tajikistan
Tajikistan’s climate is
continental, arid with
a distinct altitudinal
zones. In
the lowervalleys, subtropical
climate prevails
while in
the middle altitude of
the mountains it is
replaced by a moderately
warm, and in
the highlands
bythe cold.
The
average July temperature in
the valleys is
23-30
° C and during January it is around 0
.. +2
° C. In
high mountainareas
in winter it
frosts to -27
° C (the Pamirs to -50
° C). During summer is not hothere
from +4 to +15
° C, depending on
the altitude. From
October to
May in
the mountains there are raging blizzards, in
summer and early autumn in
the plains ofsand storms occur,
which can
last up
to a week or
more.
The best time to
visit the southern
provinces of
the country is March-April,
when thevalley turned
into a
big and
bright floral carpet. For
mountain climbing in
the Pamir
it is favorable period
from July to
September, and for walking tours around
the country it also makes sense to
go in
September.
