Best time to visit Uzbekistan
Hearing traditional music, feeling the desert heat on your back, and receiving a warm welcome from the Uzbeks are things you’ll never forget.![]()
In high summer, the land is parched, so there isn’t much to look at in the countryside, and temperatures soar well over 30°C. This is not the best time to visit Uzbekistan as it is unpleasant when you’re walking around and you won’t want to take your time admiring the monuments. On the flipside, winter can dip to freezing. For optimum comfort temperature-wise and a visual feast of wildflowers, gold, and dark green across the lush Uzbek landscape, plan your trip for April and May or autumn, which is when you’ll experience the best of all it has to offer.
Uzbekistan, month by month
Our Uzbekistan Holidays
Uzbekistan tour, nature and culture
A tour to the towns of the ancient Silk Road in Uzbekistan.
From
US $1085 to US $1325
9 days
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Uzbekistan small group tour
Explore cities and landscapes of the ancient Silk Road
From
£2699 to £2749
12 days
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The Silk Road small group tour
Discover the Silk Road in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and China
From
£3499 to £3999
15 days
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Silk Road holiday, small group
Discover amazing Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan
From
£3345
15 days
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The five stans silk road holiday
Step into the pages of history on a silk road tour
From
£5499 to £5899
23 days
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Central Asia overland tour, the stans
An epic journey through the five 'stans' of Central Asia
From
£4999 to £5699
26 days
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Our top Uzbekistan Holiday
Uzbekistan tour, nature and culture
A tour to the towns of the ancient Silk Road in Uzbekistan.
From
US $1085 to US $1325
9 days
ex flights
Tailor made:
This trip can be tailor made throughout the year to suit your requirements
This trip can be tailor made throughout the year to suit your requirements
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Jonny Bealby from our supplier, Wild Frontiers:
“Spring and autumn are the best times for avoiding the heat of the summer, when temperatures in Bukhara regularly climb above 40°C. Don’t go too late – winters out there in the Central Asian deserts are brutal.”
“Spring and autumn are the best times for avoiding the heat of the summer, when temperatures in Bukhara regularly climb above 40°C. Don’t go too late – winters out there in the Central Asian deserts are brutal.”
Andrew Appleyard, from our supplier Exodus:
“May is my favourite time of year there, or late September. Later than that, it does get really cold down near the Afghan border, but it is warmer further north. There is a huge amount of different temperate zones throughout the country; you find massive variants. We went to bed some nights with all our clothes on, because some of the places we stayed didn’t have heating. But I do love it there!”
“May is my favourite time of year there, or late September. Later than that, it does get really cold down near the Afghan border, but it is warmer further north. There is a huge amount of different temperate zones throughout the country; you find massive variants. We went to bed some nights with all our clothes on, because some of the places we stayed didn’t have heating. But I do love it there!”
EVENTS IN UZBEKISTAN
Boysun Bahori
Boysun Bahori is one of the most culturally significant annual events in Uzbekistan’s calendar – a spring festival held in mountainous Boysun in the Surkhandarya Province. Dating back to pre-Islamic times, it is a colourful celebration of costumes, songs, dance and stories that have stood the test of time.
More about Uzbekistan
Our Uzbekistan travel guide explores the country at the very heart of the Silk Road, and one that has absorbed the many cultures that passed along its roads and trails.
Our Uzbekistan map and highlights pinpoint not only the cultural gems of the Silk Road, such as Samarkand and Bukhara, but also the far northern deserts, the southern belle of Shakhrisabz and many other lesser known Uzbek unique spots.
The Silk Road hubs and Islamic architectural wonders are all musts when working out things to do in Uzbekistan, but there is a whole array of life going on here.
The Silk Road through Uzbekistan: The Silk Road can seem just too big to get your head around, geographically and historically.
Uzbekistan's Central Asian setting made it one of the Silk Road's most important stopovers with numerous cultural influences all still present in the food that's served today.
A visit to Uzbekistan is like leafing through the charred chapters of the Silk Road and nowhere is this ambience more exemplified than within the Islamic architecture adorning the cities of Samarkand, Bukhara and Tashkent.
Uzbekistan is definitely a bit like Marmite, as you will discover from our Uzbekistan travel advice.
There are several issues of responsible tourism in Uzbekistan and, worryingly, as a destination that is new to the tourism map, this list may grow with time if tourism isn’t managed sustainably.
