Climate averages 1991–2020
Türkmenbaşy weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Türkmenbaşy: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 22 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Balkanabat (133 km away). In May its highs average 30.1°C, 5.3°C warmer than Türkmenbaşy, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Turkmenistan, Türkmenbaşy ranks 7th of 7 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 7 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 7 cities is 29.3°C; Türkmenbaşy is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 5.3 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Balkanabat in MayTurkmenistan · 133 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Qaraçuxur in MayAzerbaijan · 257 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Baku in MayAzerbaijan · 263 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Khirdalan in MayAzerbaijan · 276 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Sumgayit in MayAzerbaijan · 286 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 15.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Şirvan in MayAzerbaijan · 343 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Gonbad-e Kāvūs in MayIran · 363 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Zhanaozen in MayKazakhstan · 369 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 19 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.