Ashgabat climate

Name: Ashgabat
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Ashgabat is warmest in July, with average highs of 36 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -1.0 °C. March is the wettest month (60 mm) and July the driest (1.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ashgabat averages 270 mm of rain, 164 days above 25 °C and 54 days below freezing.

Turkmenistan · population 1,030,063 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 36 °C
Coldest month January -1.0 °C
Driest month July 2 mm
Wettest month March 60 mm
Least cloud August 6 % cloud
Hottest on record July 45 °C
Coldest on record February -17 °C

What to expectAshgabat through the year

Ashgabat has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 8.4 °C in January to 36 °C in July, a swing of 28 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 164 days a year reach 25 °C, 115 of them reach 30 °C, 54 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 60 mm against 2 mm in July — 39 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	8.4 °C	30 mm	48 %
February	10.1 °C	44 mm	51 %
March	15.7 °C	60 mm	54 %
April	22.0 °C	44 mm	51 %
May	28.2 °C	23 mm	39 %
June	33.9 °C	5 mm	17 %
July	36.4 °C	2 mm	10 %
August	35.0 °C	2 mm	6 %
September	29.7 °C	3 mm	11 %
October	22.5 °C	12 mm	25 %
November	14.3 °C	25 mm	41 %
December	9.4 °C	21 mm	46 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	8.4 °C	-1.0 °C	3.3 °C	23.4 °C	-13.8 °C	0	0	18
February	10.1 °C	-0.3 °C	4.8 °C	25.6 °C	-17.0 °C	0	0	14
March	15.7 °C	4.7 °C	10.4 °C	37.1 °C	-10.3 °C	2	0	4
April	22.0 °C	10.6 °C	16.7 °C	36.9 °C	-1.2 °C	9	2	0
May	28.2 °C	16.4 °C	22.8 °C	41.2 °C	4.2 °C	24	11	0
June	33.9 °C	21.8 °C	28.5 °C	42.3 °C	10.2 °C	30	25	0
July	36.4 °C	24.7 °C	31.1 °C	45.2 °C	14.5 °C	31	30	0
August	35.0 °C	22.9 °C	29.5 °C	42.9 °C	11.9 °C	31	29	0
September	29.7 °C	17.7 °C	23.9 °C	40.6 °C	7.7 °C	26	14	0
October	22.5 °C	11.1 °C	16.8 °C	38.3 °C	-0.2 °C	10	2	0
November	14.3 °C	4.7 °C	9.3 °C	32.3 °C	-10.9 °C	1	0	4
December	9.4 °C	0.4 °C	4.5 °C	25.7 °C	-16.8 °C	0	0	14

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	30 mm	6	9.8 h/day	48 %	71 %	11 km/h
February	44 mm	8	11 h/day	51 %	71 %	13 km/h
March	60 mm	10	12 h/day	54 %	66 %	15 km/h
April	44 mm	7	13 h/day	51 %	58 %	15 km/h
May	23 mm	4	14 h/day	39 %	46 %	15 km/h
June	5 mm	1	15 h/day	17 %	32 %	15 km/h
July	2 mm	0	15 h/day	10 %	27 %	14 km/h
August	2 mm	0	14 h/day	6 %	25 %	13 km/h
September	3 mm	1	12 h/day	11 %	33 %	14 km/h
October	12 mm	3	11 h/day	25 %	47 %	13 km/h
November	25 mm	5	10 h/day	41 %	64 %	12 km/h
December	21 mm	5	9.6 h/day	46 %	72 %	11 km/h

How Ashgabat compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Ashgabat	36 °C	-1.0 °C	270 mm	164
Bojnūrd · Iran	32 °C	-4.7 °C	357 mm	133
Neyshābūr · Iran	34 °C	-3.4 °C	294 mm	155
Sabzevar · Iran	36 °C	-1.5 °C	184 mm	176
Mashhad · Iran	33 °C	-4.1 °C	279 mm	150
Marāgheh · Iran	30 °C	-5.2 °C	299 mm	120
Gonbad-e Kāvūs · Iran	35 °C	1.2 °C	552 mm	172

Where Ashgabat ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in October	1st of 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in the world in October	1st of 50	98/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Ashgabat.

QuestionsCommon questions about Ashgabat’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ashgabat?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Ashgabat get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 36 °C. About 115 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -1.0 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 54 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Ashgabat?

March, averaging 60 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is July with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 270 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Ashgabat rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 37.950°, 58.383° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.