Climate averages 1991–2020
Ashgabat weather
in October.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Ashgabat: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shīrvān (73 km away). In October its highs average 20.1°C, 2.5°C cooler than Ashgabat, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Turkmenistan, Ashgabat ranks 4th of 7 for the warmest October highs and 5th of 7 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 7 cities is 22.2°C; Ashgabat is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 8.0°C to 14.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 10 mm to 25 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Shīrvān in OctoberIran · 73 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 8.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Qūchān in OctoberIran · 95 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 6.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Bojnūrd in OctoberIran · 107 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 8.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Neyshābūr in OctoberIran · 197 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 8.0°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Sabzevar in OctoberIran · 203 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.0°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Mashhad in OctoberIran · 213 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 7.8°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Marāgheh (Razavi Khorasan), Iran in OctoberIran · 261 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 7.7°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Gonbad-e Kāvūs in OctoberIran · 294 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 35 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.