Climate and average weather in Chelak

In Chelak, the summers are sweltering, dry, and clear and the winters are cold, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: early September to late October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Chelak typically varies from -2°C to 33°C, and is rarely below -9°C or above 37°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Chelak for warm-weather activities are from late April to late May and early September to late October.

Hottest
Jul
33°
Coldest
Jan
-2°
Wettest
Mar
74 mm
Driest
Aug
2 mm
Rain / yr
387 mm
65 wet days
Daylight
9.2–14.8 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
607 m
39.9°N
Clearest
Aug
7% cloud

Chelak is town in Samarkand Region, Uzbekistan.

Founded
1981

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

Chelak 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 September to late October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 4.0 months, from May 20 to September 19, with daily high temperatures above 26°C. The hottest month of the year in Chelak is July, with an average high of 33°C and low of 18°C.

The cool season lasts 3.3 months, from November 23 to March 2, with daily high temperatures below 11°C. The coldest month of the year in Chelak is January, with an average low of -2°C and high of 6°C.

Days typically run about 12°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 16°C) in August.

-10°10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan6-2
Feb8-1
Mar144
Apr209
May2613
Jun3116
Jul3318
Aug3216
Sep2712
Oct217
Nov132
Dec8-1

How hot and cold Chelak 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 hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Chelak feels like about 33°C (around July 10). About 60 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in July.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -5°C (around January 13), with roughly 111 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan66-5-2
Feb88-4-1
Mar141424
Apr202089
May26261313
Jun31311616
Jul33331818
Aug32321616
Sep27271212
Oct212167
Nov131302
Dec88-4-1

Average hourly temperature in Chelak

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 33°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -2°C.

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

Chelak 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 / -2°519.55.29.50.5
Feb / -1°659.43.810.41.5
Mar14° / 7410.51.811.74.0
Apr20° / 618.50.1136.6
May26° / 13°285.9014.27.5
Jun31° / 16°72.5014.85.6
Jul33° / 18°20.5014.54.6
Aug32° / 16°20.5013.65.6
Sep27° / 12°40.8012.38.5
Oct21° / 122.8010.98.1
Nov13° / 406.31.29.84.1
Dec / -1°437.93.19.21.3

Chance of rain

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

Chelak gets about 387 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 6.5 months, from around Nov 5 to May 20, peaking in February at about 35% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 29.

March is the wettest month by volume, with 74 mm over about 11 wet days; August is the driest, with 2 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetFeb 3 · 35%Aug 29 · 1%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3010
Feb349
Mar3311
Apr289
May196
Jun83
Jul21
Aug21
Sep31
Oct103
Nov206
Dec268

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Chelak collects about 387 mm of rain across 65 wet days — roughly 32 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. March is the wettest month with 74 mm, while August is the driest at just 2 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 51% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec51657461287224124043
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan51105
Feb6594
Mar74112
Apr6190
May2860
Jun730
Jul210
Aug210
Sep410
Oct1230
Nov4061
Dec4383

Snow in Chelak

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.

Chelak averages about 15 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 6 to Apr 1 — about 4.8 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 5 days of snow and an estimated 23 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 73 cm of snow.

02468JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 20
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan523
Feb422
Mar210
Apr01
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov15
Dec313

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Chelak, 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 15 and lasts for 5.6 months, ending around October 30. 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 October 31 and lasts for 6.4 months, ending around May 14. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 60% 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 13 · 99%Jan 31 · 37%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4060
Feb4060
Mar4159
Apr5347
May7030
Jun928
Jul973
Aug991
Sep946
Oct8020
Nov5743
Dec4654

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 10, brings about 14 h 48 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 12 min — a swing of roughly 5 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.57:585:26
Feb10.47:346:00
Mar11.76:526:32
Apr13.06:017:04
May14.25:237:35
Jun14.85:087:57
Jul14.55:217:55
Aug13.65:497:24
Sep12.36:196:35
Oct10.96:505:45
Nov9.87:255:11
Dec9.27:535:04

Sunny days

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

Chelak averages about 18 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 8 and 29 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.3 months, from around May 21 to Oct 29. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 29 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is February, down near 9 sunny days — about 70% fewer than the August peak.

