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Samarkand in January

Chilly and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Samarkand is chilly: highs near 47°F, lows near 25°F. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Samarkand is chilly: highs near 8°C, lows near -4°C. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
47°F8°Caverage
Low
25°F-4°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 33% of days
Daylight
9h 42mon average

Is January a good time to visit Samarkand?

January 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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

33% of days in January, against 3% to 43% through the year.

Cloud cover

57% cover in January, against 4% to 59% through the year.

Daylight

9h 42m in January, against 9h 24m to 14h 55m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December50°10°low 27°low -3°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. January47°8°low 25°low -4°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. February50°10°low 27°low -3°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Samarkand sits, in January

Asia/Samarkand
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:51 AMsets 5:30 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 January, 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 January

high · low · wet days
See January 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.