Samarkand weather in October

In October, Samarkand sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 20 mm of rain across 3.7 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of October to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Samarkand's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Samarkand's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 20 mm; 3.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 6:49 AM – 5:45 PM
Cloud cover: 29%; 5th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 3.9 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.0; out of 10

Samarkand is city in southeastern Uzbekistan.

Density: 5,511/km²; people per km²
Founded: ~800 BCE

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

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical October day in Samarkand reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 7°C cooler than September and about 8°C warmer than November.

	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	31
Avg high (°C)	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

How October really feels in Samarkand

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October 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

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

Samarkand weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	6° / -3°	57	10.4	4.9	9.5	0.5
Feb	9° / -1°	76	10.4	3.7	10.4	1.6
Mar	14° / 3°	96	12.6	1.7	11.7	3.9
Apr	20° / 8°	91	10.9	0.1	13	6.2
May	26° / 13°	55	8.8	0	14.2	7.2
Jun	31° / 16°	15	3.9	0	14.7	5.7
Jul	33° / 18°	4	1.1	0	14.5	4.7
Aug	32° / 16°	3	0.7	0	13.6	5.6
Sep	27° / 12°	6	1.2	0	12.3	8.4
Oct	21° / 7°	20	3.7	0	10.9	8.0
Nov	13° / 2°	50	7.6	1.1	9.8	4.1
Dec	8° / -2°	53	8.9	2.9	9.2	1.3

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%. 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	31
Clearer (%)	86	85	85	84	84	83	83	82	82	81	81	82	82	81	81	81	80	80	79	79	77	76	75	74	74	73	71	69	68	66	65
Cloudier (%)	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	21	21	23	24	25	26	26	27	29	31	32	34	35

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	77	23
22	76	24
23	75	25
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	73	27
27	71	29
28	69	31
29	68	32
30	66	34
31	65	35

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Samarkand gets around 20 mm of rain over 3.7 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 13% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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	31
Rain chance (%)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	17	18	19	20	20	21

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

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 100% 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	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in October

Winds average 7 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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	31
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of October to 10 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 78 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:33 AM to 7:06 AM, and sunset from 6:09 PM to 5:26 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	31
Daylight (h)	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	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	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:04	7:05	7:06
Sunset (PM)	6:09	6:07	6:05	6:04	6:02	6:01	5:59	5:57	5:56	5:54	5:53	5:51	5:50	5:48	5:47	5:45	5:44	5:42	5:41	5:40	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:30	5:29	5:28	5:27	5:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	6:33	6:09
2	11.5	6:34	6:07
3	11.5	6:35	6:05
4	11.5	6:37	6:04
5	11.4	6:38	6:02
6	11.4	6:39	6:01
7	11.3	6:40	5:59
8	11.3	6:41	5:57
9	11.2	6:42	5:56
10	11.2	6:43	5:54
11	11.2	6:44	5:53
12	11.1	6:45	5:51
13	11.1	6:46	5:50
14	11.0	6:47	5:48
15	11.0	6:48	5:47
16	10.9	6:49	5:45
17	10.9	6:50	5:44
18	10.9	6:51	5:42
19	10.8	6:52	5:41
20	10.8	6:53	5:40
21	10.7	6:55	5:38
22	10.7	6:56	5:37
23	10.6	6:57	5:36
24	10.6	6:58	5:34
25	10.6	6:59	5:33
26	10.5	7:00	5:32
27	10.5	7:01	5:30
28	10.4	7:02	5:29
29	10.4	7:04	5:28
30	10.4	7:05	5:27
31	10.3	7:06	5:26

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 3.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2 kWh/m² to a high of 7.7 kWh/m² in July across the year — October's 3.9 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	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.7	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.1	Bright
13	4.0	Bright
14	4.0	Bright
15	4.0	Moderate
16	3.9	Moderate
17	3.8	Moderate
18	3.8	Moderate
19	3.7	Moderate
20	3.7	Moderate
21	3.6	Moderate
22	3.6	Moderate
23	3.5	Moderate
24	3.5	Moderate
25	3.4	Moderate
26	3.4	Moderate
27	3.3	Moderate
28	3.2	Moderate
29	3.2	Moderate
30	3.1	Moderate
31	3.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Samarkand

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is October a good time to visit Samarkand?

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

8.0

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

4.7

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is one of the better times to visit Samarkand for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Samarkand in October

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

In October, Samarkand sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Samarkand in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Samarkand peaks around June 16 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.

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

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

Air quality in Samarkand in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Samarkand 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).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	24	26	36	39	38	32	31	30	35	35	31	26
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	24	Moderate
Feb	26	Moderate
Mar	36	Poor
Apr	39	Poor
May	38	Poor
Jun	32	Moderate
Jul	31	Moderate
Aug	30	Moderate
Sep	35	Moderate
Oct	35	Poor
Nov	31	Moderate
Dec	26	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Samarkand?

Samarkand sits at 39.7°N, 67.0°E, 703 m above sea level, in Uzbekistan. The nearest listed city is Juma Shahri, 27 km away.

Topography around Samarkand

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Samarkand has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m around an average of 712 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 406 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,592 m.

The land around Samarkand is covered by artificial surfaces (90%) within 3 km, cropland (45%) and artificial surfaces (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%) and cropland (43%) within 80 km.

3 km

82 m

artificial surfaces 90%

16 km

406 m

cropland 45%

80 km

3,592 m

grassland 47%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← September Samarkand year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Juma Shahri 27 km · Bulung’ur Shahri 29 km · Chelak 31 km · Urgut Shahri 37 km · Panjakent 58 km · Kitob 60 km · Kattaqo’rg’on Shahri 66 km · Shahrisabz 67 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 Samarkand (39.6546°, 66.9644°, elevation 703 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	24	10
2	24	9
3	24	9
4	23	9
5	23	9
6	23	9
7	23	8
8	22	8
9	22	8
10	22	8
11	22	8
12	22	7
13	21	7
14	21	7
15	21	7
16	21	7
17	21	7
18	20	6
19	20	6
20	20	6
21	20	6
22	20	6
23	20	6
24	19	6
25	19	6
26	19	5
27	19	5
28	19	5
29	18	5
30	18	5
31	18	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	77	23
22	76	24
23	75	25
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	73	27
27	71	29
28	69	31
29	68	32
30	66	34
31	65	35

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	77	23
22	76	24
23	75	25
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	73	27
27	71	29
28	69	31
29	68	32
30	66	34
31	65	35

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	77	23
22	76	24
23	75	25
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	73	27
27	71	29
28	69	31
29	68	32
30	66	34
31	65	35

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100