Climate and average weather in Gyzylarbat
In Gyzylarbat, the summers are sweltering, dry, and clear and the winters are cold, snowy, and partly cloudy.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Gyzylarbat typically varies from -1°C to 38°C, and is rarely below -7°C or above 42°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Gyzylarbat for warm-weather activities are from early April to early May and late September to early November.
- Hottest
- Jul
- 38°
- Coldest
- Jan
- -1°
- Wettest
- Mar
- 32 mm
- Driest
- Jul
- 4 mm
- Rain / yr
- 204 mm
- 41 wet days
- Daylight
- 9.3–14.7 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 103 m
- 39.0°N
- Clearest
- Aug
- 10% cloud
Gyzylarbat is city in Balkan Province, Turkmenistan.
- Founded
- 1750
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Gyzylarbat weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late September to early November.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Gyzylarbat, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 4.0 months, from May 19 to September 18, with daily high temperatures above 30°C. The hottest month of the year in Gyzylarbat is July, with an average high of 38°C and low of 26°C.
The cool season lasts 3.5 months, from November 17 to March 3, with daily high temperatures below 13°C. The coldest month of the year in Gyzylarbat is January, with an average low of -1°C and high of 8°C.
Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 13°C) in September.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 8 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 30 | 35 | 38 | 37 | 31 | 23 | 14 | 8 |
| Avg low (°C) | -1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8 | -1 |
| Feb | 10 | 0 |
| Mar | 16 | 5 |
| Apr | 23 | 12 |
| May | 30 | 18 |
| Jun | 35 | 23 |
| Jul | 38 | 26 |
| Aug | 37 | 24 |
| Sep | 31 | 18 |
| Oct | 23 | 11 |
| Nov | 14 | 4 |
| Dec | 8 | 0 |
How hot and cold Gyzylarbat really feels
The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.
On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Gyzylarbat feels like about 38°C (around July 21). About 111 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in July.
On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -5°C (around January 26), with roughly 104 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 8 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 30 | 35 | 38 | 37 | 31 | 23 | 14 | 8 |
| Air high (°C) | 8 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 30 | 35 | 38 | 37 | 31 | 23 | 14 | 8 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | -5 | -3 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 2 | -3 |
| Air low (°C) | -1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8 | 8 | -5 | -1 |
| Feb | 10 | 10 | -3 | 0 |
| Mar | 16 | 16 | 2 | 5 |
| Apr | 23 | 23 | 11 | 12 |
| May | 30 | 30 | 18 | 18 |
| Jun | 35 | 35 | 23 | 23 |
| Jul | 38 | 38 | 26 | 26 |
| Aug | 37 | 37 | 24 | 24 |
| Sep | 31 | 31 | 18 | 18 |
| Oct | 23 | 23 | 10 | 11 |
| Nov | 14 | 14 | 2 | 4 |
| Dec | 8 | 8 | -3 | 0 |
Average hourly temperature in Gyzylarbat
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 38°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -1°C.
Gyzylarbat weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Snow days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8° / -1° | 16 | 4 | 1.6 | 9.6 | 1.4 |
| Feb | 10° / 0° | 25 | 5.3 | 1.9 | 10.5 | 2.4 |
| Mar | 16° / 5° | 32 | 6.2 | 0.5 | 11.7 | 5.5 |
| Apr | 23° / 12° | 31 | 4.9 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| May | 30° / 18° | 19 | 3.6 | 0 | 14.1 | 6.0 |
| Jun | 35° / 23° | 11 | 2 | 0 | 14.7 | 3.0 |
| Jul | 38° / 26° | 4 | 0.9 | 0 | 14.5 | 1.5 |
| Aug | 37° / 24° | 7 | 1.3 | 0 | 13.5 | 2.3 |
| Sep | 31° / 18° | 9 | 1.6 | 0 | 12.3 | 6.0 |
| Oct | 23° / 11° | 16 | 3.5 | 0 | 11 | 8.3 |
| Nov | 14° / 4° | 20 | 4.3 | 0.4 | 9.9 | 4.9 |
| Dec | 8° / 0° | 14 | 3.4 | 1 | 9.3 | 1.8 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Gyzylarbat gets about 204 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is mostly dry, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 4.4 months, from around Jan 3 to May 17, peaking in March at about 21% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 14.
March is the wettest month by volume, with 32 mm over about 6 wet days; July is the driest, with 4 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 13 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 12 |
| Rain days | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13 | 4 |
| Feb | 18 | 5 |
| Mar | 20 | 6 |
| Apr | 16 | 5 |
| May | 12 | 4 |
| Jun | 7 | 2 |
| Jul | 3 | 1 |
| Aug | 4 | 1 |
| Sep | 6 | 2 |
| Oct | 11 | 4 |
| Nov | 14 | 4 |
| Dec | 12 | 3 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Gyzylarbat collects about 204 mm of rain across 41 wet days — roughly 17 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. March is the wettest month with 32 mm, while July is the driest at just 4 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 43% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 16 | 25 | 32 | 31 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 14 |
| Rain days | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Snow days | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | Snow days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16 | 4 | 2 |
| Feb | 25 | 5 | 2 |
| Mar | 32 | 6 | 1 |
| Apr | 31 | 5 | 0 |
| May | 19 | 4 | 0 |
| Jun | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| Jul | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Aug | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| Oct | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| Nov | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| Dec | 14 | 3 | 1 |
Snow in Gyzylarbat
Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.
