Climate averages 1991–2020
Samarkand weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Samarkand: daytime highs average 8.5°C and nights cool to about -2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 40 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kattaqo’rg’on Shahri (66 km away). In February its highs average 9.0°C, about as warm as Samarkand, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Samarkand ranks 17th of 28 for the warmest February highs and 25th of 28 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 28 cities is 8.2°C; Samarkand is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 13.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 77 mm to 96 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Kattaqo’rg’on Shahri in FebruaryUzbekistan · 66 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -1.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Shahrisabz in FebruaryUzbekistan · 67 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -3.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Jizzax in FebruaryUzbekistan · 91 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -1.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Qarshi in FebruaryUzbekistan · 134 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 0.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Navoiy in FebruaryUzbekistan · 143 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low -0.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Denov in FebruaryUzbekistan · 174 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low -1.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Istaravshan in FebruaryTajikistan · 177 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -5.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Guliston in FebruaryUzbekistan · 180 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low -0.7°C · 53 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.