Climate averages 1991–2020
Balkanabat weather
in January.
A cool, very dry month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Balkanabat: daytime highs average 8.4°C and nights cool to about 0.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 8.9 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 43 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Türkmenbaşy (133 km away). In January its highs average 7.3°C, 1.2°C cooler than Balkanabat, with 9.6 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Turkmenistan, Balkanabat ranks 4th of 7 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 7 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 7 cities is 8.0°C; Balkanabat is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 10.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.9 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Türkmenbaşy in JanuaryTurkmenistan · 133 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 3.0°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Gonbad-e Kāvūs in JanuaryIran · 261 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 1.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Behshahr in JanuaryIran · 321 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 3.6°C · 64 mm rain
- Bojnūrd in JanuaryIran · 343 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -4.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Sari in JanuaryIran · 347 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 1.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Shahrud in JanuaryIran · 348 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -2.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Bābol in JanuaryIran · 361 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Qā’em Shahr in JanuaryIran · 363 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 1.5°C · 63 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.