Dushanbe in Spring

In spring (March, April and May), Dushanbe sees average daytime highs around 17°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 397 mm of precipitation over about 45 wet days across the season. It is the 3rd-warmest season and the wettest season of the year.

Over the season highs climb from about 9°C in early March to 24°C by late May. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time across spring, and the air most often feels dry.

Spring is Dushanbe's 3rd-best season to visit on our travel score. For the whole year in context, see Dushanbe's year-round climate.

Avg daytime high: 17°C; 3rd-warmest season
Avg overnight low: 6°C
Precipitation: 397 mm; 45 wet days
Avg wind: 5 km/h
Travel score: 4.7; 3rd-best season
Months: Mar · Apr · May

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Temperature in Dushanbe in Spring

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Over the season highs climb from about 9°C in early March to 24°C by late May.

A typical spring day in Dushanbe reaches about 17°C and drops to 6°C overnight. The warmest of the three months is May, the coolest March.

How spring really feels in Dushanbe

Once humidity and wind are folded in, spring brings about 0 days that feel above 32°C and 16 that feel at or below 0°C.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Dushanbe weather by month

How the three spring months (March, April and May) compare with the rest of the year — the season's months are highlighted.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	4° / -6°	80	11.4	9.6	9.6	0.0
Feb	6° / -4°	110	13.1	8.9	10.5	0.4
Mar	12° / 1°	135	15.6	4.8	11.7	2.6
Apr	18° / 7°	141	14.9	1.1	13	5.1
May	22° / 11°	120	14.1	0.1	14.1	6.3
Jun	27° / 14°	38	8	0	14.6	7.1
Jul	30° / 16°	13	2.8	0	14.4	6.4
Aug	29° / 15°	5	1.6	0	13.5	7.0
Sep	26° / 11°	11	1.8	0	12.3	8.9
Oct	19° / 6°	31	5.5	0.2	11	7.2
Nov	12° / 1°	67	8.6	3.2	9.9	3.3
Dec	6° / -4°	72	10.5	7	9.4	0.5

Cloud cover in Spring

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time across spring.

Chance of precipitation in Spring

Any precipitationSnow

Dushanbe gets around 397 mm of rain and snow over 45 wet days across spring. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Humidity in Spring

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

Wind in Spring

Winds average 5 km/h across spring.

Sunrise & sunset in Spring

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min in early March to 14 h 30 min by late May. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Solar energy in Spring

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day across spring, about 5.4 kWh/m².

Planning a trip in spring

Hazard calendar for Dushanbe

In seasonPeak

In spring, Dushanbe overlaps its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Dushanbe's rainy season runs November–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is spring a good time to visit Dushanbe?

Our two travel scores rate spring for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal), averaged across the three months.

4.7

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

2.1

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

spring is a reasonable time to visit Dushanbe for sightseeing.

What to pack for Dushanbe in Spring

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

In spring, Dushanbe sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 6°C. Pack a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 45 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Dushanbe in Spring

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV across spring averages around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dushanbe 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	4	5	7	10	10	9	9	7	4	3	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	10	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Dushanbe in Spring

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Dushanbe is worst in May — around 98 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.5× the cleanest month (January, 40 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Dushanbe's WHO annual average of 71.5 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	40	52	72	90	98	88	83	77	82	78	55	43
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	40	Poor
Feb	52	Poor
Mar	72	Unhealthy
Apr	90	Unhealthy
May	98	Unhealthy
Jun	88	Unhealthy
Jul	83	Unhealthy
Aug	77	Unhealthy
Sep	82	Unhealthy
Oct	78	Unhealthy
Nov	55	Unhealthy
Dec	43	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Dushanbe?

Dushanbe sits at 38.5°N, 68.8°E, 767 m above sea level, in Tajikistan. The nearest listed city is Boshkengash, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Dushanbe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dushanbe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 94 m around an average of 771 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,062 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,890 m.

The land around Dushanbe is covered by artificial surfaces (80%) within 3 km, grassland (36%), cropland (31%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 16 km, and grassland (69%) within 80 km.

3 km

94 m

artificial surfaces 80%

16 km

1,062 m

grassland 36%

80 km

4,890 m

grassland 69%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewatermoss and lichen

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Spring weather nearby: Boshkengash 8.0 km · Hisor 20 km · Vahdat 21 km · Yovon 33 km · Tursunzoda 48 km · Norak 50 km · Danghara 69 km · Bokhtar 78 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

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 Dushanbe (38.5358°, 68.779°, elevation 767 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.