Climate and average weather in Uzgen

In Uzgen, the summers are warm, fairly dry, and mostly clear and the winters are very cold, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: early June to early October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Uzgen typically varies from -8°C to 28°C, and is rarely below -17°C or above 32°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Uzgen for warm-weather activities is from early June to early October.

Hottest
Jul
28°
Coldest
Jan
-8°
Wettest
Apr
130 mm
Driest
Aug
26 mm
Rain / yr
833 mm
116 wet days
Daylight
9.1–14.9 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
1,027 m
40.8°N
Clearest
Aug
26% cloud

Uzgen is city in Kyrgyzstan.

Density
5,371/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Uzgen weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early June to early October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Uzgen, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.3 months, from May 20 to September 27, with daily high temperatures above 21°C. The hottest month of the year in Uzgen is July, with an average high of 28°C and low of 16°C.

The cool season lasts 3.0 months, from November 28 to February 27, with daily high temperatures below 6°C. The coldest month of the year in Uzgen is January, with an average low of -8°C and high of 1°C.

Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 13°C) in September.

-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan1-8
Feb4-5
Mar101
Apr176
May2110
Jun2514
Jul2816
Aug2815
Sep2411
Oct175
Nov10-1
Dec3-6

How hot and cold Uzgen really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -12°C (around January 16), with roughly 137 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 44 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan11-12-8
Feb44-8-5
Mar1010-11
Apr171756
May21211010
Jun25251414
Jul28281616
Aug28281515
Sep24241011
Oct171745
Nov1010-3-1
Dec33-9-6

Average hourly temperature in Uzgen

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 28°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -8°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Uzgen weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -8°478.489.40.0
Feb / -5°669.98.810.40.1
Mar10° / 10113.66.611.72.1
Apr17° / 13014.71.513.14.8
May21° / 10°12414.90.214.25.9
Jun25° / 14°7010.1014.97.0
Jul28° / 16°355.5014.67.2
Aug28° / 15°264.7013.67.7
Sep24° / 11°325.9012.38.0
Oct17° / 678.61.210.95.8
Nov10° / -1°729.559.72.1
Dec / -6°669.88.49.10.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Uzgen gets about 833 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.4 months, from around Feb 7 to Jun 20, peaking in May at about 52% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 16.

April is the wettest month by volume, with 130 mm over about 15 wet days; August is the driest, with 26 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetMay 3 · 52%Aug 16 · 14%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan278
Feb3510
Mar4414
Apr4915
May4815
Jun3410
Jul196
Aug145
Sep206
Oct299
Nov3110
Dec3110

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Uzgen collects about 833 mm of rain across 116 wet days — roughly 69 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. April is the wettest month with 130 mm, while August is the driest at just 26 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 43% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec476610113012470352632677266
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan4788
Feb66109
Mar101147
Apr130152
May124150
Jun70100
Jul3560
Aug2650
Sep3260
Oct6791
Nov72105
Dec66108

Snow in Uzgen

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Uzgen averages about 40 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 5 to Apr 29 — about 6.8 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 9 days of snow and an estimated 52 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 207 cm of snow.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonFeb 19
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan841
Feb952
Mar733
Apr25
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct16
Nov524
Dec847

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Uzgen, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 28 and lasts for 5.2 months, ending around October 31. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 89% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 1 and lasts for 6.8 months, ending around May 27. The cloudiest month is March, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 67% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 11 · 90%Mar 8 · 32%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3763
Feb3367
Mar3367
Apr4159
May4951
Jun7228
Jul8515
Aug8911
Sep8317
Oct6634
Nov4951
Dec4357

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 11, brings about 14 h 54 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 06 min — a swing of roughly 5 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.48:355:57
Feb10.48:106:33
Mar11.77:277:06
Apr13.16:347:40
May14.25:558:11
Jun14.95:408:34
Jul14.65:538:32
Aug13.66:228:00
Sep12.36:537:09
Oct10.97:256:19
Nov9.78:015:43
Dec9.18:305:36

