Climate averages 1991–2020
Balkanabat weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Balkanabat: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Türkmenbaşy (133 km away). In March its highs average 12.3°C, 4.0°C cooler than Balkanabat, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Turkmenistan, Balkanabat ranks 4th of 7 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 7 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 7 cities is 16.0°C; Balkanabat is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.9°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 22 mm to 20 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Türkmenbaşy in MarchTurkmenistan · 133 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Gonbad-e Kāvūs in MarchIran · 261 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 5.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Behshahr in MarchIran · 321 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 7.2°C · 71 mm rain
- Bojnūrd in MarchIran · 343 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 0.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Sari in MarchIran · 347 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Shahrud in MarchIran · 348 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 2.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Bābol in MarchIran · 361 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 5.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Qā’em Shahr in MarchIran · 363 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.0°C · 72 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.