Climate averages 1991–2020
Samarkand weather
in July.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Samarkand: daytime highs average 32.9°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 4.2 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes July a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 41 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kattaqo’rg’on Shahri (66 km away). In July its highs average 33.8°C, 0.9°C warmer than Samarkand, with 1.6 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Samarkand ranks 25th of 28 for the warmest July highs and joint 13th of 28 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 28 cities is 35.3°C; Samarkand is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.2 mm to 3.0 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Kattaqo’rg’on Shahri in JulyUzbekistan · 66 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Shahrisabz in JulyUzbekistan · 67 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Jizzax in JulyUzbekistan · 91 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 21.8°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Qarshi in JulyUzbekistan · 134 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Navoiy in JulyUzbekistan · 143 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Denov in JulyUzbekistan · 174 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Istaravshan in JulyTajikistan · 177 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 16.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Guliston in JulyUzbekistan · 180 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 6.7 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.