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Best Time for the The Silk Road Cities
Sweet spot: February, January, May — computed from NASA POWER climate normals across the route's overnight towns, balancing temperature, rainfall and daylight.
Spring and autumn are the Silk Road's sweet spots — blue-tile domes under blue skies, and bearable desert trains.
45°C between Bukhara and Khiva — trains are air-conditioned; the walking hours are dawn and dusk.
| Month | Temp | Rain | Daylight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -19.8–20.2°C | 26 mm | 9.4 h | ❄ |
| February | -19.5–24.8°C | 37 mm | 10.4 h | ❄ |
| March | -10.2–31.1°C | 42 mm | 11.7 h | ❄ |
| April | -4.3–35.9°C | 38 mm | 13.1 h | ❄ |
| May | 1.4–40.5°C | 20 mm | 14.2 h | ❄ |
| June | 9.2–44.0°C | 6 mm | 14.9 h | |
| July | 14.6–45.9°C | 2 mm | 14.6 h | |
| August | 11.2–45.4°C | 1 mm | 13.6 h | |
| September | 1.5–40.1°C | 2 mm | 12.2 h | |
| October | -4.8–35.5°C | 12 mm | 10.9 h | ❄ |
| November | -12.6–28.9°C | 28 mm | 9.7 h | ❄ |
| December | -17.1–20.6°C | 27 mm | 9.1 h | ❄ |