Climate averages 1991–2020
Shahrisabz weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Shahrisabz: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 42 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Samarkand (67 km away). In August its highs average 31.9°C, about as warm as Shahrisabz, with 3.0 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Shahrisabz ranks 23rd of 28 for the warmest August highs and 9th of 28 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 28 cities is 33.8°C; Shahrisabz is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.0 mm to 3.5 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Shahrisabz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 77 | 11.6 | 9.810 h |
| February | 8.7°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 93 | 11.9 | 10.711 h |
| March | 14.2°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 112 | 12.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 97 | 10.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 25.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 46 | 6.2 | 14.314 h |
| June | 30.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 7.2 | 1.7 | 14.915 h |
| July | 33.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 14.615 h |
| August, selected | 32.1°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 13.714 h |
| September | 27.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 3.5 | 0.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.8°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 19 | 3.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 51 | 7.2 | 10.110 h |
| December | 9.0°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 59 | 8.9 | 9.59 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
August in nearby cities
- Samarkand in AugustUzbekistan · 67 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Qarshi in AugustUzbekistan · 93 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Kattaqo’rg’on Shahri in AugustUzbekistan · 106 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Denov in AugustUzbekistan · 128 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Jizzax in AugustUzbekistan · 147 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Navoiy in AugustUzbekistan · 169 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Dushanbe in AugustTajikistan · 178 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Tirmiz in AugustUzbekistan · 208 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 0.1 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 Shahrisabz) is explained once on the Shahrisabz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.