Climate-Zone.com

Home › Compare › Luxor vs Samarkand

Luxor vs Samarkand

BWh Hot desertCsa Hot-summer Mediterranean

Comparing Luxor change · Samarkand change

Bottom line

Luxor is the warmer of the two — about 19°F on the annual average; Samarkand is the wetter, with 14 in more rain a year, and Luxor the sunnier.

Warmer Luxor 19°F on the year
Wetter Samarkand 14 in more a year
Sunnier Luxor 31 pp less cloud
Colder winters Samarkand 15°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Luxor and Samarkand, in everyday terms.

Summers

Luxor has much hotter summers

Luxor: Extreme heat
Samarkand: Hot

Winters

Luxor has much milder winters

Luxor: Cool
Samarkand: Cold

Rain & snow

Samarkand is much wetter

Luxor: Very dry
Samarkand: Fairly dry

Sky

Luxor is far sunnier

Luxor: Sunny
Samarkand: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Luxor is the warmer of the two — about 19°F on the annual average.

20°40°60°80°100°120° JanAprJulOct LuxorSamarkand

Precipitation

Samarkand is the wetter — about 14 in more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (in) 01.53 JanAprJulOct LuxorSamarkand

Clear skies

Luxor has the clearer skies — the higher line.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct LuxorSamarkand

Exact monthly numbers

Tap a metric to open its full table. Desktop shows all twelve months; on a phone each metric splits into Jan–Jun and Jul–Dec.

Avg high (°F) Luxor runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Luxor73788595102106107106103968476
Samarkand454959707990949283726049
Difference-28-29-26-25-23-16-13-14-20-24-25-27
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Luxor73788595102106
Samarkand454959707990
Difference-28-29-26-25-23-16
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Luxor107106103968476
Samarkand949283726049
Difference-13-14-20-24-25-27
Avg low (°F) Luxor runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Luxor454855637276787874675647
Samarkand303239495664666355453933
Difference-15-16-16-14-16-13-12-14-19-22-17-15
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Luxor454855637276
Samarkand303239495664
Difference-15-16-16-14-16-13
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Luxor787874675647
Samarkand666355453933
Difference-12-14-19-22-17-15
Precipitation (in) Samarkand runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Luxor0.100.10.10.5000000.10
Samarkand1.722.92.41.80.30.10.10.10.51.61.8
Difference+1.6+2+2.8+2.3+1.3+0.3+0.1+0.1+0.1+0.5+1.5+1.8
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Luxor0.100.10.10.50
Samarkand1.722.92.41.80.3
Difference+1.6+2+2.8+2.3+1.3+0.3
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Luxor00000.10
Samarkand0.10.10.10.51.61.8
Difference+0.1+0.1+0.1+0.5+1.5+1.8
Cloud cover (%) Samarkand runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Luxor242525272410989111522
Samarkand646364585139312829395461
Difference+40+38+39+31+27+29+22+20+20+28+39+39
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Luxor242525272410
Samarkand646364585139
Difference+40+38+39+31+27+29
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Luxor989111522
Samarkand312829395461
Difference+22+20+20+28+39+39
Relative humidity (%) Samarkand runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Luxor463727201818202125304047
Samarkand676664584629212022355564
Difference+22+30+37+38+28+11+2-1-2+5+15+17
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Luxor463727201818
Samarkand676664584629
Difference+22+30+37+38+28+11
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Luxor202125304047
Samarkand212022355564
Difference+2-1-2+5+15+17

How both climates are changing

Both cities are warming. Each city has its own warming trend; see its trends page for the year-by-year detail. Luxor trends → · Samarkand trends →

Methodology & sources

Luxor

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Luxor Intl, a weather station, about 7 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

Samarkand

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 15 years of daily observations at Samarkand, a weather station, about 10 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

How we build these numbers →

← change Luxor · change Samarkand → · Luxor page · Samarkand page