Osh weather by month & the best time to visit
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan · regional city · cold desert climate
The best time to visit Osh is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 96/100), with October and April close behind. Osh averages about 2,957 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 4 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,957
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 96/100
- Rain / year
- 218 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈46 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 391k
- Elevation
- 881 m

When is the best time to visit Osh?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Osh is September, then October and April. The dullest month is January (0/100, 18 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Osh?
Osh gets a lot of sun: around 2,957 hours a year. 96 Sunshine Score points separate September (96) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. Osh is the sunniest of the 4 destinations tracked in Kyrgyzstan. The year's 218 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -1° / 30°F | 18 mm | 2 |
| February | 15 | 10° / 50°F | 1° / 34°F | 25 mm | 3 |
| March | 61 | 16° / 61°F | 6° / 43°F | 29 mm | 4 |
| April | 92 | 22° / 72°F | 10° / 50°F | 27 mm | 6 |
| May | 92 | 28° / 82°F | 15° / 59°F | 22 mm | 7 |
| June | 85 | 33° / 91°F | 20° / 68°F | 14 mm | 9 |
| July | 57 | 36° / 97°F | 22° / 72°F | 6 mm | 9 |
| August | 67 | 35° / 95°F | 21° / 70°F | 6 mm | 8 |
| September | 96 | 29° / 84°F | 16° / 61°F | 4 mm | 6 |
| October | 94 | 21° / 70°F | 10° / 50°F | 16 mm | 4 |
| November | 46 | 14° / 57°F | 5° / 41°F | 27 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 0° / 32°F | 24 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Fergana Uzbekistan · 93 km · best in Sep · 2,917 h sun/yr
- Namangan Uzbekistan · 112 km · best in Oct · 2,919 h sun/yr
- Khujand Tajikistan · 266 km · best in Sep · 2,919 h sun/yr
- Kashgar China · 299 km · best in Apr · 3,028 h sun/yr
- Tashkent Uzbekistan · 304 km · best in Sep · 2,929 h sun/yr
- Bishkek Kyrgyzstan · 306 km · best in Sep · 2,950 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Andijan Uzbekistan · 44 km · 2,957 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Taraz Kazakhstan · 279 km · 2,726 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How Osh compares month by month: Osh vs Bishkek · Osh vs Namangan · Osh vs Kashgar · Osh vs Khujand · all comparisons
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