Khujand
City in Tajikistan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
View to Khujand: User:EH, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Khujand is a city in Tajikistan, in Sughd. About 191,000 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Tajikistan in our atlas.
It lies at 40.28° N, 69.62° E, about 340 m (1,115 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Dushanbe time zone.
Location
Red dot: Khujand. Green dots: other major cities of Tajikistan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Khujand has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 38°C (100°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -3°C (26°F). Around 298 mm (12 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
- Qayroqqum · 15 km
- Istaravshan · 66 km
- Konibodom · 69 km
- Isfara · 87 km
- Vahdat · 198 km
- Dushanbe · 207 km
- Kŭlob · 263 km
- Bokhtar · 281 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1514879 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q373808 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- View to Khujand: User:EH, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)