Climate averages 1991–2020
Balkanabat weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Balkanabat: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 13 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Türkmenbaşy (133 km away). In April its highs average 18.4°C, 4.8°C cooler than Balkanabat, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Turkmenistan, Balkanabat ranks 4th of 7 for the warmest April highs and joint 3rd of 7 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 7 cities is 22.8°C; Balkanabat is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.9°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Balkanabat climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.4°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 8.9 | 2.4 | 9.710 h |
| February | 10.3°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 11 | 3.0 | 10.711 h |
| March | 16.3°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 22 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 23.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 20 | 4.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 30.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 11 | 3.0 | 14.314 h |
| June | 35.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 5.5 | 1.5 | 14.915 h |
| July | 38.2°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 5.5 | 0.8 | 14.715 h |
| August | 37.4°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 2.8 | 0.8 | 13.714 h |
| September | 31.0°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 5.5 | 1.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 12 | 2.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 14.3°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 13 | 2.9 | 10.110 h |
| December | 9.3°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 7.6 | 2.2 | 9.49 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
April in nearby cities
- Türkmenbaşy in AprilTurkmenistan · 133 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 11.5°C · 20 mm rain
- Gonbad-e Kāvūs in AprilIran · 261 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 10.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Behshahr in AprilIran · 321 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 11.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Bojnūrd in AprilIran · 343 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 6.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Sari in AprilIran · 347 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Shahrud in AprilIran · 348 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Bābol in AprilIran · 361 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Qā’em Shahr in AprilIran · 363 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.4°C · 52 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 Balkanabat) is explained once on the Balkanabat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.