Region · Tajikistan

Best time to visit Sughd Province

This guide covers 4 destinations in Sughd Province, a first-level administrative division of Tajikistan. The largest by population are Khujand, Istaravshan and Isfara. Across its destinations, September is the month comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Khujand International Airport (LBD).

Destinations in this guide
4
Comfortable in the most places
September
Main airport
LBDKhujand International Airport
Currency
TJSTajikistani somoni
Time zone
Asia/Dushanbe

Destinations

Destinations in Sughd Province

Every destination in this guide in Sughd Province, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.

DestinationPopulationPlaces to stayBest monthsNearest airport
Khujand198,700May, September and OctoberLBD · 9 km
Istaravshan64,300June to SeptemberOMN · 52 km
Isfara54,900April, May, September and OctoberLBD · 81 km
Konibodom54,400April, May, September and OctoberLBD · 62 km

When to go

Best time to visit Sughd Province

From the climate of 4 destinations in Sughd Province with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The month comfortable in the most places: September.

MonthComfortable destinationsTypical highTypical rainfall
January0 of 44 °C60 mm
February0 of 47 °C76 mm
March0 of 414 °C88 mm
April2 of 422 °C81 mm
May3 of 427 °C72 mm
June1 of 433 °C22 mm
July1 of 435 °C11 mm
August1 of 433 °C4 mm
September4 of 428 °C6 mm
October3 of 421 °C33 mm
November0 of 412 °C62 mm
December0 of 45 °C70 mm

Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).

Getting there

Airports serving Sughd Province

The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Sughd Province name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.

large airport · Khujand

LBD · Khujand International Airport

Nearest for 3 destinationsNamed by 4 destinations8.9 km from the closest
medium airport · Zomin, Uzbekistan

OMN · Zomin Airport

Nearest for 1 destinationNamed by 2 destinations52 km from the closest
medium airport · Fergana, Uzbekistan

FEG · Fergana International Airport

Named by 2 destinations98 km from the closest
large airport · Namangan, Uzbekistan

NMA · Namangan International Airport

Named by 2 destinations124 km from the closest
large airport · Tashkent, Uzbekistan

TAS · Tashkent International Airport

Named by 1 destination113 km from the closest

Good to know

Public holidays in Sughd Province, 2026

Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).

Nationwide in Tajikistan

1 Jan · New Year's Day8 Mar · Mother's Day20 Mar · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)21 Mar · International Nowruz Day22 Mar · International Nowruz Day23 Mar · International Nowruz Day24 Mar · International Nowruz Day9 May · Victory Day27 May · Eid al-Adha (estimated)27 Jun · National Unity Day9 Sept · Independence Day6 Nov · Constitution Day

Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT). A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.