Climate averages 1991–2020
Balkanabat weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Balkanabat: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.5 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes September a very dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Türkmenbaşy (133 km away). In September its highs average 27.7°C, 3.3°C cooler than Balkanabat, with 6.1 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Turkmenistan, Balkanabat ranks 1st of 7 for the warmest September highs and 6th of 7 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 7 cities is 29.6°C; Balkanabat is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 8.0°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.5 mm to 12 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Türkmenbaşy in SeptemberTurkmenistan · 133 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.7°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Gonbad-e Kāvūs in SeptemberIran · 261 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 18.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Behshahr in SeptemberIran · 321 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Bojnūrd in SeptemberIran · 343 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Sari in SeptemberIran · 347 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.1°C · 114 mm rain
- Shahrud in SeptemberIran · 348 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 15.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Bābol in SeptemberIran · 361 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 98 mm rain
- Qā’em Shahr in SeptemberIran · 363 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.8°C · 98 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.