Bokhtar weather in January

In January, Bokhtar sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 41 mm of precipitation across 8.1 wet days and about 9.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 9°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 24 min at the start of January to 10 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Bokhtar's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bokhtar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
41 mm
8.1 wet days
Daylight
9 h 36 min
7:45 AM – 5:24 PM
Cloud cover
64%
11th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
2.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.1
out of 10

Bokhtar is city in Tajikistan.

Density
4,262/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 9°C through the month.

A typical January day in Bokhtar reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 0°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Bokhtar

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Bokhtar weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 418.12.69.72.1
Feb12° / 579.53.110.53.0
Mar18° / 639.9111.75.5
Apr24° / 13°518.70.112.97.0
May30° / 17°346.60145.7
Jun36° / 22°102.4014.62.8
Jul38° / 23°10.4014.41.6
Aug36° / 21°00.1013.53.0
Sep31° / 16°10.4012.36.1
Oct24° / 11°82.10118.6
Nov16° / 305.60.6105.8
Dec11° / 376.71.89.42.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14555
24456
34456
44357
54456
64357
74357
84159
94060
104060
114060
123961
133961
143961
153862
163862
173763
183862
193862
203862
213862
223961
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283862
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303862
313862

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Bokhtar gets around 41 mm of rain and snow over 8.1 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 25% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1217
2227
3237
4238
5248
6248
7258
8258
9258
10259
11259
12259
13259
14259
15259
16248
17248
18248
19248
20258
21258
22258
23268
24268
25279
26289
27299
282910
293010
303111
313111

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
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Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
15calm
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125calm
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155calm
165calm
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185calm
195calm
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216calm
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236calm
246calm
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266calm
276calm
286calm
296calm
306calm
316calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 24 min at the start of January to 10 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:45 AM to 7:37 AM, and sunset from 5:11 PM to 5:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.47:455:11
29.47:465:11
39.47:465:12
49.57:465:13
59.57:465:14
69.57:465:15
79.57:465:15
89.57:465:16
99.57:465:17
109.57:465:18
119.67:465:19
129.67:465:20
139.67:455:21
149.67:455:22
159.67:455:23
169.67:455:24
179.77:445:25
189.77:445:26
199.77:445:27
209.77:435:28
219.87:435:29
229.87:425:30
239.87:425:31
249.87:415:32
259.97:415:33
269.97:405:34
279.97:405:35
2810.07:395:36
2910.07:385:37
3010.07:385:38
3110.07:375:39

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.21 kWh/m² to a high of 7.6 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.4 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.2Moderate
22.2Moderate
32.2Moderate
42.3Moderate
52.3Moderate
62.3Moderate
72.3Moderate
82.3Moderate
92.3Moderate
102.3Moderate
112.3Moderate
122.3Moderate
132.3Moderate
142.4Moderate
152.4Moderate
162.4Moderate
172.4Moderate
182.4Moderate
192.5Moderate
202.5Moderate
212.5Moderate
222.5Moderate
232.5Moderate
242.5Moderate
252.6Moderate
262.6Moderate
272.6Moderate
282.6Moderate
292.7Moderate
302.7Moderate
312.7Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Bokhtar

In seasonPeak

None of Bokhtar's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Bokhtar sees seasonal dust haze (May–June), heaviest in May.

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

Is January a good time to visit Bokhtar?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.1
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bokhtar.

What to pack for Bokhtar in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Bokhtar sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 0°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Bokhtar in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bokhtar peaks around May 24 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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 highModerateMay 24UV 10Dec 22UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May10Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct4Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Air quality in Bokhtar in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Bokhtar is worst in May — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.0× the cleanest month (January, 19 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMay 1339 µg/m³Jan 1420 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan19Moderate
Feb24Moderate
Mar30Moderate
Apr38Poor
May39Poor
Jun34Moderate
Jul33Moderate
Aug30Moderate
Sep33Moderate
Oct31Moderate
Nov24Moderate
Dec22Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Bokhtar?

Bokhtar sits at 37.8°N, 68.8°E, 426 m above sea level, in Tajikistan. The nearest listed city is Vakhsh, 14 km away.

DangharaYovonFarkhorZarhalolQarāwul

Topography around Bokhtar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bokhtar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m around an average of 427 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 424 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,985 m.

The land around Bokhtar is covered by artificial surfaces (55%) and cropland (40%) within 3 km, cropland (56%) within 16 km, and grassland (64%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
32 m
16 km
424 m
80 km
1,985 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Vakhsh 14 km · Kolkhozobod 30 km · Moskovskiy 31 km · Danghara 57 km · Yovon 58 km · Farkhor 67 km · Zarhalol 68 km · Qarāwul 69 km

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
Muslim 98%

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 Bokhtar (37.8365°, 68.7776°, elevation 426 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).