When to Visit Tashkent

January in Tashkent is cold and grey, with highs around 7°C (44°F) and lows dropping to -1°C (29°F). About 56mm of rain falls across the month, some of it arriving as sleet on colder nights. The city has an unhurried quality at this time of year, and the absence of other visitors means the major sights feel entirely your own.

February is the wettest month of the year, with around 71mm of rainfall and temperatures climbing marginally to highs of 9°C (49°F) and lows of 0°C (32°F). Days can be grey and damp for stretches. But the covered markets are lively with locals, and the low visitor numbers mean more room to set your own pace.

March is Tashkent's most unpredictable month. Lows sit around 5°C (41°F) and highs reach about 16°C (60°F), but the range within a single week can be significant. About 66mm of rain falls, often in short bursts rather than sustained downpours. Nowruz, the Persian New Year celebrated in late March, transforms the city's parks and squares with music and food.

April is the month when Tashkent comes properly into its own. Highs reach around 22°C (72°F), lows ease to about 10°C (50°F), and the month's 64mm of rainfall arrives mostly as afternoon showers that clear by evening. The ornate madrasahs and tree-lined boulevards are at their most photogenic, and tourism picks up accordingly.

May is warm without yet being hot, with highs around 28°C (82°F) and lows at 14°C (57°F). Rainfall drops further to about 41mm and the drier air starts asserting itself. The Chorsu Bazaar overflows with spring produce, and the Tian Shan day-trip routes into the hills are at their greenest.

June marks the shift into summer proper. Tashkent's highs reach 33°C (92°F), lows settle at 18°C (65°F), and rainfall contracts sharply to around 18mm for the month. The sensible rhythm shifts to mornings and evenings, with the middle of the day spent in shade, in covered markets, or in one of the city's air-conditioned museums. Outdoor life after sunset becomes lively.

July is the hottest month, with highs of 35°C (96°F) and barely 3mm of rain for the entire month. The heat is dry rather than tropical, which makes shade meaningful and makes early mornings, before roughly 10am, the most productive time to be outdoors in Tashkent. The metro network, worth riding for its Soviet-era architecture alone, becomes a welcome climate-controlled corridor between sights.

August mirrors July's dryness, with roughly 3mm of rain and highs of 34°C (94°F), though lows cool slightly to 18°C (65°F). Many locals take weekend trips to Charvak Reservoir or the Chimgan highlands. The city settles into its summer rhythm: evenings outdoors, afternoons indoors, and the longer leisure pace that the heat imposes on everyone.

September is, for many repeat visitors to Tashkent, the finest month of the year. Highs come down to 29°C (85°F), lows drop to a comfortable 13°C (56°F), and only about 5mm of rain interrupts what are often a string of clear, golden days. Pomegranates and late stone fruit fill the market stalls at Chorsu and elsewhere, and the whole city seems to exhale after the long summer.

October brings cooler days around 22°C (71°F) and chillier nights at about 8°C (46°F), with rainfall returning to around 23mm. The tree-lined boulevards of Tashkent turn amber and rust, café culture turns inward, and evenings call for a jacket. It's a pleasant month with smaller crowds than September.

November marks the return of proper autumn rain, with around 51mm falling and temperatures dropping to highs of about 14°C (57°F) and lows of 3°C (37°F). Some days can be warm and clear. Others settle into overcast drizzle for hours. Tashkent's covered bazaars, Chorsu, are good places to spend a grey afternoon, and the old-town lanes near the Khast Imam complex have a quiet atmospheric quality at this time of year.

December is winter again, with highs around 8°C (47°F), lows near 0°C (31°F), and about 58mm of precipitation. Snow is possible but not guaranteed. The city takes on a quieter quality, visitor numbers fall to their annual low, and the major sights can be explored without the spring and autumn crowds.