Gyzylarbat averages about 5 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 22 to Mar 19 — about 3.9 months.
February is snowiest, with roughly 1.9 days of snow and an estimated 10 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 23 cm of snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snow days | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Snowfall (cm) | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Snow days | Snowfall (cm) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2 | 4 |
| Feb | 2 | 10 |
| Mar | 1 | 3 |
| Apr | 0 | 0 |
| May | 0 | 0 |
| Jun | 0 | 0 |
| Jul | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 0 | 0 |
| Oct | 0 | 0 |
| Nov | 0 | 2 |
| Dec | 1 | 5 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Gyzylarbat, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around May 18 and lasts for 5.5 months, ending around November 1. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 96% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around November 2 and lasts for 6.5 months, ending around May 17. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 50% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 53 | 50 | 52 | 58 | 72 | 89 | 94 | 96 | 94 | 82 | 65 | 58 |
| Cloudier (%) | 47 | 50 | 48 | 42 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 35 | 42 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 53 | 47 |
| Feb | 50 | 50 |
| Mar | 52 | 48 |
| Apr | 58 | 42 |
| May | 72 | 28 |
| Jun | 89 | 11 |
| Jul | 94 | 6 |
| Aug | 96 | 4 |
| Sep | 94 | 6 |
| Oct | 82 | 18 |
| Nov | 65 | 35 |
| Dec | 58 | 42 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 9, brings about 14 h 42 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 18 min — a swing of roughly 5 h 24 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.6 | 10.5 | 11.7 | 13.0 | 14.1 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.0 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 8:38 | 8:15 | 7:34 | 6:45 | 6:07 | 5:54 | 6:06 | 6:33 | 7:02 | 7:31 | 8:05 | 8:33 |
| Sunset (PM) | 6:11 | 6:44 | 7:15 | 7:46 | 8:15 | 8:37 | 8:35 | 8:05 | 7:17 | 6:29 | 5:55 | 5:49 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.6 | 8:38 | 6:11 |
| Feb | 10.5 | 8:15 | 6:44 |
| Mar | 11.7 | 7:34 | 7:15 |
| Apr | 13.0 | 6:45 | 7:46 |
| May | 14.1 | 6:07 | 8:15 |
| Jun | 14.7 | 5:54 | 8:37 |
| Jul | 14.5 | 6:06 | 8:35 |
| Aug | 13.5 | 6:33 | 8:05 |
| Sep | 12.3 | 7:02 | 7:17 |
| Oct | 11.0 | 7:31 | 6:29 |
| Nov | 9.9 | 8:05 | 5:55 |
| Dec | 9.3 | 8:33 | 5:49 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Gyzylarbat averages about 19 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 11 and 28 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 5.3 months, from around May 20 to Oct 28. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 27 sunny days (brilliant).
The greyest month is January, down near 12 sunny days — about 56% fewer than the August peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 13 |
| Sky | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Bright | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Bright | Bright | Mixed |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12 | Mixed |
| Feb | 11 | Mixed |
| Mar | 12 | Mixed |
| Apr | 13 | Mixed |
| May | 18 | Bright |
| Jun | 24 | Brilliant |
| Jul | 27 | Brilliant |
| Aug | 28 | Brilliant |
| Sep | 26 | Brilliant |
| Oct | 22 | Bright |
| Nov | 15 | Bright |
| Dec | 13 | Mixed |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
In Gyzylarbat, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.
The more humid part of the year lasts 3.2 months, from around June 9 to September 14. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 26% of the time.
The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 15 to June 8, and March is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 96 | 83 | 66 | 54 | 71 | 85 | 96 | 100 | 100 |
| Comfortable (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Humid (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muggy (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oppressive (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr | 96 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 83 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun | 66 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Jul | 54 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 0 |
| Aug | 71 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
| Sep | 85 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct | 96 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Across the year, average wind speed in Gyzylarbat is typically light breeze, near 12 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 7.1 months, from around Mar 5 to Oct 5. The windiest month is July, averaging about 14 km/h (light breeze).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Oct 6 to Mar 4, with December the calmest month at about 10 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| Feels | calm | calm | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | calm |
| Feb | 11 | calm |
| Mar | 13 | light breeze |
| Apr | 13 | light breeze |
| May | 13 | light breeze |
| Jun | 14 | light breeze |
| Jul | 14 | light breeze |
| Aug | 14 | light breeze |
| Sep | 13 | light breeze |
| Oct | 11 | calm |
| Nov | 10 | calm |
| Dec | 10 | calm |
Hazard calendar for Gyzylarbat
When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.
Gyzylarbat sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in July.
