Gumdag weather in January

In January, Gumdag sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 10 mm of precipitation across 2.7 wet days and about 9.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Gumdag's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gumdag's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-0°
1st coldest
Precipitation
10 mm
2.7 wet days
Daylight
9 h 30 min
8:45 AM – 6:17 PM
Cloud cover
51%
12th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
2.42 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.6
out of 10

Gumdag is town in Balkan Province, Turkmenistan.

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°C through the month.

A typical January day in Gumdag reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to -0°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 2°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Gumdag

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 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
31
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Gumdag weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -0°102.70.49.61.6
Feb10° / 133.70.810.52.7
Mar16° / 2650.311.75.7
Apr23° / 12°234.80137.7
May30° / 18°133.2014.15.9
Jun36° / 24°91.6014.72.7
Jul38° / 26°61.1014.51.2
Aug37° / 25°40.9013.51.7
Sep32° / 20°81.6012.35.6
Oct23° / 12°142.70118.4
Nov14° / 163.70.19.95.0
Dec / 102.70.49.31.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16040
25941
35941
45941
55842
65743
75644
85644
95644
105545
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145644
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Gumdag gets around 10 mm of rain and snow over 2.7 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 8% and peaks near 9% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in January

Winds average 15 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:46 AM to 8:37 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 6:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.38:466:03
29.38:466:04
39.38:466:05
49.38:476:06
59.38:476:07
69.38:476:07
79.48:476:08
89.48:476:09
99.48:476:10
109.48:466:11
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139.58:466:14
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159.58:456:16
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.42 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.11 kWh/m² to a high of 7.19 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.42 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.2Moderate
22.2Moderate
32.2Moderate
42.2Moderate
52.2Moderate
62.2Moderate
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82.3Moderate
92.3Moderate
102.3Moderate
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Gumdag

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is January a good time to visit Gumdag?

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

1.6
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Gumdag.

What to pack for Gumdag in January

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

In January, Gumdag sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near -0°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Gumdag in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gumdag peaks around July 17 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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 highHighModerateJul 17UV 9Dec 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May7Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Air quality in Gumdag in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Gumdag is worst in September — around 85 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.9× the cleanest month (January, 29 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyPoorSep 1983 µg/m³Jan 2130 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan29Moderate
Feb34Moderate
Mar53Poor
Apr46Poor
May45Poor
Jun46Poor
Jul47Poor
Aug66Unhealthy
Sep85Unhealthy
Oct77Unhealthy
Nov65Unhealthy
Dec50Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Gumdag?

Gumdag sits at 39.2°N, 54.6°E, 5 m above sea level, in Turkmenistan. The nearest listed city is Balkanabat, 39 km away.

BereketGyzylarbatTürkmenbaşyMagtymgulyKalālehGonbad-e Kāvūs

Topography around Gumdag

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gumdag has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 151 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,915 m.

The land around Gumdag is covered by bare terrain (80%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, bare terrain (99%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (80%) within 80 km.

3 km
45 m
16 km
151 m
80 km
1,915 m
shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Balkanabat 39 km · Jebel 57 km · Bereket 80 km · Gyzylarbat 148 km · Türkmenbaşy 167 km · Magtymguly 170 km · Kalāleh 218 km · Gonbad-e Kāvūs 223 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 Gumdag (39.2061°, 54.5906°, elevation 5 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).