Ashgabat climate — normals and trends
Ashgabat (Turkmenistan) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.9 °C and it receives 261 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (31.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Ashgabat averages 45 frost days, 127 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 52 rainy days per year.
Ashgabat has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 60 to 30 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 45.9 °C (on 6 July 2021) and the coldest -19.8 °C (on 26 January 1969).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
AshgabatAshgabat
- coords
- 37.95°, 58.38°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.9°C
Average daily high
22.7°C
Average daily low
11.6°C
Annual rainfall
261mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
51%
Average peak wind
13.8km/h
Seasonal range
28.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
45 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
127 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
52 d/yr
Annual snowfall
25.1 cm
Average feels-like high
21.0 °C
Average feels-like low
9.2 °C
Average peak gust
28.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
94 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.29 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
45.9 °C
6 July 2021
Coldest day
-19.8 °C
26 January 1969
Wettest day
39 mm
17 March 2022
Windiest day
43.4 km/h
6 April 2014
Strongest gust
82.1 km/h
6 April 2014
Hottest feels-like
48.0 °C
6 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-25.0 °C
26 January 1969
Snowiest day
18.8 cm
1 March 1948
Sunniest day
14.0 h
20 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 7 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | 9.1 °C | -1.3 °C | 33 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 19.2 °C | +3.5 °C | 26 mm | -34 mm |
| Apr | 28.4 °C | +5.5 °C | 9 mm | -37 mm |
| May | 32.9 °C | +3.7 °C | 1 mm | -23 mm |
| Jun | 34.5 °C | -0.2 °C | 5 mm | +1 mm |
| Jul | 38.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 37.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 31.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 26.4 °C | +3.2 °C | 1 mm | -12 mm |
| Nov | 20.1 °C | +4.6 °C | 1 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 11.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 33 mm | +11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ashgabat?
Ashgabat has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.9 °C and it receives 261 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ashgabat?
The hottest day measured in Ashgabat between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 2021, reaching 45.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ashgabat?
The coldest day measured in Ashgabat between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1969, at -19.8 °C.
Does it snow in Ashgabat?
Yes. Ashgabat gets on average 25.1 cm of snow per year and has around 45 frost days.
Has the climate of Ashgabat warmed?
Yes: Ashgabat warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ashgabat?
The wettest day measured in Ashgabat between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 2022, with 39 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ashgabat?
The windiest day measured in Ashgabat between 1940 and 2025 was 6 April 2014, with winds reaching 43.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ashgabat?
The warmest month in Ashgabat is July (31.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Ashgabat?
Ashgabat receives on average 261 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 52 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ashgabat?
Ashgabat gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ashgabat?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ashgabat between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1948, with 18.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ashgabat?
Yes: Ashgabat has on average 94 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ashgabat?
In Ashgabat, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.0 °C on 6 July 2021, and the lowest was -25.0 °C on 26 January 1969.
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