Urgench weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · regional city · cold desert climate
The best time to visit Urgench is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with October and May close behind. Urgench averages about 3,100 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,100
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 97/100
- Rain / year
- 99 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈21 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Population
- 145k
- Elevation
- 97 m
When is the best time to visit Urgench?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Urgench is September, then October and May. The dullest month is January (0/100, 9 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Urgench?
Urgench is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,100 hours of sunshine a year. 97 Sunshine Score points separate September (97) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #4 of 12 destinations in Uzbekistan for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,957 hours. Rain is a non-event in Urgench — about 99 mm in a typical year.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -7° / 19°F | 9 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -6° / 21°F | 14 mm | 2 |
| March | 55 | 15° / 59°F | 1° / 34°F | 20 mm | 4 |
| April | 94 | 23° / 73°F | 8° / 46°F | 16 mm | 5 |
| May | 96 | 31° / 88°F | 16° / 61°F | 10 mm | 7 |
| June | 48 | 37° / 99°F | 22° / 72°F | 4 mm | 8 |
| July | 29 | 39° / 102°F | 24° / 75°F | 1 mm | 8 |
| August | 49 | 37° / 99°F | 21° / 70°F | 1 mm | 8 |
| September | 97 | 30° / 86°F | 14° / 57°F | 1 mm | 6 |
| October | 97 | 20° / 68°F | 6° / 43°F | 4 mm | 4 |
| November | 16 | 10° / 50°F | -1° / 30°F | 9 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -6° / 21°F | 10 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Bukhara Uzbekistan · 381 km · best in Sep · 3,117 h sun/yr
- Ashgabat Turkmenistan · 445 km · best in Sep · 3,046 h sun/yr
- Samarkand Uzbekistan · 574 km · best in Sep · 2,936 h sun/yr
- Mashhad Iran · 601 km · best in Sep · 3,221 h sun/yr
- Tashkent Uzbekistan · 721 km · best in Sep · 2,929 h sun/yr
- Shymkent Kazakhstan · 735 km · best in Sep · 2,974 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Daşoguz Turkmenistan · 70 km · 3,106 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Nukus Uzbekistan · 131 km · 2,956 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Türkmenabat Turkmenistan · 385 km · 3,219 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Navoi Uzbekistan · 414 km · 3,091 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How Urgench compares month by month: Urgench vs Ashgabat · Urgench vs Samarkand · Urgench vs Bukhara · all comparisons
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