Climate averages 1991–2020
Türkmenbaşy weather
in March.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Türkmenbaşy: daytime highs average 12.3°C and nights cool to about 6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Balkanabat (133 km away). In March its highs average 16.3°C, 4.0°C warmer than Türkmenbaşy, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Turkmenistan, Türkmenbaşy ranks 7th of 7 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 7 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 7 cities is 16.0°C; Türkmenbaşy is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 18.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 20 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Balkanabat in MarchTurkmenistan · 133 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Qaraçuxur in MarchAzerbaijan · 257 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 5.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Baku in MarchAzerbaijan · 263 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 6.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Khirdalan in MarchAzerbaijan · 276 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 5.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Sumgayit in MarchAzerbaijan · 286 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 5.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Şirvan in MarchAzerbaijan · 343 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 4.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Gonbad-e Kāvūs in MarchIran · 363 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 5.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Zhanaozen in MarchKazakhstan · 369 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 0.4°C · 18 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.