Climate averages 1991–2020

Shahrisabz weather
in October.

A mild, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 20.8°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 7.2°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 19 mm 4 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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October is a mild month in Shahrisabz: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 7.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 13 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Samarkand (67 km away). In October its highs average 20.7°C, about as warm as Shahrisabz, with 20 mm of rain.

Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Shahrisabz ranks 16th of 28 for the warmest October highs and 14th of 28 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 28 cities is 21.0°C; Shahrisabz is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 6.8°C to 13.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 51 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-50510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Shahrisabz, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 6.8°C-4.4°C-4.4°C7711.69.810 h
February 8.7°C-3.0°C-3.0°C9311.910.711 h
March 14.2°C2.0°C2.0°C11212.611.912 h
April 20.1°C7.1°C7.1°C9710.713.213 h
May 25.3°C11.6°C11.6°C466.214.314 h
June 30.9°C15.7°C15.7°C7.21.714.915 h
July 33.4°C18.4°C18.4°C2.40.514.615 h
August 32.1°C17.3°C17.3°C1.00.313.714 h
September 27.4°C12.9°C12.9°C3.50.912.512 h
October, selected 20.8°C7.2°C7.2°C193.511.211 h
November 13.9°C2.0°C2.0°C517.210.110 h
December 9.0°C-2.3°C-2.3°C598.99.59 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.

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October in nearby cities

Distance from Shahrisabz

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 limits

How 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.