Khiva climate — normals and trends
Khiva (Uzbekistan) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 91 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 (30.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Khiva averages 100 frost days, 109 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 23 rainy days per year.
Khiva has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 108 to 92 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 46.6 °C (on 8 July 1944) and the coldest -29.2 °C (on 24 January 1973).
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
KhivaXorazm Region
- coords
- 41.39°, 60.36°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.8°C
Average daily high
19.7°C
Average daily low
8.2°C
Annual rainfall
91mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
50%
Average peak wind
18.5km/h
Seasonal range
32.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
100 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
109 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
23 d/yr
Annual snowfall
11.8 cm
Average feels-like high
16.8 °C
Average feels-like low
4.7 °C
Average peak gust
32.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
70 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.9 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.07 · p = 0.016
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
46.6 °C
8 July 1944
Coldest day
-29.2 °C
24 January 1973
Wettest day
41 mm
29 March 1981
Windiest day
55.5 km/h
14 March 1945
Strongest gust
93.6 km/h
14 March 1945
Hottest feels-like
47.0 °C
5 August 2011
Coldest feels-like
-34.3 °C
22 January 1973
Snowiest day
13.0 cm
24 January 1959
Sunniest day
14.0 h
11 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 3 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | 4.6 °C | -0.6 °C | 14 mm | +3 mm |
| Mar | 16.1 °C | +3.5 °C | 17 mm | -0 mm |
| Apr | 27.3 °C | +5.4 °C | 12 mm | -3 mm |
| May | 32.7 °C | +3.6 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 33.7 °C | -0.6 °C | 11 mm | +8 mm |
| Jul | 37.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 34.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 28.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 2 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 22.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 1 mm | -4 mm |
| Nov | 14.8 °C | +4.5 °C | 1 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | 5.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 13 mm | +4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Khiva?
Khiva has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 91 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Khiva?
The hottest day measured in Khiva between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1944, reaching 46.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Khiva?
The coldest day measured in Khiva between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1973, at -29.2 °C.
Does it snow in Khiva?
Yes. Khiva gets on average 11.8 cm of snow per year and has around 100 frost days.
Has the climate of Khiva warmed?
Yes: Khiva warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Khiva?
The wettest day measured in Khiva between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 1981, with 41 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Khiva?
The windiest day measured in Khiva between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 1945, with winds reaching 55.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Khiva?
The warmest month in Khiva is July (30.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Khiva?
Khiva receives on average 91 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 23 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Khiva?
Khiva gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Khiva?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Khiva between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1959, with 13.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Khiva?
Yes: Khiva has on average 70 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Khiva?
In Khiva, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.0 °C on 5 August 2011, and the lowest was -34.3 °C on 22 January 1973.
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