Climate averages 1991–2020
Türkmenbaşy weather
in January.
A cold, very dry month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Türkmenbaşy: daytime highs average 7.3°C and nights cool to about 3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 9.6 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 41 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Balkanabat (133 km away). In January its highs average 8.4°C, 1.2°C warmer than Türkmenbaşy, with 8.9 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Turkmenistan, Türkmenbaşy ranks 6th of 7 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 7 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 7 cities is 8.0°C; Türkmenbaşy is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 8.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.6 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Balkanabat in JanuaryTurkmenistan · 133 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 0.9°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Qaraçuxur in JanuaryAzerbaijan · 257 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 4.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Baku in JanuaryAzerbaijan · 263 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 4.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Khirdalan in JanuaryAzerbaijan · 276 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 3.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Sumgayit in JanuaryAzerbaijan · 286 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 4.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Şirvan in JanuaryAzerbaijan · 343 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 1.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Gonbad-e Kāvūs in JanuaryIran · 363 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 1.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Zhanaozen in JanuaryKazakhstan · 369 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -5.1°C · 11 mm precipitation
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.