Climate averages 1991–2020
Balkanabat weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Balkanabat: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 19 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Türkmenbaşy (133 km away). In May its highs average 24.8°C, 5.3°C cooler than Balkanabat, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Turkmenistan, Balkanabat ranks 4th of 7 for the warmest May highs and joint 4th of 7 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 7 cities is 29.3°C; Balkanabat is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 35.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to 5.5 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Türkmenbaşy in MayTurkmenistan · 133 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Gonbad-e Kāvūs in MayIran · 261 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Behshahr in MayIran · 321 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Bojnūrd in MayIran · 343 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Sari in MayIran · 347 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Shahrud in MayIran · 348 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Bābol in MayIran · 361 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Qā’em Shahr in MayIran · 363 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 42 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.