Ashgabat, Turkmenistan climate
Average temperatures, precipitation and all-time records for Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, with every day graded against ~45 years of local climate history (1981–2026). Its warmest month is July, averaging a high of 35°C, and its coldest is January, with an average low of -2°C.
Ashgabat is the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Köpetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km (30 mi) away from the Iran-Turkmenistan border. The city has a population of 1,030,063. via Wikipedia
How today compares
Latest recorded day: 2026-07-21. Each reading placed on Ashgabat, Turkmenistan's own ±7-day seasonal distribution.
Ashgabat average temperatures by month
Typical daily high and low, and average precipitation, for each month in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, based on 1981–2026 records. The wettest month is January (0 mm on an average day).
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Avg precip |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | -2°C | 0 mm |
| February | 11°C | -1°C | 0 mm |
| March | 15°C | 2°C | 0 mm |
| April | 23°C | 9°C | 0 mm |
| May | 28°C | 14°C | 0 mm |
| June | 33°C | 19°C | 0 mm |
| July | 35°C | 23°C | 0 mm |
| August | 34°C | 21°C | 0 mm |
| September | 29°C | 16°C | 0 mm |
| October | 23°C | 10°C | 0 mm |
| November | 16°C | 4°C | 0 mm |
| December | 11°C | 0°C | 0 mm |
Each bar spans the 10th-percentile daily low to the 90th-percentile daily high (the range most days fall within), coloured cold → hot on a shared -23°C to 46°C scale, so the whole year's rhythm reads at a glance.
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Record extremes
- Hottest day on record: 44°C on 1995-06-30
- Coldest day on record: -18°C on 1982-01-21
Percentiles compare each day to Ashgabat, Turkmenistan's own history, so grades are relative to this location: a “Near Record” day here isn't the same temperature as elsewhere. How the grades work →