Kerki weather in August

In August, Kerki sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 40°C in the first days to 37°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 hours at the start of August to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kerki's 1st-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kerki's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
22°
10th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 30 min
5:59 AM – 7:27 PM
Cloud cover
3%
1st clearest
Wind
15 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
7.14 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.2
out of 10

Kerki is city in Lebap Province, Turmenistan.

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 40°C in the first days to 37°C by the end.

A typical August day in Kerki reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 16°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, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 5°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Kerki

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August 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
10 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Kerki weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan10° / 265.91.79.72.4
Feb12° / 396.41.310.53.6
Mar19° / 427.70.411.76.2
Apr26° / 14°305.4012.97.2
May33° / 19°142.90144.5
Jun38° / 23°10.4014.61.3
Jul40° / 25°00.1014.40.1
Aug38° / 22°00013.51.2
Sep33° / 17°10.1012.34.8
Oct25° / 11°41.10118.7
Nov17° / 174.10.2106.2
Dec11° / 214.50.99.43.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 1% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 0%.

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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kerki gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 15 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 hours at the start of August to 12 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:46 AM to 6:12 AM, and sunset from 7:44 PM to 7:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.05:467:44
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.23 kWh/m² to a high of 7.81 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 7.14 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kerki

In seasonPeak

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

Kerki sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Kerki?

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

1.2
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kerki.

What to pack for Kerki in August

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

In August, Kerki sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kerki in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kerki peaks around June 21 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 2 (low).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep7High
Oct4Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Kerki in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Kerki is worst in April — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.6× the cleanest month (January, 22 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModerateApr 1335 µg/m³Jan 1222 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan22Moderate
Feb25Moderate
Mar34Moderate
Apr35Poor
May32Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug27Moderate
Sep28Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec23Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kerki?

Kerki sits at 37.8°N, 65.2°E, 244 m above sea level, in Turkmenistan. The nearest listed city is Halaç, 39 km away.

MagdanlyQarqīnAndkhoyBeshkentQarshiG‘uzorKoson

Topography around Kerki

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kerki has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 241 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 833 m.

The land around Kerki is covered by artificial surfaces (34%) and cropland (26%) within 3 km, bare terrain (38%) and cropland (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (42%) and bare terrain (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
31 m
16 km
124 m
80 km
833 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Halaç 39 km · Magdanly 73 km · Qarqīn 87 km · Andkhoy 98 km · Beshkent 116 km · Qarshi 125 km · G‘uzor 126 km · Koson 138 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 Kerki (37.8357°, 65.2106°, elevation 244 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).