Samarkand weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · city break · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Samarkand is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 96/100), with October and May close behind. Samarkand averages about 2,936 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,936
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 96/100
- Rain / year
- 318 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈59 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 595k
- Elevation
- 670 m
When is the best time to visit Samarkand?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Samarkand is September, then October and May. The dullest month is January (0/100, 35 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Samarkand?
Samarkand gets a lot of sun: around 2,936 hours a year. 96 Sunshine Score points separate September (96) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #8 of 12 destinations in Uzbekistan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,957 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around March, carries about 51% of the annual 318 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -2° / 28°F | 35 mm | 1 |
| February | 7 | 9° / 48°F | -1° / 30°F | 48 mm | 2 |
| March | 57 | 16° / 61°F | 4° / 39°F | 58 mm | 4 |
| April | 86 | 22° / 72°F | 9° / 48°F | 56 mm | 6 |
| May | 91 | 29° / 84°F | 15° / 59°F | 30 mm | 8 |
| June | 67 | 35° / 95°F | 19° / 66°F | 7 mm | 9 |
| July | 38 | 38° / 100°F | 22° / 72°F | 2 mm | 9 |
| August | 58 | 36° / 97°F | 20° / 68°F | 1 mm | 8 |
| September | 96 | 30° / 86°F | 15° / 59°F | 2 mm | 6 |
| October | 94 | 22° / 72°F | 9° / 48°F | 14 mm | 4 |
| November | 45 | 14° / 57°F | 3° / 37°F | 35 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -1° / 30°F | 30 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Dushanbe Tajikistan · 204 km · best in Sep · 2,806 h sun/yr
- Bukhara Uzbekistan · 214 km · best in Sep · 3,117 h sun/yr
- Khujand Tajikistan · 238 km · best in Sep · 2,919 h sun/yr
- Tashkent Uzbekistan · 260 km · best in Sep · 2,929 h sun/yr
- Shymkent Kazakhstan · 363 km · best in Sep · 2,974 h sun/yr
- Fergana Uzbekistan · 412 km · best in Sep · 2,917 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Zomin Uzbekistan · 127 km · 2,884 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Karshi Uzbekistan · 144 km · 3,130 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Navoi Uzbekistan · 161 km · 3,091 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How Samarkand compares month by month: Samarkand vs Dushanbe · Samarkand vs Khujand · Samarkand vs Bukhara · Samarkand vs Urgench · all comparisons
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