Best time to visit Bukhara
Uzbekistan · Caucasus and Central Asia
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Bukhara
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- JanJBukhara in January: ok
- FebFBukhara in February: good
- MarMBukhara in March: sweet spot
- AprABukhara in April: sweet spot
- MayMBukhara in May: sweet spot
- JunJBukhara in June: avoid
- JulJBukhara in July: avoid
- AugABukhara in August: avoid
- SepSBukhara in September: good, busy
- OctOBukhara in October: good, busy
- NovNBukhara in November: good
- DecDBukhara in December: ok
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Things to do in Bukhara
- Ark Citadel Fortress located in the city of Bukhara, Uzbekistan
- Po-i-Kalyan Islamic religious complex in Bukhara, Uzbekistan
- Magok-i-Attari Mosque The oldest surviving mosque building in Central Asia, dating back to the 800s, reconstructed in the 1500s and now a carpet museum.
- Sitori-i-Mokhi Khosa Lavish summer palace of the last emir of Bukhara, Sayyid Mir Muhammad Alim Khan.
- Bolo Hauz Mosque The mosque was built in 1712, with a free-standing minaret and painted wooden pillars added in 1917.
- Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum The name means "spring of Ayub" - Job - who in legend struck the ground with his staff and out gushed a spring.
- Chor-Bakr Large necropolis from the 16th century; heavily restored.
Tours and tickets in Bukhara
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Bukhara), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.
Month by month
No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8° | 3d | 73% | 6.8h | ok | 8C max, 3 rainy days |
| Feb | 12° | 5d | 68% | 7.1h | good | 12C max, 5 rainy days |
| Mar | 19° | 4d | 57% | 8.5h | sweet spot | 19C max, 4 rainy days |
| Apr | 26° | 3d | 47% | 10.2h | sweet spot | 26C max, 3 rainy days |
| May | 32° | 2d | 35% | 11.8h | sweet spot | 32C max, 2 rainy days |
| Jun | 37° | 0d | 21% | 13.3h | avoid | extreme heat: 23 days over 35C |
| Jul | 40° | 0d | 19% | 13.4h | avoid | extreme heat: 28 days over 35C |
| Aug | 37° | 0d | 22% | 12.6h | avoid | extreme heat: 22 days over 35C |
| Sep | 31° | 0d | 27% | 11.3h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Oct | 23° | 1d | 44% | 9.7h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Nov | 15° | 2d | 61% | 7.7h | good | 15C max, 2 rainy days |
| Dec | 9° | 2d | 71% | 6.7h | ok | 9C max, 2 rainy days |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at the old town (Lyabi-Hauz): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
Bukhara's March days now average 18.7°C, 3.9°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 5 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 6.8° | 9.5° | 14.8° | 23.4° | 29.9° | 35.8° | 37.7° | 35.6° | 29.9° | 21.2° | 15.2° | 8.5° |
| 2017–26 | 8.2° | 12.0° | 18.7° | 25.5° | 31.8° | 37.3° | 39.7° | 36.6° | 31.1° | 22.8° | 14.7° | 8.8° |
| Change | +1.4° | +2.5° | +3.9° | +2.1° | +1.9° | +1.5° | +1.9° | +1.1° | +1.2° | +1.6° | -0.5° | +0.3° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
How far Bukhara is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Delhi
- from Dubai
- from Abu Dhabi
- from Doha
- from Ahmedabad
- from Riyadh
- from Mumbai
- from Hyderabad
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Bukhara, flying or not.
Before you go
Type C and F and I plugs at 220 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Uzbek som. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise normal security precautions (with regional advisories). US State Department: Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions. Everything for Uzbekistan: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Cash (som) still rules at bazaars and street stalls; cards, Visa more than Mastercard, work in most larger shops, hotels and restaurants, often with a 1% surcharge.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
Getting around Bukhara
- Apps — Rides: MyTaxi, Yandex Go. Maps: 2GIS, Yandex Maps. Messages: Telegram, WhatsApp. If Yandex Go will not install on your phone, Yango is the same service and works here.
A swarm of small buses serves the city. They're sometimes described as marshrutkas or dolmuşes but they have fixed stops and run to a fixed timetable, though its details are known only unto Allah. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Bukhara, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — 112 (any emergency) · police 102 · ambulance 103 · fire 101.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 3 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
Sources (13)
- gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/uzbekistan/getting-help
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Uzbekistan
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Tashkent
- atto.uz/en/news/atto-for-passengers
- atto.uz/en/passengers
- uzbekistan.travel/en/i/travel-tips
- go.yandex/en_uz
- caravanistan.com/transport/taxi-apps
- caravanistan.com/money/uzbekistan
- caravanistan.com/phone-internet/uzbekistan
- techjury.net/research/market-share-of-messaging-apps-by-country
- pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2286608
- rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/AnnualReport/PDFs/09PAYMENT290526C6588B796E664822A2BD0DEB6452CAD4.PDF
Bukhara in pictures
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Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Bernard Gagnon, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What Bukhara is like
Bukhara (in Uzbek Buxoro) is a city historically astride the Silk Road in the Samarkand through Bukhara region of Uzbekistan. It has a wealth of architecture and culture and is a must-see destination on any tour of this region. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Lyab-i Hauz is the grand plaza and pool at the heart of the Old City, laid out in the 16th century, in legend after a dispute between the khan and the Jewish widow landowner. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- Hammam Borzi Kord, Mehtar Ambar 55 (within Toqi Telpak Furushon). Traditional bath house, mornings only for local men then after 14:00 for tourists of mixed gender. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- Bukhara International Airport (BHK IATA). This has several flights a day from Tashkent, and daily from Urgench, Moscow and Istanbul. It's a small place with limited facilities. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Bukhara, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
Around Bukhara
Also in Uzbekistan
Nearby
- Dushanbe Tajikistan · 399 km
- Bishkek Kyrgyzstan · 913 km
- Kashgar China · 990 km
- Almaty Kazakhstan · 1,111 km
Kind of place
Bukhara is in Uzbekistan, Caucasus and Central Asia. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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