 9.810 h |
| December | 2.8°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 9.2 | 2.7 | 9.19 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
August in nearby cities
- Daşoguz in AugustTurkmenistan · 75 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Qŭnghirot in AugustUzbekistan · 90 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Urganch in AugustUzbekistan · 132 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Xiva in AugustUzbekistan · 135 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Baikonur in AugustKazakhstan · 460 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Bukhara in AugustUzbekistan · 503 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Türkmenabat in AugustTurkmenistan · 504 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Ashgabat in AugustTurkmenistan · 512 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 1.6 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 Nukus) is explained once on the Nukus year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.