Climate averages 1991–2020
Türkmenbaşy weather
in December.
A cool, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Türkmenbaşy: daytime highs average 8.6°C and nights cool to about 4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.9 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 23 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Balkanabat (133 km away). In December its highs average 9.3°C, 0.7°C warmer than Türkmenbaşy, with 7.6 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Turkmenistan, Türkmenbaşy ranks 6th of 7 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 7 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 7 cities is 9.0°C; Türkmenbaşy is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 7.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.9 mm to 9.6 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Balkanabat in DecemberTurkmenistan · 133 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 2.1°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Qaraçuxur in DecemberAzerbaijan · 257 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 6.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Baku in DecemberAzerbaijan · 263 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 6.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Khirdalan in DecemberAzerbaijan · 276 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 5.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Sumgayit in DecemberAzerbaijan · 286 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 6.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Şirvan in DecemberAzerbaijan · 343 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 2.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Gonbad-e Kāvūs in DecemberIran · 363 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 3.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Zhanaozen in DecemberKazakhstan · 369 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -3.5°C · 13 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.