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Uzgen averages about 13 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 7 and 23 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.8 months, from around Jun 10 to Nov 3. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 23 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is March, down near 7 sunny days — about 68% fewer than the August peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantAug 1423 daysMar 137 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan9Mixed
Feb7Gloomy
Mar7Gloomy
Apr8Mixed
May10Mixed
Jun14Mixed
Jul21Bright
Aug23Bright
Sep21Bright
Oct17Bright
Nov12Mixed
Dec10Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Uzgen, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in July, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 2% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccomfortabledry
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
Jan10000
Feb10000
Mar10000
Apr10000
May9820
Jun85150
Jul75232
Aug85142
Sep9910
Oct10000
Nov10000
Dec10000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Uzgen is steady company: average speeds sit near 6 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmDec 22 · 6 km/hFeb 9 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan6calm
Feb6calm
Mar6calm
Apr6calm
May6calm
Jun6calm
Jul6calm
Aug6calm
Sep6calm
Oct6calm
Nov6calm
Dec6calm

Hazard calendar for Uzgen

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Uzgen's rainy season runs February–June, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Uzgen

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Uzgen throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid June, Uzgen is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Uzgen for general outdoor tourist activities is from early June to early October, with a peak score in the second week of September.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 10 · 8.4

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.1poor
Mar2.1poor
Apr4.7fair
May5.9good
Jun6.9good
Jul7.2good
Aug7.7ideal
Sep8.0ideal
Oct5.8good
Nov2.2poor
Dec0.0poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Uzgen for hot-weather activities is from late June to mid September, with a peak score in the first week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 5 · 8.3

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Uzgen, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 28°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 1°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Uzgen sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Uzgen by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Uzgen peaks around May 22 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateMay 22UV 10Jan 10UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May10Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct4Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Average hourly UV index in Uzgen

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in May the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb2.50
Mar50
Apr61
May8.56
Jun8.55.5
Jul8.55.5
Aug85
Sep6.52.5
Oct40
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Uzgen by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Uzgen is worst in April — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 5.3× the cleanest month (December, 5 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 2125 µg/m³Dec 195 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb8Good
Mar17Moderate
Apr25Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov6Good
Dec5Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Uzgen typically lasts about 245 days, from around March 13 to November 12 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 5 to October 24.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 710%Mar 1350%Apr 590%Oct 2490%Nov 1250%Dec 710%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan531
Feb1528
Mar5731
Apr966
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct947
Nov4530
Dec831

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Uzgen banks about 1,479 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

05001,0001,500JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr53
May177
Jun283
Jul364
Aug344
Sep215
Oct43
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Uzgen receives about 4.7 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.0 and 7.3 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Mar 26 to Sep 26. The brightest month is July, averaging about 7.2 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.1 kWh/m² — roughly 72% less than the July peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 67.3 kWhDec 162.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.4Moderate
Feb3.3Moderate
Mar4.3Bright
Apr5.4Bright
May6.3Intense
Jun7.1Intense
Jul7.3Intense
Aug6.6Intense
Sep5.3Bright
Oct3.6Moderate
Nov2.5Moderate
Dec2.0Moderate

Where is Uzgen?

Uzgen sits at 40.8°N, 73.3°E, 1,027 m above sea level, in Kyrgyzstan. The nearest listed city is Sultonobod, 27 km away.

Topography around Uzgen

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Uzgen.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Uzgen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 182 m around an average of 996 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,200 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,080 m.

The land around Uzgen is covered by cropland (38%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 3 km, cropland (54%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (65%) within 80 km.

3 km
182 m
16 km
1,200 m
80 km
4,080 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermoss and lichen
Nearby: Sultonobod 27 km · Xonobod 28 km · Kara-Kulja 29 km · Jalal-Abad 32 km · Qorasuv 35 km · Suzak 36 km · Kara Suu 37 km · Dardoq 40 km

Kyrgyzstan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 33% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,081
2025
Happiness
6.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
74%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.7
per 100k, 2020
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 443
Religion
Muslim 90%Christian 7%other 3%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Uzgen (40.7699°, 73.3007°, elevation 1,027 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).