Nukus weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · regional city · cold desert climate
The best time to visit Nukus is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 96/100), with May and April close behind. Nukus averages about 2,956 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,956
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 96/100
- Rain / year
- 81 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈25 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Population
- 333k
- Elevation
- 75 m
When is the best time to visit Nukus?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Nukus is September, then May and April. The dullest month is January (0/100, 7 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Nukus?
Nukus gets a lot of sun: around 2,956 hours a year. 96 Sunshine Score points separate September (96) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #7 of 12 destinations in Uzbekistan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,957 hours. Rain is a non-event in Nukus — about 81 mm in a typical year.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -9° / 16°F | 7 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -7° / 19°F | 9 mm | 2 |
| March | 39 | 13° / 55°F | 0° / 32°F | 12 mm | 3 |
| April | 94 | 22° / 72°F | 7° / 45°F | 13 mm | 5 |
| May | 95 | 31° / 88°F | 16° / 61°F | 9 mm | 7 |
| June | 48 | 37° / 99°F | 21° / 70°F | 3 mm | 8 |
| July | 29 | 39° / 102°F | 23° / 73°F | 2 mm | 8 |
| August | 58 | 36° / 97°F | 20° / 68°F | 1 mm | 7 |
| September | 96 | 29° / 84°F | 13° / 55°F | 2 mm | 5 |
| October | 87 | 19° / 66°F | 5° / 41°F | 6 mm | 3 |
| November | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -2° / 28°F | 9 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -7° / 19°F | 8 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Urgench Uzbekistan · 131 km · best in Sep · 3,100 h sun/yr
- Bukhara Uzbekistan · 506 km · best in Sep · 3,117 h sun/yr
- Ashgabat Turkmenistan · 512 km · best in Sep · 3,046 h sun/yr
- Samarkand Uzbekistan · 690 km · best in Sep · 2,936 h sun/yr
- Mashhad Iran · 695 km · best in Sep · 3,221 h sun/yr
- Aktau Kazakhstan · 708 km · best in Sep · 2,608 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Daşoguz Turkmenistan · 83 km · 3,106 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Baikonur Kazakhstan · 451 km · 2,915 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Türkmenabat Turkmenistan · 516 km · 3,219 h sun/yr · best in Sep
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