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Do not expect Osh to behave like one enclosed cultural district. For Osh, opening hours and movement are not secondary details. Use Osh with slack in the schedule, especially around small museums, churches, galleries, and transit. The route should leave enough slack for closures, delays, and the distance between neighborhoods.
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7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Typical highs around 33°C, lows around 19°C. The drier end of the year.
Typical highs around 8°C, lows around 0°C. Most of the year’s greyest, wettest weeks.
Osh is the second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, located in the Fergana Valley in the south of the country. It is often referred to as the "capital of the south". It is the oldest city in the country and has served as the administrative center of Osh Region since 1939. The city has an ethnically mixed population of 322,164 in 2021, comprising Kyrgyz, Uzbeks, Ukrainians, Koreans, and other smaller ethnic groups.
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