Climate averages 1991–2020
Türkmenbaşy weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Türkmenbaşy: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 2.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 45 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Balkanabat (133 km away). In August its highs average 37.4°C, 3.9°C warmer than Türkmenbaşy, with 2.8 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Turkmenistan, Türkmenbaşy ranks 7th of 7 for the warmest August highs and 6th of 7 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 7 cities is 35.4°C; Türkmenbaşy is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.7°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.1 mm to 6.1 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Türkmenbaşy climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 9.6 | 2.9 | 9.710 h |
| February | 8.0°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 11 | 3.1 | 10.711 h |
| March | 12.3°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 18 | 4.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.4°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 20 | 4.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 24.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 12 | 3.4 | 14.414 h |
| June | 30.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 5.3 | 1.2 | 15.015 h |
| July | 33.4°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 14.715 h |
| August, selected | 33.4°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 27.7°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 6.1 | 1.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.4°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 16 | 3.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.1°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 14 | 3.4 | 10.010 h |
| December | 8.6°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 7.9 | 2.6 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Balkanabat in AugustTurkmenistan · 133 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 26.3°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Qaraçuxur in AugustAzerbaijan · 257 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Baku in AugustAzerbaijan · 263 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Khirdalan in AugustAzerbaijan · 276 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Sumgayit in AugustAzerbaijan · 286 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Şirvan in AugustAzerbaijan · 343 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Gonbad-e Kāvūs in AugustIran · 363 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Zhanaozen in AugustKazakhstan · 369 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 5.2 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 Türkmenbaşy) is explained once on the Türkmenbaşy year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.