Weather in Balkan

Calculated from weather data of Turkmenbashi International Airport (UTAK) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	8.1	7.9	6.7	8.9	8.9	8.8
February	9.9	10.0	10.0	11.8	9.9	11.1
March	14.1	14.0	17.8	12.3	12.0	15.3
April	20.2	24.3	21.8	21.1	22.3	17.3
May	26.9		26.6	24.5	28.0	26.3
June	33.4		33.0	33.2	34.5	34.2
July	35.4		34.8	35.0	35.8	35.0
August	35.2		34.5	36.5	38.6	31.6
September	29.8		29.1	31.0	29.3	29.8
October	22.3		21.8	23.3	19.8	25.3
November	14.4		19.0	15.0	13.5	12.6
December	9.2		11.1	7.5	9.9	6.2
Average	20.7	14.0	22.2	22.1	21.9	21.1

4th highest temperature of Turkmenistan

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	-1.7	1	-6	1	-1	0
February	0.8	0	-1	2	1	3
March	4.1	4	7	3	2	4
April	8.8	11	10	10	9	8
May	14.3		15	13	15	13
June	19.9		19	20	21	20
July	22.8		22	23	21	23
August	21.9		20	24	24	19
September	17.0		17	18	18	16
October	9.2		11	12	7	8
November	3.9		7	6	3	2
December	0.7		2	-2	2	-2
Average	9.5	4.0	10.3	11.1	10.2	9.5

2nd lowest temperature of Turkmenistan

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	2	102	102	107	99
25 °C or warmer	14	151	151	148	136
20 °C or warmer	24	208	186	180	186
0 °C or colder	30	50	35	49	42

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.8	10	1	7	1	6
February	4.7	1	5	3	6	3
March	4.4	4	2	2	5	2
April	3.6	0	6	2	1	2
May	1.5		3	3	1	2
June	0.1		0	0	0	0
July	0.4		1	1	0	1
August	0.5		0	1	0	1
September	0.5		0	1	0	0
October	1.0		1	3	2	0
November	2.5		0	4	1	2
December	4.1		1	4	7	1
Average	2.4	3.4	1.6	2.2	1.7	1.6

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	18.5	20	18	21	16	16
February	18.1	20	20	18	17	21
March	19.2	18	18	20	20	17
April	18.1	17	18	18	19	17
May	19.3		20	20	19	20
June	20.0		20	20	20	22
July	20.5		22	21	20	20
August	19.9		19	20	19	21
September	18.5		18	19	20	18
October	17.8		19	23	18	16
November	17.7		22	18	20	19
December	17.2		21	18	18	16
Average	18.8	18.6	19.5	19.8	19.0	18.7

1st highest wind speed of Turkmenistan

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	E	E	SE	SE	SE
February	SE	S	SE	S	SE
March	E	S	N	NE	SE
April	NW	W	S	S	N
May		NW	NW	NW	SW
June		NW	NW	NW	NW
July		N	N	NW	NW
August		NW	E	SE	NW
September		N	NE	NE	NE
October		W	E	E	E
November		SE	SE	SE	E
December		SE	E	SE	E

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Balkan weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Balkan?

The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 35 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Balkan?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 8 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Balkan?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in January with a probability of around 5.9 %.

Which month is the driest in Balkan?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in June. The probability is about 0.2 %.