Climate averages 1991–2020
Balkanabat weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Balkanabat: daytime highs average 37.4°C and nights cool to about 26.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.8 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 43 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Türkmenbaşy (133 km away). In August its highs average 33.4°C, 3.9°C cooler than Balkanabat, with 2.1 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Turkmenistan, Balkanabat ranks 1st of 7 for the warmest August highs and 7th of 7 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 7 cities is 35.4°C; Balkanabat is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 6.3°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.8 mm to 5.5 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Türkmenbaşy in AugustTurkmenistan · 133 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 25.9°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Gonbad-e Kāvūs in AugustIran · 261 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Behshahr in AugustIran · 321 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Bojnūrd in AugustIran · 343 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 17.1°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Sari in AugustIran · 347 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Shahrud in AugustIran · 348 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Bābol in AugustIran · 361 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Qā’em Shahr in AugustIran · 363 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.5°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.