Best time to visit Gyzylarbat
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Gyzylarbat throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around late October, Gyzylarbat is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Gyzylarbat for general outdoor tourist activities run from early April to early May and again from late September to early November, with a peak score in the second week of October.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 1.4 | 2.5 | 5.4 | 7.6 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 5.9 | 8.3 | 4.9 | 1.9 |
| Rating | poor | poor | fair | ideal | good | poor | poor | poor | good | ideal | fair | poor |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.4 | poor |
| Feb | 2.5 | poor |
| Mar | 5.4 | fair |
| Apr | 7.6 | ideal |
| May | 6.0 | good |
| Jun | 3.0 | poor |
| Jul | 1.5 | poor |
| Aug | 2.3 | poor |
| Sep | 5.9 | good |
| Oct | 8.3 | ideal |
| Nov | 4.9 | fair |
| Dec | 1.9 | poor |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Gyzylarbat for hot-weather activities run from late April to mid June and again from late August to mid October, with a peak score in the last week of September.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Gyzylarbat, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 38°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 8°C), pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.
In July, Gyzylarbat sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.
UV index (midday) in Gyzylarbat by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gyzylarbat peaks around July 17 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 2 (low).
The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Level | Low | Moderate | Moderate | High | Very high | Very high | Very high | Very high | High | Moderate | Moderate | Low |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2 | Low |
| Feb | 3 | Moderate |
| Mar | 5 | Moderate |
| Apr | 6 | High |
| May | 7 | Very high |
| Jun | 8 | Very high |
| Jul | 9 | Very high |
| Aug | 8 | Very high |
| Sep | 6 | High |
| Oct | 5 | Moderate |
| Nov | 3 | Moderate |
| Dec | 2 | Low |
Average hourly UV index in Gyzylarbat
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 0 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 8 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 6 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 2.5 | 0 |
| Mar | 4.5 | 0 |
| Apr | 6.5 | 0 |
| May | 7.5 | 3.5 |
| Jun | 8 | 4.5 |
| Jul | 8.5 | 5.5 |
| Aug | 7.5 | 4 |
| Sep | 6 | 0.5 |
| Oct | 4.5 | 0 |
| Nov | 0 | 0 |
| Dec | 0 | 0 |
Air quality in Gyzylarbat by month
Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.
Air quality in Gyzylarbat is worst in September — around 52 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.6× the cleanest month (January, 20 µg/m³).
Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | 20 | 25 | 38 | 37 | 37 | 36 | 40 | 41 | 52 | 44 | 37 | 27 |
| Level | Moderate | Moderate | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Moderate |
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20 | Moderate |
| Feb | 25 | Moderate |
| Mar | 38 | Poor |
| Apr | 37 | Poor |
| May | 37 | Poor |
| Jun | 36 | Poor |
| Jul | 40 | Poor |
| Aug | 41 | Poor |
| Sep | 52 | Poor |
| Oct | 44 | Poor |
| Nov | 37 | Poor |
| Dec | 27 | Moderate |
Growing season
The growing season in Gyzylarbat typically lasts about 309 days, from around February 15 to December 20 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from March 14 to November 11.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 40 | 53 | 90 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 83 | 52 |
| Frost nights | 31 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 31 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 40 | 31 |
| Feb | 53 | 28 |
| Mar | 90 | 13 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 99 | 0 |
| Nov | 83 | 20 |
| Dec | 52 | 31 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Gyzylarbat banks about 3,228 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 0 | 0 | 31 | 219 | 428 | 573 | 671 | 631 | 440 | 215 | 20 | 0 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 0 |
| Feb | 0 |
| Mar | 31 |
| Apr | 219 |
| May | 428 |
| Jun | 573 |
| Jul | 671 |
| Aug | 631 |
| Sep | 440 |
| Oct | 215 |
| Nov | 20 |
| Dec | 0 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Gyzylarbat receives about 4.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.1 and 7.3 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Mar 25 to Sep 25. The brightest month is June, averaging about 7.2 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is December, down near 2.1 kWh/m² — roughly 71% less than the June peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 2.4 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| Level | Moderate | Moderate | Bright | Bright | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Bright | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.4 | Moderate |
| Feb | 3.3 | Moderate |
| Mar | 4.5 | Bright |
| Apr | 5.7 | Bright |
| May | 6.5 | Intense |
| Jun | 7.2 | Intense |
| Jul | 7.2 | Intense |
| Aug | 6.7 | Intense |
| Sep | 5.3 | Bright |
| Oct | 3.9 | Moderate |
| Nov | 2.6 | Moderate |
| Dec | 2.1 | Moderate |
Where is Gyzylarbat?
Gyzylarbat sits at 39.0°N, 56.3°E, 103 m above sea level, in Turkmenistan. The nearest listed city is Magtymguly, 60 km away.
Topography around Gyzylarbat
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Gyzylarbat.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Gyzylarbat has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 112 m around an average of 105 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 869 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,896 m.
The land around Gyzylarbat is covered by artificial surfaces (41%), grassland (28%) and bare terrain (24%) within 3 km, grassland (53%) and bare terrain (35%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (47%) and grassland (37%) within 80 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
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 Gyzylarbat (38.9764°, 56.2758°, elevation 103 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).