Balkanabat weather in October

In October, Balkanabat sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 12 mm of rain across 2.3 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of October to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Balkanabat's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Balkanabat's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
6th warmest
Overnight low
12°
7th coldest
Rainfall
12 mm
2.3 wet days
Daylight
10 h 54 min
7:39 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover
27%
5th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
3.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.5
out of 10

Balkanabat is city in Turkmenistan.

Founded
1933

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

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical October day in Balkanabat reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 8°C cooler than September and about 9°C warmer than November.

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How October really feels in Balkanabat

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

October sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Balkanabat weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 4th-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 October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Balkanabat gets around 12 mm of rain over 2.3 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 7% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19082
29181
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49271
59271
69361
79361
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Wind in October

Winds average 13 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 12 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 October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of October to 10 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 78 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 7:24 AM to 7:56 AM, and sunset from 6:59 PM to 6:16 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.67:246:59
211.57:256:58
311.57:266:56
411.57:276:54
511.47:286:53
611.47:296:51
711.37:306:50
811.37:316:48
911.27:326:46
1011.27:336:45
1111.27:346:43
1211.17:356:42
1311.17:366:40
1411.07:376:39
1511.07:386:37
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1910.87:436:32
2010.87:446:30
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3110.37:566:16

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 3.8 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 — October's 3.8 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.5Bright
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134.0Moderate
143.9Moderate
153.9Moderate
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183.7Moderate
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203.6Moderate
213.6Moderate
223.5Moderate
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243.4Moderate
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263.3Moderate
273.3Moderate
283.2Moderate
293.2Moderate
303.1Moderate
313.1Moderate
Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Balkanabat

In seasonPeak

None of Balkanabat's seasonal hazards are active in October. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

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

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

Is October a good time to visit Balkanabat?

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

8.5
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
6.5
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

October is one of the better times to visit Balkanabat for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Balkanabat in October

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

In October, Balkanabat sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes.

light clothes

UV index in Balkanabat in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. 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 October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October 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
October 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).