Climate averages 1991–2020
Qŭnghirot weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Qŭnghirot: daytime highs average 33.5°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.7 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 57 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nukus (90 km away). In August its highs average 33.4°C, about as warm as Qŭnghirot, with 1.7 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Qŭnghirot ranks 17th of 28 for the warmest August highs and 13th of 28 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 28 cities is 33.8°C; Qŭnghirot is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 7.2°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.7 mm to 3.6 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
Qŭnghirot climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.7°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 9.2 | 2.7 | 9.49 h |
| February | 3.8°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 9.6 | 2.3 | 10.510 h |
| March | 11.7°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 18 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.4°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 20 | 4.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 27.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 16 | 3.6 | 14.615 h |
| June | 33.2°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 6.9 | 1.5 | 15.315 h |
| July | 35.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 2.2 | 0.6 | 15.015 h |
| August, selected | 33.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 2.7 | 0.4 | 13.914 h |
| September | 26.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 3.6 | 0.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.1°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 7.0 | 1.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.2°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 13 | 3.3 | 9.810 h |
| December | 2.1°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 9.0 | 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
- Nukus in AugustUzbekistan · 90 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 20.8°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Daşoguz in AugustTurkmenistan · 163 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Urganch in AugustUzbekistan · 222 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Xiva in AugustUzbekistan · 223 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Baikonur in AugustKazakhstan · 457 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Zhanaozen in AugustKazakhstan · 486 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Balkanabat in AugustTurkmenistan · 542 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 26.3°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Ashgabat in AugustTurkmenistan · 568 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 Qŭnghirot) is explained once on the Qŭnghirot year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.