Türkmenabat International Airport

TM-0046 · Lebap, Turkmenistan

Climate Türkmenabat International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Turkmenabat Airport (UTAV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 60.2 60 44 51 54 69
February 76.2 68 64 82 86 80
March 82.1 68 85 69 79 96
April 90.9 83 91 96 95
May 96.7 97 96 99 95
June 97.6 97 99 98 98
July 97.2 96 96 95 97
August 98.6 98 97 100 100
September 98.2 96 98 97 100
October 93.7 91 93 91 95
November 79.5 55 83 78 85
December 59.4 58 88 50 41
Average 85.3 65.6 83.1 88.2 87.2 89.2

2nd best VFR conditions of Turkmenistan

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.7 79 65 72 79 86
February 89.0 86 79 94 93 95
March 91.7 82 92 85 88 99
April 96.2 89 97 97 98
May 98.2 99 98 100 97
June 98.7 98 100 99 99
July 98.6 98 97 98 99
August 99.5 99 99 100 100
September 99.4 99 99 100 100
October 97.8 99 95 100 99
November 89.2 73 91 88 94
December 76.8 82 96 68 68
Average 92.6 82.3 90.7 94.3 93.6 95.2

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.3 11 3 10 8 7
February 12.5 10 14 15 16 14
March 18.8 18 25 17 17 19
April 25.1 27 29 27 24
May 31.9 32 30 34 31
June 37.2 39 38 38 38
July 39.2 39 39 40 39
August 35.6 36 35 37 35
September 30.7 29 33 33 29
October 23.1 25 24 20 22
November 15.1 21 16 14 13
December 8.9 11 7 12 3
Average 22.6 13.2 25.1 24.8 24.7 22.8

2nd 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 -3.8 -1 -10 0 -3 -2
February 0.6 0 1 2 1 3
March 6.2 6 10 6 5 6
April 11.2 11 14 11 11
May 16.9 16 17 19 18
June 21.5 23 22 23 21
July 24.2 25 25 25 24
August 20.2 21 20 21 21
September 14.0 14 16 15 12
October 7.2 10 9 4 4
November 1.3 6 4 -1 -2
December -2.7 0 -5 1 -5
Average 9.0 1.7 10.7 11.2 10.1 9.1

3rd lowest temperature of Turkmenistan

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.0 6 1 4 3 7
February 6.5 9 6 1 3 6
March 4.6 6 2 8 8 2
April 2.9 2 2 1 3
May 1.8 1 3 1 5
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.1 0 0 0 0
October 0.5 2 1 1 0
November 1.7 2 0 0 1
December 3.4 0 0 3 10
Average 2.5 6.7 1.2 1.5 1.4 2.5

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 (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.8 9 6 8 8 8
February 8.5 9 8 10 8 12
March 9.2 10 9 9 9 8
April 8.7 9 8 9 9
May 9.0 10 11 9 9
June 9.6 10 10 11 10
July 11.6 13 12 12 11
August 10.6 11 12 11 10
September 8.6 10 9 9 9
October 7.1 8 7 7 7
November 7.0 9 8 7 7
December 7.4 9 6 9 6
Average 9.0 9.3 9.4 9.4 9.3 8.9

2nd 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 190° 152° 124° 139° 142°
February 193° 072° 093° 164° 175°
March 138° 066° 019° 305° 351°
April 008° 355° 010° 334°
May 357° 349° 349° 328°
June 359° 355° 357° 352°
July 351° 355° 351° 346°
August 348° 348° 349° 343°
September 349° 350° 357° 334°
October 058° 356° 338° 350°
November 135° 186° 095° 031°
December 129° 009° 153° 353°

Prevailing wind direction

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