Karakul’ climate — normals and trends
Karakul’ (Uzbekistan) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.6 °C and it receives 127 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (32.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Karakul’ averages 67 frost days, 134 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 29 rainy days per year.
Karakul’ has warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.08 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 76 to 58 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 47.9 °C (on 9 July 1944) and the coldest -26.4 °C (on 27 January 1969).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Karakul’Bukhara
- coords
- 39.53°, 63.83°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.6°C
Average daily high
22.8°C
Average daily low
10.7°C
Annual rainfall
127mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
46%
Average peak wind
19.5km/h
Seasonal range
30.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
67 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
134 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
29 d/yr
Annual snowfall
9.8 cm
Average feels-like high
19.9 °C
Average feels-like low
7.0 °C
Average peak gust
35.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
93 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.7 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.05 · p = 0.044
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
47.9 °C
9 July 1944
Coldest day
-26.4 °C
27 January 1969
Wettest day
23 mm
9 March 1953
Windiest day
49.8 km/h
4 July 1957
Strongest gust
84.2 km/h
26 April 2017
Hottest feels-like
48.7 °C
29 July 1983
Coldest feels-like
-32.9 °C
27 January 1969
Snowiest day
11.6 cm
26 February 1978
Sunniest day
14.0 h
3 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 4 mm | -13 mm |
| Feb | 8.7 °C | -0.9 °C | 42 mm | +21 mm |
| Mar | 19.5 °C | +3.4 °C | 2 mm | -27 mm |
| Apr | 29.1 °C | +4.7 °C | 16 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 34.6 °C | +3.5 °C | 0 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 37.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 40.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 37.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 31.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 25.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 17.4 °C | +3.2 °C | 2 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | 10.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 25 mm | +11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Karakul’?
Karakul’ has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.6 °C and it receives 127 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Karakul’?
The hottest day measured in Karakul’ between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 1944, reaching 47.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Karakul’?
The coldest day measured in Karakul’ between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1969, at -26.4 °C.
Does it snow in Karakul’?
Yes. Karakul’ gets on average 9.8 cm of snow per year and has around 67 frost days.
Has the climate of Karakul’ warmed?
Yes: Karakul’ warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Karakul’?
The wettest day measured in Karakul’ between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 1953, with 23 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Karakul’?
The windiest day measured in Karakul’ between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1957, with winds reaching 49.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Karakul’?
The warmest month in Karakul’ is July (32.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Karakul’?
Karakul’ receives on average 127 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 29 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Karakul’?
Karakul’ gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Karakul’?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Karakul’ between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1978, with 11.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Karakul’?
Yes: Karakul’ has on average 93 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Karakul’?
In Karakul’, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.7 °C on 29 July 1983, and the lowest was -32.9 °C on 27 January 1969.
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