Climate averages 1991–2020
Shahrisabz weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Shahrisabz: daytime highs average 9.0°C and nights cool to about -2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 29 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Samarkand (67 km away). In December its highs average 8.1°C, 1.0°C cooler than Shahrisabz, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Shahrisabz ranks joint 4th of 28 for the warmest December highs and 25th of 28 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 28 cities is 7.2°C; Shahrisabz is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 6.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 59 mm to 77 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Samarkand in DecemberUzbekistan · 67 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -2.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Qarshi in DecemberUzbekistan · 93 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low -0.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Kattaqo’rg’on Shahri in DecemberUzbekistan · 106 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -1.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Denov in DecemberUzbekistan · 128 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -1.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Jizzax in DecemberUzbekistan · 147 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -1.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Navoiy in DecemberUzbekistan · 169 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 0.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Dushanbe in DecemberTajikistan · 178 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -3.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Tirmiz in DecemberUzbekistan · 208 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.8°C · 20 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.