Best time to visit Uzbekistan
Every guide's best months, checked against its own thirty-year rainfall: a filled month is recommended, a hatched one has over 250 mm of rain. Most of Uzbekistan agrees on Apr, May, Sep, Oct.
| Place | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | In words |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SamarkandApril to May, and September to October (July is 36°C, January is freezing) | April to May, and September to October (July is 36°C, January is freezing) | ||||||||||||
| BukharaApril to May, and September to October (summer is 40°C and the stone holds it; winter is cold and empty) | April to May, and September to October (summer is 40°C and the stone holds it; winter is cold and empty) | ||||||||||||
| KhivaApril to May, and September to October (summer is 42°C in the desert; winter is bitter and windy) | April to May, and September to October (summer is 42°C in the desert; winter is bitter and windy) | ||||||||||||
| TashkentApril to May, and September to October (summer is 38°C; winter is grey and cold) | April to May, and September to October (summer is 38°C; winter is grey and cold) |
best month · over 250 mm · the letters are the months, January to December.
The guides in Uzbekistan
SamarkandUzbekistanThe blue domes of the Silk Road, in a city Tamerlane rebuilt to be the centre of the world
BukharaUzbekistanA whole medieval city still standing: minarets, madrasas, covered bazaars and a pool with mulberry trees, and it is quieter than Samarkand
KhivaUzbekistanA walled city of mud brick in the desert, intact from the gates to the minarets, and the one Silk Road town you can walk round on the wall
TashkentUzbekistanThe biggest city in Central Asia, a metro with chandeliers, the world’s oldest Quran, plov cooked in cauldrons the size of a car, and the gateway to the rest