Climate averages 1991–2020
Samarkand weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Samarkand: daytime highs average 19.5°C and nights cool to about 6.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 13 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kattaqo’rg’on Shahri (66 km away). In April its highs average 20.3°C, 0.9°C warmer than Samarkand, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Samarkand ranks 25th of 28 for the warmest April highs and 22nd of 28 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 28 cities is 21.3°C; Samarkand is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 91 mm to 55 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Samarkand climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 57 | 10.4 | 9.710 h |
| February | 8.5°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 77 | 10.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 13.9°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 96 | 12.6 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 19.5°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 91 | 10.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 24.9°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 55 | 8.8 | 14.314 h |
| June | 30.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 15 | 3.9 | 14.915 h |
| July | 32.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 4.2 | 1.1 | 14.715 h |
| August | 31.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 3.0 | 0.7 | 13.714 h |
| September | 27.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 5.6 | 1.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.7°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 20 | 3.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 50 | 7.6 | 10.010 h |
| December | 8.1°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 53 | 8.9 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Kattaqo’rg’on Shahri in AprilUzbekistan · 66 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 8.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Shahrisabz in AprilUzbekistan · 67 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 7.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Jizzax in AprilUzbekistan · 91 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Qarshi in AprilUzbekistan · 134 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 10.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Navoiy in AprilUzbekistan · 143 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 10.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Denov in AprilUzbekistan · 174 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 8.2°C · 64 mm rain
- Istaravshan in AprilTajikistan · 177 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 115 mm rain
- Guliston in AprilUzbekistan · 180 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 9.9°C · 74 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 Samarkand) is explained once on the Samarkand year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.