Climate averages 1991–2020
Balkanabat weather
in December.
A cool, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Balkanabat: daytime highs average 9.3°C and nights cool to about 2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.6 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 26 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Türkmenbaşy (133 km away). In December its highs average 8.6°C, 0.7°C cooler than Balkanabat, with 7.9 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Turkmenistan, Balkanabat ranks 4th of 7 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 7 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 7 cities is 9.0°C; Balkanabat is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 8.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.6 mm to 8.9 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Türkmenbaşy in DecemberTurkmenistan · 133 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 4.4°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Gonbad-e Kāvūs in DecemberIran · 261 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 3.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Behshahr in DecemberIran · 321 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Bojnūrd in DecemberIran · 343 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -2.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Sari in DecemberIran · 347 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.7°C · 68 mm rain
- Shahrud in DecemberIran · 348 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -0.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Bābol in DecemberIran · 361 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 4.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Qā’em Shahr in DecemberIran · 363 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 3.5°C · 65 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.