Kulob weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇯 Tajikistan · regional city · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Kulob is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with October and May close behind. Kulob averages about 3,133 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,133
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 97/100
- Rain / year
- 293 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈48 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 215k
- Elevation
- 678 m

When is the best time to visit Kulob?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kulob is September, then October and May. The dullest month is January (15/100, 35 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kulob?
Kulob is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,133 hours of sunshine a year. 82 Sunshine Score points separate September (97) from January (15), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #2 of 4 destinations in Tajikistan for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,026 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around March, carries about 49% of the annual 293 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15 | 10° / 50°F | 2° / 36°F | 35 mm | 2 |
| February | 30 | 12° / 54°F | 3° / 37°F | 46 mm | 3 |
| March | 81 | 19° / 66°F | 8° / 46°F | 51 mm | 4 |
| April | 89 | 24° / 75°F | 13° / 55°F | 47 mm | 7 |
| May | 92 | 30° / 86°F | 18° / 64°F | 30 mm | 9 |
| June | 58 | 36° / 97°F | 22° / 72°F | 9 mm | 10 |
| July | 29 | 39° / 102°F | 24° / 75°F | 2 mm | 10 |
| August | 49 | 37° / 99°F | 23° / 73°F | 1 mm | 9 |
| September | 97 | 32° / 90°F | 18° / 64°F | 1 mm | 7 |
| October | 96 | 25° / 77°F | 13° / 55°F | 8 mm | 5 |
| November | 69 | 17° / 63°F | 8° / 46°F | 31 mm | 2 |
| December | 31 | 12° / 54°F | 3° / 37°F | 32 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Dushanbe Tajikistan · 106 km · best in Sep · 2,806 h sun/yr
- Khujand Tajikistan · 248 km · best in Sep · 2,919 h sun/yr
- Samarkand Uzbekistan · 310 km · best in Sep · 2,936 h sun/yr
- Fergana Uzbekistan · 312 km · best in Sep · 2,917 h sun/yr
- Namangan Uzbekistan · 366 km · best in Oct · 2,919 h sun/yr
- Tashkent Uzbekistan · 366 km · best in Sep · 2,929 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bokhtar Tajikistan · 84 km · 3,196 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Fayzabad Afghanistan · 115 km · 3,177 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Termez Uzbekistan · 233 km · 3,225 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Zomin Uzbekistan · 255 km · 2,884 h sun/yr · best in Sep
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