Climate averages 1991–2020
Ashgabat weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Ashgabat: daytime highs average 36.3°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 1.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 31 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shīrvān (73 km away). In July its highs average 30.7°C, 5.6°C cooler than Ashgabat, with 4.2 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Turkmenistan, Ashgabat ranks 5th of 7 for the warmest July highs and joint 4th of 7 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 7 cities is 36.8°C; Ashgabat is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 35.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.5 mm to 1.6 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 36.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 1.5 | 0.3 | 14.515 h |
| August | 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
July in nearby cities
- Shīrvān in JulyIran · 73 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Qūchān in JulyIran · 95 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Bojnūrd in JulyIran · 107 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 18.2°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Neyshābūr in JulyIran · 197 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Sabzevar in JulyIran · 203 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Mashhad in JulyIran · 213 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Marāgheh (Razavi Khorasan), Iran in JulyIran · 261 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 18.6°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Gonbad-e Kāvūs in JulyIran · 294 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 22.5°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.