Climate averages 1991–2020
Samarkand weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Samarkand: daytime highs average 8.1°C and nights cool to about -2.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 25 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kattaqo’rg’on Shahri (66 km away). In December its highs average 8.4°C, about as warm as Samarkand, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Samarkand ranks 11th of 28 for the warmest December highs and 23rd of 28 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 28 cities is 7.2°C; Samarkand is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 6.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 53 mm to 57 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Kattaqo’rg’on Shahri in DecemberUzbekistan · 66 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -1.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Shahrisabz in DecemberUzbekistan · 67 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -2.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Jizzax in DecemberUzbekistan · 91 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -1.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Qarshi in DecemberUzbekistan · 134 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low -0.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Navoiy in DecemberUzbekistan · 143 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 0.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Denov in DecemberUzbekistan · 174 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -1.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Istaravshan in DecemberTajikistan · 177 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -5.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Guliston in DecemberUzbekistan · 180 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.4°C · 42 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.