Climate averages 1991–2020

Ashgabat weather
in June.

A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 33.8°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 21.8°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 4.4 mm 1 day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 15 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Ashgabat · average highYear overview

June is a hot month in Ashgabat: daytime highs average 33.8°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 4.4 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes June a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 45 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Shīrvān (73 km away). In June its highs average 28.1°C, 5.8°C cooler than Ashgabat, with 6.7 mm of rain.

Among the 7 cities listed in Turkmenistan, Ashgabat ranks 6th of 7 for the warmest June highs and 5th of 7 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 7 cities is 34.6°C; Ashgabat is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 36.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.4 mm to 1.5 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -50510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Ashgabat, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 8.6°C-0.9°C-0.9°C306.29.910 h
February 10.3°C-0.1°C-0.1°C448.210.811 h
March 15.9°C5.0°C5.0°C6110.211.912 h
April 22.1°C10.8°C10.8°C468.013.213 h
May 28.2°C16.5°C16.5°C234.414.214 h
June, selected 33.8°C21.8°C21.8°C4.41.314.715 h
July 36.3°C24.8°C24.8°C1.50.314.515 h
August 35.0°C23.0°C23.0°C1.60.313.614 h
September 29.6°C17.8°C17.8°C2.60.612.512 h
October 22.6°C11.3°C11.3°C102.711.211 h
November 14.6°C5.0°C5.0°C255.010.210 h
December 9.7°C0.5°C0.5°C215.19.610 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

June in nearby cities

Distance from Ashgabat

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 limits

How 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.