Climate
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The Kopet-Dag mountain range is about 25 kilometres (16 mi) to the south, and Ashgabat's northern boundary touches the Kara-Kum desert. Because of this location, Ashgabat has an arid climate with hot and dry summers and mild and short winters. The average high temperature in July is 38.2 °C (100.8 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded is 54 °C (129 °F). Nighttime temperatures in the summer are warm, with an average minimum temperature in July of 23.1 °C (74 °F). Average winter high temperatures range from 7.4 to 9.8 °C (45.3 to 49.6 °F), and average lows in the winter of -1.6 to 0.7 °C (29.1 to 33.3 °F); temperatures as low as −16 °C (3 °F) have been recorded in December. Snow is rare in the area. Annual precipitation is only 227 millimetres (8.94 in); March and April are the wettest months.
| Climate data for Ashgabat | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 28.7 (83.7) |
32.6 (90.7) |
38.6 (101.5) |
39.4 (102.9) |
44.5 (112.1) |
46.7 (116.1) |
45.5 (113.9) |
45.7 (114.3) |
45.6 (114.1) |
40.1 (104.2) |
37.0 (98.6) |
33.1 (91.6) |
46.7 (116.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 8.6 (47.5) |
11.2 (52.2) |
16.5 (61.7) |
24.1 (75.4) |
30.1 (86.2) |
36.0 (96.8) |
38.3 (100.9) |
37.2 (99.0) |
31.7 (89.1) |
24.3 (75.7) |
16.8 (62.2) |
10.4 (50.7) |
23.8 (74.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.5 (38.3) |
5.5 (41.9) |
10.4 (50.7) |
17.4 (63.3) |
23.3 (73.9) |
29.0 (84.2) |
31.3 (88.3) |
29.6 (85.3) |
23.6 (74.5) |
16.5 (61.7) |
10.2 (50.4) |
5.1 (41.2) |
17.1 (62.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −0.4 (31.3) |
1.0 (33.8) |
5.5 (41.9) |
11.6 (52.9) |
16.6 (61.9) |
21.5 (70.7) |
23.8 (74.8) |
21.7 (71.1) |
16.1 (61.0) |
10.1 (50.2) |
5.2 (41.4) |
1.2 (34.2) |
11.2 (52.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −24.1 (−11.4) |
−20.8 (−5.4) |
−13.3 (8.1) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
1.3 (34.3) |
9.2 (48.6) |
13.8 (56.8) |
9.5 (49.1) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
−13.1 (8.4) |
−16 (3) |
−24.1 (−11.4) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 20 (0.79) |
23 (0.91) |
41 (1.61) |
32 (1.26) |
21 (0.83) |
6 (0.24) |
3 (0.12) |
1 (0.04) |
3 (0.12) |
10 (0.39) |
19 (0.75) |
20 (0.79) |
199 (7.83) |
| % humidity | 78 | 72 | 66 | 58 | 47 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 40 | 54 | 68 | 77 | 55 |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 70 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 111.6 | 121.5 | 145.7 | 195.0 | 275.9 | 336.0 | 353.4 | 347.2 | 288.0 | 217.0 | 156.0 | 105.4 | 2,652.7 |
| Source #1: Pogoda.ru.net, World Meteorological Organisation | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: HKO | |||||||||||||
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