Climate
Despite the fact that it is located several hundreds of kilometers away from any large body of water, Dushanbe features a Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). The summers are hot and dry and the winters are chilly, but not cold. The climate is damper than other Central Asian capitals, with an average annual rainfall over 500 millimetres (20 in) as moist air is funnelled by the surrounding valley during the winter and spring, but is still highly continental and has the hot, dry summers typical of the region. Winters are not as cold as further north owing to the shielding of the city by mountain from extremely cold air from Siberia.
| Climate data for Dushanbe | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.1 (70.0) |
22.8 (73.0) |
27.8 (82.0) |
32.2 (90.0) |
37.8 (100.0) |
40.0 (104.0) |
42.2 (108.0) |
40.0 (104.0) |
37.2 (99.0) |
32.8 (91.0) |
25.0 (77.0) |
20.0 (68.0) |
42.2 (108.0) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 9.4 (48.9) |
10.6 (51.1) |
15.6 (60.1) |
20.6 (69.1) |
26.1 (79.0) |
32.8 (91.0) |
35.6 (96.1) |
34.4 (93.9) |
30.0 (86.0) |
23.3 (73.9) |
15.6 (60.1) |
10.6 (51.1) |
22.1 (71.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −0.6 (30.9) |
1.7 (35.1) |
5.6 (42.1) |
9.4 (48.9) |
13.3 (55.9) |
17.8 (64.0) |
19.4 (66.9) |
17.2 (63.0) |
12.8 (55.0) |
7.8 (46.0) |
3.3 (37.9) |
0.6 (33.1) |
9.0 (48.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −17.8 (0.0) |
−13.9 (7.0) |
−10 (14) |
0.0 (32.0) |
6.1 (43.0) |
11.1 (52.0) |
13.9 (57.0) |
10.0 (50.0) |
3.9 (39.0) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−10 (14) |
−17.8 (0.0) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 66.3 (2.61) |
75.4 (2.969) |
107.5 (4.232) |
105.0 (4.134) |
66.0 (2.598) |
5.5 (0.217) |
3.2 (0.126) |
0.5 (0.02) |
3.1 (0.122) |
30.6 (1.205) |
44.7 (1.76) |
59.8 (2.354) |
567.6 (22.346) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 8.5 | 9.1 | 13.4 | 9.8 | 7.8 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 8.1 | 68.8 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 120.9 | 121.5 | 155.0 | 198.0 | 282.1 | 336.0 | 353.4 | 337.9 | 288.0 | 223.2 | 165.0 | 117.8 | 2,698.8 |
| Source: Sistema de Clasificación Bioclimática Mundial Hong Kong Observatory | |||||||||||||
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