Climate averages 1991–2020
Ashgabat weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Ashgabat: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes September a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shīrvān (73 km away). In September its highs average 26.2°C, 3.4°C cooler than Ashgabat, with 3.6 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Turkmenistan, Ashgabat ranks 5th of 7 for the warmest September highs and 5th of 7 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 7 cities is 29.6°C; Ashgabat is level with that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 7.0°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.6 mm to 10 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Shīrvān in SeptemberIran · 73 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Qūchān in SeptemberIran · 95 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 11.6°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Bojnūrd in SeptemberIran · 107 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Neyshābūr in SeptemberIran · 197 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Sabzevar in SeptemberIran · 203 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 16.4°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Mashhad in SeptemberIran · 213 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 13.6°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Marāgheh (Razavi Khorasan), Iran in SeptemberIran · 261 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.3°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Gonbad-e Kāvūs in SeptemberIran · 294 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 18.6°C · 36 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.