Bukhara
City in Uzbekistan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Kalon-Ensemble Buchara: Euyasik, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Bukhara is a city in Uzbekistan. About 280,187 people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Uzbekistan in our atlas.
It lies at 39.77° N, 64.43° E, about 220 m (722 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Samarkand time zone.
Location
Red dot: Bukhara. Green dots: other major cities of Uzbekistan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Bukhara has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 39°C (103°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -4°C (24°F). Around 138 mm (5 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Feb.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in UzbekistanNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Qarshi · 154 km
- Samarkand · 217 km
- Tirmiz · 373 km
- Tashkent · 441 km
- Angren · 507 km
- Nukus · 508 km
- Qo‘qon · 562 km
- Marg‘ilon · 627 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1217662 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q5764 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Kalon-Ensemble Buchara: Euyasik, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)