Climate averages 1991–2020
Ashgabat weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Ashgabat: daytime highs average 35.0°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 38 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shīrvān (73 km away). In August its highs average 29.9°C, 5.1°C cooler than Ashgabat, with 2.6 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Turkmenistan, Ashgabat ranks 5th of 7 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 7 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 7 cities is 35.4°C; Ashgabat is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.6 mm to 2.6 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ashgabat climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.6°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 30 | 6.2 | 9.910 h |
| February | 10.3°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 44 | 8.2 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.9°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 61 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 46 | 8.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 28.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 23 | 4.4 | 14.214 h |
| June | 33.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 4.4 | 1.3 | 14.715 h |
| July | 36.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 1.5 | 0.3 | 14.515 h |
| August, selected | 35.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 1.6 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 29.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 2.6 | 0.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 10 | 2.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 14.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 25 | 5.0 | 10.210 h |
| December | 9.7°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 21 | 5.1 | 9.610 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Shīrvān in AugustIran · 73 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 17.6°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Qūchān in AugustIran · 95 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Bojnūrd in AugustIran · 107 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 17.1°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Neyshābūr in AugustIran · 197 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Sabzevar in AugustIran · 203 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Mashhad in AugustIran · 213 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Marāgheh (Razavi Khorasan), Iran in AugustIran · 261 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Gonbad-e Kāvūs in AugustIran · 294 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 33 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ashgabat) is explained once on the Ashgabat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.