05101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantAug 929 daysFeb 28 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan9Mixed
Feb8Mixed
Mar9Mixed
Apr12Mixed
May17Bright
Jun25Brilliant
Jul29Brilliant
Aug30Brilliant
Sep27Brilliant
Oct22Bright
Nov14Mixed
Dec11Mixed

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 Chelak, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in June, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 3% 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
Apr9271
May78211
Jun70273
Jul65324
Aug78202
Sep9550
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 Chelak is steady company: average speeds sit near 8 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeJul 25 · 8 km/hOct 26 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb8calm
Mar8calm
Apr8calm
May8calm
Jun8calm
Jul8calm
Aug8calm
Sep8calm
Oct7calm
Nov7calm
Dec7calm

Best time to visit Chelak

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid October, Chelak is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

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 times of year to visit Chelak for general outdoor tourist activities run from late April to late May and again from early September to late October, with a peak score in the last week of September.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 25 · 9.0

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
Jan0.5poor
Feb1.5poor
Mar4.0fair
Apr6.6good
May7.5good
Jun5.6good
Jul4.6fair
Aug5.6good
Sep8.4ideal
Oct8.0ideal
Nov4.2fair
Dec1.3poor

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 Chelak for hot-weather activities is from late May to late September, with a peak score in the first week of September.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 6 · 9.4

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 Chelak, 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 33°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 6°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Chelak sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

UV index (midday) in Chelak 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 Chelak peaks around June 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 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 highHighModerateJun 15UV 9Jan 12UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Chelak

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 June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5.5 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
Feb20
Mar4.50
Apr6.52
May85
Jun8.55.5
Jul84.5
Aug7.55
Sep6.52.5
Oct40
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Chelak 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 Chelak is worst in April — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateModerateApr 2138 µg/m³Jan 1524 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan24Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar36Poor
Apr39Poor
May38Poor
Jun32Moderate
Jul31Moderate
Aug30Moderate
Sep35Moderate
Oct35Poor
Nov31Moderate
Dec26Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Chelak typically lasts about 282 days, from around February 22 to November 30 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from March 23 to November 2.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 2250%Mar 2390%Nov 290%Nov 3050%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan3131
Feb4428
Mar8123
Apr990
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct970
Nov7226
Dec4031

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. Chelak banks about 2,168 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

05001,0001,5002,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar8
Apr136
May293
Jun414
Jul479
Aug431
Sep285
Oct118
Nov4
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.

Chelak receives about 4.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.0 and 7.8 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.9 months, from around Apr 2 to Sep 29. The brightest month is July, averaging about 7.7 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.0 kWh/m² — roughly 74% less than the July peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 77.8 kWhDec 202.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.2Moderate
Feb3.0Moderate
Mar4.1Bright
Apr5.5Bright
May6.7Intense
Jun7.5Intense
Jul7.7Intense
Aug7.0Intense
Sep5.7Bright
Oct3.9Moderate
Nov2.5Moderate
Dec2.0Dim

Where is Chelak?

Chelak sits at 39.9°N, 66.9°E, 607 m above sea level, in Uzbekistan. The nearest listed city is Juma Shahri, 28 km away.

Topography around Chelak

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chelak has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 34 m around an average of 603 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 306 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,995 m.

The land around Chelak is covered by cropland (56%) and artificial surfaces (35%) within 3 km, cropland (75%) within 16 km, and grassland (52%) and cropland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
34 m
16 km
306 m
80 km
2,995 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Juma Shahri 28 km · Samarkand 31 km · Bulung’ur Shahri 39 km · Kattaqo’rg’on Shahri 51 km · Payshamba Shahri 55 km · G’allaorol Shahri 63 km · Urgut Shahri 65 km · Yangirabot 78 km

Uzbekistan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / E / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 29% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,968
2025
Happiness
6.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
82%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.4
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
11.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 439
Religion
Muslim 88%Eastern Orthodox 9%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 Chelak (39.92°, 66.8623°, elevation 607 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).