Tajikistan weather by month
Average temperatures and rainfall across Tajikistan, based on 30 years of climate data.
The average temperature in Tajikistan is around 12° across the year, though it swings month to month and from region to region. The figures below show the monthly pattern for Dushanbe.
- Hottest
- Jul
- 30°
- Coldest
- Jan
- -6°
- Wettest
- Apr
- 141 mm
- Driest
- Aug
- 5 mm
- Annual avg
- 12°
- year-round
- Rain / yr
- 823 mm
- 108 wet days
- Largest city
- Dushanbe
- 679k people
- Cities
- 31
- with climate data
Monthly climate (Dushanbe)
Average highs, lows and rainfall through the year for Dushanbe, Tajikistan's largest city.
| Month | High / Low | Rainfall | Wet days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4° / -6° | 80 mm | 11.4 |
| Feb | 6° / -4° | 110 mm | 13.1 |
| Mar | 12° / 1° | 135 mm | 15.6 |
| Apr | 18° / 7° | 141 mm | 14.9 |
| May | 22° / 11° | 120 mm | 14.1 |
| Jun | 27° / 14° | 38 mm | 8 |
| Jul | 30° / 16° | 13 mm | 2.8 |
| Aug | 29° / 15° | 5 mm | 1.6 |
| Sep | 26° / 11° | 11 mm | 1.8 |
| Oct | 19° / 6° | 31 mm | 5.5 |
| Nov | 12° / 1° | 67 mm | 8.6 |
| Dec | 6° / -4° | 72 mm | 10.5 |
Weather across Tajikistan
Climate varies from region to region. Isfara is the warmest of these cities, averaging 14° — about 19° warmer than Khorugh, the coolest.
Climate in Dushanbe
Full Dushanbe forecastDushanbe is the largest city in Tajikistan; its cloud cover, humidity, wind and sunshine are typical of the surrounding region.
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast through the year.
In Dushanbe, 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 21 and lasts for 5.4 months, ending around October 31. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 99% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around November 1 and lasts for 6.6 months, ending around May 20. The cloudiest month is March, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 63% of the time.
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
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 Dushanbe is steady company: average speeds sit near 5 km/h — calm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Feels | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5 | calm |
| Feb | 5 | calm |
| Mar | 5 | calm |
| Apr | 5 | calm |
| May | 5 | calm |
| Jun | 5 | calm |
| Jul | 5 | calm |
| Aug | 5 | calm |
| Sep | 5 | calm |
| Oct | 5 | calm |
| Nov | 5 | calm |
| Dec | 5 | calm |
Best time to visit Tajikistan
A 0–10 score combining daytime comfort, chance of rain and cloud cover — the sweet spot runs late August to mid October.
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.
Dushanbe receives about 4.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.2 and 7.3 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Apr 1 to Sep 30. The brightest month is July, averaging about 7.2 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is December, down near 2.2 kWh/m² — roughly 70% less than the July peak.
Where is Tajikistan?
Tajikistan sits around 38.5°N, 68.8°E. The marker shows Dushanbe, its largest city, among 31 cities with climate data here.
Tajikistan travel facts
- Travel advisory
- Level 2
- Exercise Increased Caution
- Power plugs
- Type C / F / I
- 220 V · 50 Hz
- Prices
- ≈ 28% of US
- price level, 2025
- GDP per capita
- $1,637
- 2025
- Happiness
- 5.6 / 10
- World Happiness, 2025
- Safe drinking water
- 65%
- of population, 2024
- Homicide rate
- 0.9
- per 100k, 2020
- Road deaths
- 15.7
- per 100k/yr, 2019
- Income group
- Lower middle
- World Bank
- English
- Very low
- EF EPI 409
- Religion
Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.
Cities in Tajikistan
- 1Dushanbe-1°–24°679kSep
- 2IsfaraSughd1°–27°274kSep
- 3IstaravshanSughd0°–25°274kSep
- 4KŭlobKhatlon Province1°–26°215kSep
- 5KonibodomSughd1°–28°211kSep
- 6KhujandSughd2°–28°191kSep
- 7BokhtarKhatlon Province4°–31°111kOct
- 8QayroqqumSughd1°–27°49kSep
- 9VahdatRepublican Subordination-1°–24°46kSep
- 10TursunzodaRepublican Subordination0°–24°37kSep
- 11BustonSughd1°–27°37kSep
- 12PanjakentSughd-1°–24°35kSep
- 13ZarhalolKhatlon Province4°–31°31kOct
- 14KhorughGorno-Badakhshan-18°–10°31kAug
- 15MuchunSughd0°–24°28kSep
- 16IshqoshimGorno-Badakhshan-17°–8°26kAug
- 17HisorRepublican Subordination-1°–24°24kSep
- 18BoshkengashDushanbe-1°–24°24kSep
- 19Dalyoni BoloSughd-6°–18°24kAug
- 20ShahristonSughd-6°–19°23kJul
- 21DangharaKhatlon Province3°–28°23kOct
- 22MoskovskiyKhatlon Province5°–31°22kOct
- 23HulbukKhatlon Province2°–27°22kOct
- 24FarkhorKhatlon Province4°–30°22kOct
- 25ChubekKhatlon Province2°–29°20kOct
- 26KolkhozobodKhatlon Province4°–32°18kOct
- 27NorakKhatlon Province-2°–23°18kSep
- 28IstiqlolSughd0°–25°18kSep
- 29YovonKhatlon Province2°–27°17kOct
- 30ProletarSughd2°–28°16kSep
- 31VakhshKhatlon Province4°–31°15kOct