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Samarkand in December

Chilly and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Samarkand is chilly: highs near 50°F, lows near 27°F. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 24 minutes.December in Samarkand is chilly: highs near 10°C, lows near -3°C. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 24 minutes.

High
50°F10°Caverage
Low
27°F-3°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 28% of days
Daylight
9h 24mon average

Is December a good time to visit Samarkand?

December sits outside Samarkand's best months, which run in two parts: May, or October. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 50°F in December, against 47°F to 95°F through the year.Highs near 10°C in December, against 8°C to 35°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

28% of days in December, against 3% to 43% through the year.

Cloud cover

52% cover in December, against 4% to 59% through the year.

Daylight

9h 24m in December, against 9h 24m to 14h 55m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November61°16°low 35°low 2°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. December50°10°low 27°low -3°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. January47°8°low 25°low -4°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Samarkand sits, in December

Asia/Samarkand
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:45 AMsets 5:09 PM
Above the sea
710 mupland
Latitude
39.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Tashkent268 km north-east

The land around Samarkand, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Uzbekistan in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Samarkand

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Samarkand. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.