Khiva weather in September

In September, Khiva sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.4 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 87% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of September to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Khiva's 2nd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khiva's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 2 mm; 0.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:45 AM – 7:01 PM
Cloud cover: 13%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.26 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.0; out of 10

Khiva is city in Uzbekistan.

Founded: ~501 BCE

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

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical September day in Khiva reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 6°C cooler than August and about 8°C warmer than October.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	24	24
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	17
2	31	17
3	31	17
4	31	17
5	31	16
6	30	16
7	30	16
8	30	16
9	30	15
10	29	15
11	29	15
12	29	15
13	29	15
14	28	14
15	28	14
16	28	14
17	28	14
18	27	13
19	27	13
20	27	13
21	27	13
22	26	13
23	26	12
24	26	12
25	26	12
26	25	12
27	25	11
28	25	11
29	24	11
30	24	10

How September really feels in Khiva

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

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

September sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Khiva weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 5th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	3° / -5°	9	2.6	1.7	9.4	0.0
Feb	6° / -4°	11	2.7	1.2	10.3	0.6
Mar	14° / 2°	17	3.4	0.4	11.7	4.6
Apr	22° / 10°	15	3.2	0	13.1	7.8
May	29° / 16°	11	2.6	0	14.3	6.6
Jun	34° / 21°	4	1.2	0	14.9	3.7
Jul	36° / 23°	1	0.4	0	14.7	2.6
Aug	34° / 20°	1	0.2	0	13.7	4.1
Sep	28° / 14°	2	0.4	0	12.3	8.0
Oct	20° / 7°	5	1.6	0	10.9	8.1
Nov	10° / 0°	9	2.6	0.3	9.7	3.0
Dec	4° / -4°	8	1.9	0.9	9.1	0.0

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 87% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 7%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	94	93	93	93	91	91	91	90	90	90	88	88	88	86
Cloudier (%)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	9	9	9	10	10	10	12	12	12	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	94	6
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	88	12
30	86	14

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Khiva gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.4 wet days in September. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 2% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	2
28	3
29	3
30	3

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the dry band about 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	94	94	95	96	96	97	97	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	6	6	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	95	5
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

Wind in September

Winds average 13 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of September to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 84 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 6:29 AM to 7:00 AM, and sunset from 7:27 PM to 6:36 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	7:00
Sunset (PM)	7:27	7:26	7:24	7:22	7:21	7:19	7:17	7:15	7:14	7:12	7:10	7:08	7:06	7:05	7:03	7:01	6:59	6:57	6:56	6:54	6:52	6:50	6:49	6:47	6:45	6:43	6:41	6:40	6:38	6:36

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.0	6:29	7:27
2	12.9	6:30	7:26
3	12.9	6:31	7:24
4	12.8	6:32	7:22
5	12.8	6:33	7:21
6	12.7	6:34	7:19
7	12.7	6:35	7:17
8	12.6	6:36	7:15
9	12.6	6:37	7:14
10	12.6	6:38	7:12
11	12.5	6:39	7:10
12	12.5	6:41	7:08
13	12.4	6:42	7:06
14	12.4	6:43	7:05
15	12.3	6:44	7:03
16	12.3	6:45	7:01
17	12.2	6:46	6:59
18	12.2	6:47	6:57
19	12.1	6:48	6:56
20	12.1	6:49	6:54
21	12.0	6:50	6:52
22	12.0	6:51	6:50
23	11.9	6:52	6:49
24	11.9	6:53	6:47
25	11.8	6:54	6:45
26	11.8	6:55	6:43
27	11.8	6:56	6:41
28	11.7	6:57	6:40
29	11.7	6:58	6:38
30	11.6	7:00	6:36

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 5.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.8 kWh/m² to a high of 7.39 kWh/m² in July across the year — September's 5.26 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.1	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5
Level	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.1	Intense
2	6.0	Intense
3	6.0	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.5	Bright
30	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Khiva

In seasonPeak

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

Khiva sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in May.

Dust

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Apr

May

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Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is September a good time to visit Khiva?

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

8.0

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

8.8

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

September is one of the better times to visit Khiva for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Khiva in September

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

In September, Khiva sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 14°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Khiva in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Khiva peaks around June 18 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	4	6	7	9	8	8	6	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Khiva in September

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Khiva is worst in March — around 60 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.1× the cleanest month (January, 29 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	29	41	60	55	47	39	39	40	51	45	47	34
Level	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	29	Moderate
Feb	41	Poor
Mar	60	Unhealthy
Apr	55	Poor
May	47	Poor
Jun	39	Poor
Jul	39	Poor
Aug	40	Poor
Sep	51	Poor
Oct	45	Poor
Nov	47	Poor
Dec	34	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Khiva?

Khiva sits at 41.4°N, 60.4°E, 98 m above sea level, in Uzbekistan. The nearest listed city is Qo’shko’pir, 16 km away.

Topography around Khiva

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Khiva has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 95 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 330 m.

The land around Khiva is covered by artificial surfaces (57%) and cropland (35%) within 3 km, cropland (49%) and bare terrain (27%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (59%) and cropland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

16 m

artificial surfaces 57%

16 km

37 m

cropland 49%

80 km

330 m

bare terrain 59%

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← August Khiva year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

September weather nearby: Qo’shko’pir 16 km · Urganch 29 km · Shovot 31 km · Beruniy 47 km · Görogly 48 km · Gurlan 51 km · Novyy Turtkul’ 57 km · Hazorasp 60 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

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 Khiva (41.3856°, 60.3641°, elevation 98 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	17
2	31	17
3	31	17
4	31	17
5	31	16
6	30	16
7	30	16
8	30	16
9	30	15
10	29	15
11	29	15
12	29	15
13	29	15
14	28	14
15	28	14
16	28	14
17	28	14
18	27	13
19	27	13
20	27	13
21	27	13
22	26	13
23	26	12
24	26	12
25	26	12
26	25	12
27	25	11
28	25	11
29	24	11
30	24	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	94	6
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	88	12
30	86	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	2
28	3
29	3
30	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	95	5
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	17
2	31	17
3	31	17
4	31	17
5	31	16
6	30	16
7	30	16
8	30	16
9	30	15
10	29	15
11	29	15
12	29	15
13	29	15
14	28	14
15	28	14
16	28	14
17	28	14
18	27	13
19	27	13
20	27	13
21	27	13
22	26	13
23	26	12
24	26	12
25	26	12
26	25	12
27	25	11
28	25	11
29	24	11
30	24	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	94	6
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	88	12
30	86	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	2
28	3
29	3
30	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	95	5
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	17
2	31	17
3	31	17
4	31	17
5	31	16
6	30	16
7	30	16
8	30	16
9	30	15
10	29	15
11	29	15
12	29	15
13	29	15
14	28	14
15	28	14
16	28	14
17	28	14
18	27	13
19	27	13
20	27	13
21	27	13
22	26	13
23	26	12
24	26	12
25	26	12
26	25	12
27	25	11
28	25	11
29	24	11
30	24	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	94	6
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	88	12
30	86	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	2
28	3
29	3
30	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	95	5
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0