Gardening in Uzbekistan: climate, frost dates and crops by region

Climate zones of Uzbekistan

By the days between the last spring frost and the first autumn frost.

How the regions of Uzbekistan differ

Splitting the cities in two — west (Samarkand, Qarshi, Navoiy and 3 more) and east (Andijan, Fergana, Namangan and 3 more): the last spring frost comes about 11 days later in the west; the frost-free season is about 227 days in the west and 247 days in the east; the west gets about 200 mm of rain a year and the east about 355 mm.

The gap between the warmest month’s days and the coldest month’s nights is widest in Nukus (43.2 °C) and smallest in Jizzakh (39.2 °C): the smaller it is, the milder both winter and summer. Samarkand is the wettest of these cities with 474 mm a year, Urgench the driest with 94 mm. The hottest summer days are in Termez (41.4 °C on average in the warmest month), the coolest in Navoiy (36 °C). In 12 of the 13 cities at least one month averages below 0 °C at night; the longest such winter is in Nukus (November–February).

Which crops suit which part of Uzbekistan

Season long enough: the days from planting to the first autumn frost cover the days to the first harvest on the plant card. Each window starts on the Greenly calendar date and ends on the last day that still leaves the crop’s days to harvest (from its card) before the average first autumn frost, plus six weeks of picking for crops harvested over weeks (tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, cucumbers, courgettes, pumpkins, watermelons, beans) — our rule; earlier in the window is safer.

Cities of Uzbekistan: weather in numbers

ERA5 2016–2025 via Open-Meteo, 25 km grid cell of each city; dates by the Greenly calendar and the plant cards.

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