Balkanabat climate — normals and trends
Balkanabat (Turkmenistan) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 126 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 (31.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Balkanabat averages 45 frost days, 123 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 30 rainy days per year.
Balkanabat has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 57 to 33 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 47.2 °C (on 5 July 2021) and the coldest -21.9 °C (on 6 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
BalkanabatBalkan
- coords
- 39.51°, 54.37°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.1°C
Average daily high
22.3°C
Average daily low
12.2°C
Annual rainfall
126mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
50%
Average peak wind
19.4km/h
Seasonal range
28.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
45 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
123 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
30 d/yr
Annual snowfall
5.9 cm
Average feels-like high
19.9 °C
Average feels-like low
9.3 °C
Average peak gust
35.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
108 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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
47.2 °C
5 July 2021
Coldest day
-21.9 °C
6 January 1969
Wettest day
43 mm
8 September 1963
Windiest day
52.3 km/h
30 March 2015
Strongest gust
91.8 km/h
30 March 2015
Hottest feels-like
47.1 °C
4 August 2011
Coldest feels-like
-27.2 °C
6 January 1969
Snowiest day
10.9 cm
29 November 1993
Sunniest day
13.9 h
18 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 2 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | 8.7 °C | -0.8 °C | 27 mm | +16 mm |
| Mar | 18.5 °C | +3.7 °C | 23 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 26.1 °C | +3.7 °C | 41 mm | +22 mm |
| May | 31.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 5 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 34.4 °C | -0.1 °C | 0 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 39.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 2 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 38.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 30.1 °C | -0.5 °C | 47 mm | +42 mm |
| Oct | 25.9 °C | +3.4 °C | 1 mm | -10 mm |
| Nov | 18.9 °C | +4.5 °C | 0 mm | -11 mm |
| Dec | 10.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 8 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Balkanabat?
Balkanabat has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 126 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Balkanabat?
The hottest day measured in Balkanabat between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2021, reaching 47.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Balkanabat?
The coldest day measured in Balkanabat between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1969, at -21.9 °C.
Does it snow in Balkanabat?
Yes. Balkanabat gets on average 5.9 cm of snow per year and has around 45 frost days.
Has the climate of Balkanabat warmed?
Yes: Balkanabat warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Balkanabat?
The wettest day measured in Balkanabat between 1940 and 2025 was 8 September 1963, with 43 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Balkanabat?
The windiest day measured in Balkanabat between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 2015, with winds reaching 52.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Balkanabat?
The warmest month in Balkanabat is July (31.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Balkanabat?
Balkanabat receives on average 126 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 30 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Balkanabat?
Balkanabat gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Balkanabat?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Balkanabat between 1940 and 2025 was 29 November 1993, with 10.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Balkanabat?
Yes: Balkanabat has on average 108 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Balkanabat?
In Balkanabat, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.1 °C on 4 August 2011, and the lowest was -27.2 °C on 6 January 1969.
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