Samarkand climate

Samarkand Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Samarkand, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 9°C on December 1 to 7°C on December 31, and lows from 0°C to -2°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 31 mm over about 6 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Samarkand, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
8°C
Average low
-1°C
Precipitation
31 mm
Reanalysis high
23°CDec 30, 1996
Reanalysis low
-16°CDec 26, 2007
Daylight
9 h 35 min to 9 h 24 min
Cloud cover
69%
Humidity
64%
Dew point
-4°C
Wind
10.4 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Dec 19°C0°C17°C 2008-8°C 199324%
Dec 29°C0°C18°C 2010-7°C 201723%
Dec 39°C0°C18°C 2016-11°C 200224%
Dec 49°C0°C22°C 2015-11°C 200223%
Dec 59°C0°C19°C 2012-12°C 200223%
Dec 69°C-1°C17°C 2012-9°C 200223%
Dec 79°C-1°C18°C 2012-10°C 201423%
Dec 88°C-1°C15°C 1998-9°C 201422%
Dec 98°C-1°C16°C 1998-8°C 199423%
Dec 108°C-1°C18°C 1991-7°C 199523%
Dec 118°C-1°C20°C 1998-8°C 201524%
Dec 128°C-1°C21°C 1998-13°C 200323%
Dec 138°C-1°C20°C 2010-14°C 200322%
Dec 148°C-1°C21°C 2010-13°C 200322%
Dec 158°C-1°C18°C 1996-9°C 200322%
Dec 168°C-1°C18°C 1992-6°C 201222%
Dec 178°C-1°C19°C 1992-7°C 199122%
Dec 188°C-1°C19°C 2005-8°C 200821%
Dec 198°C-1°C16°C 1992-14°C 201122%
Dec 208°C-1°C18°C 2001-15°C 201122%
Dec 218°C-1°C17°C 2000-13°C 201122%
Dec 227°C-1°C18°C 1996-11°C 201122%
Dec 237°C-1°C19°C 1996-7°C 199422%
Dec 247°C-1°C18°C 1993-9°C 200722%
Dec 257°C-2°C16°C 2017-12°C 200721%
Dec 267°C-2°C17°C 2019-16°C 200721%
Dec 277°C-2°C18°C 2001-15°C 200722%
Dec 287°C-2°C15°C 2019-14°C 201224%
Dec 297°C-2°C20°C 1996-14°C 201225%
Dec 307°C-2°C23°C 1996-10°C 201324%
Dec 317°C-2°C15°C 2009-11°C 201324%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Samarkand, in percent.05101520251102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+5).

December 1
sunrise 7:33 AM, sunset 5:08 PM
December 31
sunrise 7:53 AM, sunset 5:17 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.