Climate averages 1991–2020

Weather in Turkmenistan.

ClimaNote covers 7 cities in Turkmenistan, starting with Ashgabat, Türkmenabat and Daşoguz. Open a city for charts and a table of all 12 months, or open a month for a side-by-side comparison of cities in the atlas.

Across these cities the yearly average high ranges from 19.8°C in Daşoguz (tied with Türkmenbaşy) to 24.1°C in Mary (tied with Bayramaly), and yearly rainfall from 97 mm in Daşoguz to 270 mm in Ashgabat. The hottest city-month is July in Balkanabat, with an average high of 38.2°C, and the coolest is January in Daşoguz, at 3.0°C. By single month, the most rain falls in March in Ashgabat, with 61 mm, and the least in August in Mary, with under 1 mm (tied with August in Bayramaly).

July is the warmest month in 6 cities (in 1 other city two or more months tie); January is the coolest in every city. March is the wettest month in 6 cities and April in 1; August is the driest in 5 cities and July in 1 (in 1 other city two or more months tie). Of these cities, 3 have a month with under 1 mm of rain; none has a month with an average high below 2.0°C or a month with more than 300 mm of rain.

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Cities in Turkmenistan

Yearly averages
Yearly climate averages for cities in Turkmenistan
CityAverage highAverage lowRain mm/year
Ashgabat22°C11°C270
Türkmenabat23°C11°C132
Daşoguz20°C9°C97
Mary24°C12°C158
Türkmenbaşy20°C14°C125
Balkanabat23°C13°C124
Bayramaly24°C12°C158

Yearly average of the 12 monthly values for 1991–2020. Open a city for every month.