Climate averages 1991–2020
Samarkand weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Samarkand: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 20 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kattaqo’rg’on Shahri (66 km away). In May its highs average 26.2°C, 1.3°C warmer than Samarkand, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Samarkand ranks 25th of 28 for the warmest May highs and 22nd of 28 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 28 cities is 27.4°C; Samarkand is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 55 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Kattaqo’rg’on Shahri in MayUzbekistan · 66 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Shahrisabz in MayUzbekistan · 67 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Jizzax in MayUzbekistan · 91 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Qarshi in MayUzbekistan · 134 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Navoiy in MayUzbekistan · 143 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 15.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Denov in MayUzbekistan · 174 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Istaravshan in MayTajikistan · 177 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 9.8°C · 77 mm rain
- Guliston in MayUzbekistan · 180 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 50 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.