Ashgabat weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · city break · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Ashgabat is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with October and May close behind. Ashgabat averages about 3,046 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 3 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,046
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 97/100
- Rain / year
- 196 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈10 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 1M
- Elevation
- 211 m
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When is the best time to visit Ashgabat?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Ashgabat is September, then October and May. The dullest month is July (29/100, 5 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Ashgabat?
Ashgabat is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,046 hours of sunshine a year. 68 Sunshine Score points separate September (97) from July (29), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #4 of 6 destinations in Turkmenistan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,076 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around March, carries about 51% of the annual 196 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 12° / 54°F | 1° / 34°F | 16 mm | 2 |
| February | 46 | 14° / 57°F | 2° / 36°F | 29 mm | 2 |
| March | 90 | 20° / 68°F | 7° / 45°F | 38 mm | 4 |
| April | 91 | 25° / 77°F | 12° / 54°F | 32 mm | 6 |
| May | 94 | 32° / 90°F | 18° / 64°F | 18 mm | 7 |
| June | 48 | 37° / 99°F | 23° / 73°F | 5 mm | 9 |
| July | 29 | 39° / 102°F | 26° / 79°F | 5 mm | 9 |
| August | 48 | 37° / 99°F | 24° / 75°F | 2 mm | 9 |
| September | 97 | 32° / 90°F | 19° / 66°F | 3 mm | 7 |
| October | 95 | 25° / 77°F | 13° / 55°F | 10 mm | 4 |
| November | 78 | 18° / 64°F | 6° / 43°F | 22 mm | 2 |
| December | 39 | 13° / 55°F | 2° / 36°F | 16 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Mashhad Iran · 226 km · best in Sep · 3,221 h sun/yr
- Urgench Uzbekistan · 445 km · best in Sep · 3,100 h sun/yr
- Sari Iran · 481 km · best in May · 2,451 h sun/yr
- Bukhara Uzbekistan · 566 km · best in Sep · 3,117 h sun/yr
- Tehran Iran · 703 km · best in May · 3,219 h sun/yr
- Baku Azerbaijan · 767 km · best in Jun · 2,222 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bojnord Iran · 108 km · 3,090 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Sabzevar Iran · 213 km · 3,457 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Mary Turkmenistan · 313 km · 3,269 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Balkanabat Turkmenistan · 406 km · 3,001 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Daşoguz Turkmenistan · 438 km · 3,106 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How Ashgabat compares month by month: Ashgabat vs Mashhad · Ashgabat vs Sari · Ashgabat vs Urgench · all comparisons
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