Climate averages 1991–2020
Samarkand 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 Samarkand: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.0 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 44 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kattaqo’rg’on Shahri (66 km away). In August its highs average 32.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Samarkand, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Samarkand ranks 24th of 28 for the warmest August highs and 14th of 28 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 28 cities is 33.8°C; Samarkand is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.0 mm to 5.6 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Kattaqo’rg’on Shahri in AugustUzbekistan · 66 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Shahrisabz in AugustUzbekistan · 67 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Jizzax in AugustUzbekistan · 91 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Qarshi in AugustUzbekistan · 134 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Navoiy in AugustUzbekistan · 143 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Denov in AugustUzbekistan · 174 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Istaravshan in AugustTajikistan · 177 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Guliston in AugustUzbekistan · 180 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 3.8 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.