Central Asia & Caucasus · City travel

Best time to visit Samarkand

Early Sep–Mid Oct is the best time to visit. During this period, the average daytime high is 26.9°C, with 0.4 rainy days per 10 days.

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Scenery of Samarkand
Photo: Registan_-_Gusjer.jpg: Gustavo Jeronimo from Aranjuez, Spain derivative work: MrPanyGoff (CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons)

Season calendar

Samarkand season score, from early January through late December.Early Jan: Avoid (season score 8.3)Mid Jan: Avoid (season score 0.0)Late Jan: Avoid (season score 1.8)Early Feb: Avoid (season score 7.2)Mid Feb: Avoid (season score 11.3)Late Feb: Off-season (season score 23.9)Early Mar: Fair (season score 34.5)Mid Mar: Okay (season score 44.2)Late Mar: Okay (season score 53.5)Early Apr: Good (season score 64.2)Mid Apr: Great (season score 71.5)Late Apr: Great (season score 78.4)Early May: Great (season score 75.9)Mid May: Great (season score 76.0)Late May: Great (season score 83.6)Early Jun: Great (season score 74.4)Mid Jun: Good (season score 66.9)Late Jun: Okay (season score 55.2)Early Jul: Okay (season score 52.8)Mid Jul: Okay (season score 50.6)Late Jul: Okay (season score 45.9)Early Aug: Okay (season score 51.4)Mid Aug: Good (season score 67.7)Late Aug: Great (season score 77.8)Early Sep: Best (season score 88.1)Mid Sep: Best (season score 97.5)Late Sep: Best (season score 100.0)Early Oct: Best (season score 94.5)Mid Oct: Best (season score 92.9)Late Oct: Great (season score 79.2)Early Nov: Good (season score 63.0)Mid Nov: Okay (season score 55.2)Late Nov: Fair (season score 42.4)Early Dec: Off-season (season score 27.3)Mid Dec: Off-season (season score 15.5)Late Dec: Avoid (season score 13.9)JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
AvoidOff-seasonFairOkayGoodGreatBest

Japan MOFA travel advice

No Japan MOFA travel advisory is in effect for this destination.

View original advisory (Japanese)

Climate and season score by month

MonthLevelDaytime highRainy days
(per 10 days)
Cloud cover
JanuaryAvoid7.7°C2.363.8%
FebruaryAvoid10.0°C2.862.6%
MarchOkay15.7°C3.063.2%
AprilGood21.9°C2.456.0%
MayGreat27.6°C1.847.7%
JuneGood33.0°C0.535.6%
JulyOkay35.0°C0.230.9%
AugustGood33.7°C0.227.7%
SeptemberBest29.1°C0.227.5%
OctoberBest22.2°C1.138.7%
NovemberOkay14.4°C1.852.2%
DecemberOff-season9.2°C2.060.3%

How the score works

The season score is a relative 0–100 measure of how suitable each time of year is for travel at this destination, grouped into seven levels. It combines climate-normal trends in temperature, rain, cloud cover, and other conditions.

Weather station: SAMARKAND(10 km). Data: NASA POWER, NOAA GHCN-Daily, OISST, IBTrACS, and Natural Earth.

These are historical climate-normal trends, not a weather forecast.