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Samarkand in July

avoid · not the best time to go · the warmest month of the year, the driest month of the year, the sunniest month of the year

The year in Samarkand

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  1. Samarkand in January: ok
  2. Samarkand in February: ok
  3. Samarkand in March: good
  4. Samarkand in April: sweet spot
  5. Samarkand in May: sweet spot
  6. Samarkand in June: avoid
  7. Samarkand in July: avoid
  8. Samarkand in August: avoid
  9. Samarkand in September: sweet spot, busy
  10. Samarkand in October: good, busy
  11. Samarkand in November: good
  12. Samarkand in December: ok, busy
  • Sweet spot
  • Good
  • OK
  • Avoid
  • Busy
July is ruled out at Samarkand: extreme heat: 23 days over 35C.

The numbers

Daily high37°C
Nightly low22°C
Feels like, afternoon36°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more0 · 1 mm
Humidity25%
Sunshine13.3 h/day
Daylight14.7 h/day
Days over 35°C23
Crowds73 / 100, higher is quieter

Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.

Weather read at the Registan, 5 km from the airport (SKD): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

July: busier than usual. Busiest in September, October and December; quietest from January to March.

Samarkand in pictures

What to pack

  • Light, loose clothes: daily highs average 37°C.
  • Plan the middle of the day indoors: 23 days a month pass 35°C.
  • Sun protection: about 13 hours of sunshine a day.

Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.

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. Everything for Uzbekistan: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

On arrival in Samarkand: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

July elsewhere

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