Climate averages 1991–2020
Samarkand weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Samarkand: daytime highs average 6.3°C and nights cool to about -4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 43 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kattaqo’rg’on Shahri (66 km away). In January its highs average 6.6°C, about as warm as Samarkand, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Samarkand ranks joint 14th of 28 for the warmest January highs and 23rd of 28 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 28 cities is 5.8°C; Samarkand is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 8.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 77 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kattaqo’rg’on Shahri in JanuaryUzbekistan · 66 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -2.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Shahrisabz in JanuaryUzbekistan · 67 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -4.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Jizzax in JanuaryUzbekistan · 91 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -2.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Qarshi in JanuaryUzbekistan · 134 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -1.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Navoiy in JanuaryUzbekistan · 143 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Denov in JanuaryUzbekistan · 174 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -2.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Istaravshan in JanuaryTajikistan · 177 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -7.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Guliston in JanuaryUzbekistan · 180 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -1.9°C · 38 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.