Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiva weather
in January.
A cold, very dry month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Xiva: daytime highs average 3.5°C and nights cool to about -4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 9.5 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 33 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Urganch (29 km away). In January its highs average 3.3°C, about as warm as Xiva, with 9.6 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Xiva ranks 24th of 28 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 28 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 28 cities is 5.8°C; Xiva is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 6.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.5 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Xiva climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 3.5°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 9.5 | 2.6 | 9.610 h |
| February | 6.5°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 11 | 2.7 | 10.611 h |
| March | 14.1°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 16 | 3.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.1°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 15 | 3.1 | 13.313 h |
| May | 29.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 11 | 2.6 | 14.514 h |
| June | 34.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 4.0 | 1.2 | 15.115 h |
| July | 36.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 1.0 | 0.4 | 14.815 h |
| August | 34.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 13.814 h |
| September | 27.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.7°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 5.4 | 1.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.3°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 8.6 | 2.6 | 9.910 h |
| December | 4.4°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 7.5 | 1.9 | 9.29 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
January in nearby cities
- Urganch in JanuaryUzbekistan · 29 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -5.0°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Daşoguz in JanuaryTurkmenistan · 60 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -5.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Nukus in JanuaryUzbekistan · 135 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -6.3°C · 9.0 mm precipitation
- Qŭnghirot in JanuaryUzbekistan · 223 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -6.7°C · 9.2 mm precipitation
- Türkmenabat in JanuaryTurkmenistan · 375 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -1.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Bukhara in JanuaryUzbekistan · 388 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low -1.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Ashgabat in JanuaryTurkmenistan · 418 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -0.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Mary in JanuaryTurkmenistan · 440 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 0.0°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 Xiva) is explained once on the Xiva year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.