Climate averages 1991–2020
Balkanabat weather
in February.
A cool, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Balkanabat: daytime highs average 10.3°C and nights cool to about 1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes February a very dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 41 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Türkmenbaşy (133 km away). In February its highs average 8.0°C, 2.3°C cooler than Balkanabat, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Turkmenistan, Balkanabat ranks joint 4th of 7 for the warmest February highs and joint 1st of 7 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 7 cities is 10.0°C; Balkanabat is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 16.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 22 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Türkmenbaşy in FebruaryTurkmenistan · 133 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 2.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Gonbad-e Kāvūs in FebruaryIran · 261 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 1.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Behshahr in FebruaryIran · 321 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 3.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Bojnūrd in FebruaryIran · 343 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -4.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Sari in FebruaryIran · 347 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.1°C · 74 mm rain
- Shahrud in FebruaryIran · 348 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -1.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Bābol in FebruaryIran · 361 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 3.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Qā’em Shahr in FebruaryIran · 363 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 1.9°C · 66 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.