Isfara
City in Tajikistan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Isfara welcome cropped: Ibrahim Rustamov (tg:User:Ibrahim), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Isfara is a city in Tajikistan, in Sughd. About 274,000 people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Tajikistan in our atlas.
It lies at 40.13° N, 70.63° E, about 824 m (2,703 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Dushanbe time zone.
Location
Red dot: Isfara. Green dots: other major cities of Tajikistan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Isfara has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -8°C (18°F). Around 200 mm (8 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Mar.
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 TajikistanNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Konibodom · 25 km
- Qayroqqum · 72 km
- Khujand · 87 km
- Istaravshan · 140 km
- Vahdat · 222 km
- Dushanbe · 236 km
- Kŭlob · 256 km
- Bokhtar · 299 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1514896 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q695330 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Isfara welcome cropped: Ibrahim Rustamov (tg:User:Ibrahim), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)