Dushanbe weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇯 Tajikistan · city break · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Dushanbe is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 95/100), with October and May close behind. Dushanbe averages about 2,806 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,806
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 95/100
- Rain / year
- 318 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈59 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 1.1M
- Elevation
- 784 m
When is the best time to visit Dushanbe?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Dushanbe is September, then October and May. The dullest month is January (7/100, 36 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Dushanbe?
Dushanbe gets a lot of sun: around 2,806 hours a year. 88 Sunshine Score points separate September (95) from January (7), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #4 of 4 destinations in Tajikistan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,026 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around March, carries about 49% of the annual 318 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 0° / 32°F | 36 mm | 1 |
| February | 14 | 10° / 50°F | 1° / 34°F | 52 mm | 2 |
| March | 65 | 17° / 63°F | 6° / 43°F | 52 mm | 4 |
| April | 86 | 23° / 73°F | 11° / 52°F | 52 mm | 6 |
| May | 90 | 29° / 84°F | 17° / 63°F | 31 mm | 8 |
| June | 56 | 36° / 97°F | 21° / 70°F | 11 mm | 9 |
| July | 29 | 39° / 102°F | 24° / 75°F | 2 mm | 9 |
| August | 48 | 37° / 99°F | 22° / 72°F | 1 mm | 9 |
| September | 95 | 31° / 88°F | 17° / 63°F | 2 mm | 7 |
| October | 94 | 24° / 75°F | 11° / 52°F | 11 mm | 4 |
| November | 60 | 16° / 61°F | 5° / 41°F | 33 mm | 2 |
| December | 15 | 10° / 50°F | 1° / 34°F | 35 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Khujand Tajikistan · 200 km · best in Sep · 2,919 h sun/yr
- Samarkand Uzbekistan · 204 km · best in Sep · 2,936 h sun/yr
- Tashkent Uzbekistan · 304 km · best in Sep · 2,929 h sun/yr
- Fergana Uzbekistan · 322 km · best in Sep · 2,917 h sun/yr
- Namangan Uzbekistan · 358 km · best in Oct · 2,919 h sun/yr
- Bukhara Uzbekistan · 398 km · best in Sep · 3,117 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bokhtar Tajikistan · 75 km · 3,196 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Kulob Tajikistan · 106 km · 3,133 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Zomin Uzbekistan · 167 km · 2,884 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Termez Uzbekistan · 193 km · 3,225 h sun/yr · best in Oct
Head-to-head
How Dushanbe compares month by month: Dushanbe vs Kabul · Dushanbe vs Tashkent · Dushanbe vs Samarkand · Dushanbe vs Khujand · all comparisons
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