Balkanabat weather in July

In July, Balkanabat sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 6 mm of rain across 0.8 wet days and about 14.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 38°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 84% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 48 min at the start of July to 14 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Balkanabat's 3rd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Balkanabat's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
1st warmest
Overnight low
27°
12th coldest
Rainfall
6 mm
0.8 wet days
Daylight
14 h 30 min
6:12 AM – 8:44 PM
Cloud cover
17%
3rd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
7.13 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.5
out of 10

Balkanabat is city in Turkmenistan.

Founded
1933

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 38°C through the month.

A typical July day in Balkanabat reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 34°C and 42°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 3°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Balkanabat

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Balkanabat weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 92.40.49.51.7
Feb10° / 112.90.810.42.8
Mar16° / 224.40.211.75.7
Apr23° / 12°204.40137.7
May30° / 18°113014.16.2
Jun35° / 24°61.5014.73.0
Jul38° / 27°60.8014.51.5
Aug37° / 26°30.8013.62.0
Sep31° / 20°51.2012.35.9
Oct23° / 12°122.30118.5
Nov15° / 132.90.19.85.3
Dec / 82.20.39.32.3

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 84% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 7%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18911
28911
38911
48911
59010
69010
7919
8919
9919
10919
11928
12919
13928
14928
15937
16946
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Balkanabat gets around 6 mm of rain over 0.8 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 3% and peaks near 4% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 47% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 19% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
151221692
2492217102
3482117112
4472118122
5462118132
6452118142
7442018143
8442018153
9432018163
10431918173
11421918173
12421918174
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15431817174
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22481615165
23491615155
24501615155
25511614145
26511614145
27521614144
28531614134
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30541613134
31541613134

Wind in July

Winds average 13 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 48 min at the start of July to 14 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:03 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 8:49 PM to 8:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.86:038:49
214.76:048:49
314.76:048:48
414.76:058:48
514.76:058:48
614.76:068:48
714.76:068:48
814.76:078:47
914.76:078:47
1014.66:088:47
1114.66:098:46
1214.66:098:46
1314.66:108:46
1414.66:118:45
1514.66:118:45
1614.56:128:44
1714.56:138:44
1814.56:148:43
1914.56:148:42
2014.46:158:42
2114.46:168:41
2214.46:178:40
2314.46:188:40
2414.36:198:39
2514.36:198:38
2614.36:208:37
2714.36:218:36
2814.26:228:35
2914.26:238:35
3014.26:248:34
3114.16:258:33

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 7.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.08 kWh/m² to a high of 7.19 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 7.13 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.2Intense
27.2Intense
37.2Intense
47.1Intense
57.1Intense
67.1Intense
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287.1Intense
297.1Intense
307.1Intense
317.0Intense
Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Balkanabat

In seasonPeak

In July, Balkanabat sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Balkanabat sees seasonal dust haze (April–July), heaviest in July.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is July a good time to visit Balkanabat?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

1.5
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Balkanabat.

What to pack for Balkanabat in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Balkanabat sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Balkanabat in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Balkanabat peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 9Dec 18UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May7Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Air quality in Balkanabat in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Balkanabat is worst in September — around 48 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.1× the cleanest month (January, 23 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModeratePoorSep 2348 µg/m³Jan 1924 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan23Moderate
Feb28Moderate
Mar38Poor
Apr33Moderate
May31Moderate
Jun28Moderate
Jul29Moderate
Aug36Poor
Sep48Poor
Oct48Poor
Nov44Poor
Dec34Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Balkanabat?

Balkanabat sits at 39.5°N, 54.4°E, 11 m above sea level, in Turkmenistan. The nearest listed city is Jebel, 18 km away.

BereketTürkmenbaşyGyzylarbatMagtymgulyKalālehGonbad-e Kāvūs

Topography around Balkanabat

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Balkanabat.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Balkanabat has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 541 m around an average of 32 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,584 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,915 m.

The land around Balkanabat is covered by artificial surfaces (49%) and bare terrain (31%) within 3 km, bare terrain (63%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (81%) within 80 km.

3 km
541 m
16 km
1,584 m
80 km
1,915 m
shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Jebel 18 km · Gumdag 39 km · Bereket 103 km · Türkmenbaşy 133 km · Gyzylarbat 175 km · Magtymguly 204 km · Kalāleh 257 km · Gonbad-e Kāvūs 261 km

Turkmenistan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type B / C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 0% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$6,540
2025
Happiness
5.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2021
Safe drinking water
95%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1
per 100k, 2015
Road deaths
13.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 456
Religion
Muslim 93%Christian 6%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Balkanabat (39.5108°, 54.3671°, elevation 11 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).