Tejen weather in January

In January, Tejen sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 18 mm of precipitation across 4.3 wet days and about 9.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 30 min at the start of January to 10 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Tejen's 9th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tejen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
18 mm
4.3 wet days
Daylight
9 h 42 min
8:17 AM – 5:58 PM
Cloud cover
49%
9th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
2.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Tejen is city in Ahal 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 11°C through the month.

A typical January day in Tejen reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Tejen

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.

Tejen weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan11° / 184.31.59.73.0
Feb13° / 265.31.310.64.1
Mar19° / 386.90.211.76.5
Apr26° / 13°265.1012.97.4
May32° / 18°122.60144.8
Jun37° / 23°10.3014.51.8
Jul39° / 25°10.2014.30.5
Aug38° / 23°00.1013.41.7
Sep32° / 18°10.3012.35.3
Oct25° / 11°71.50118.7
Nov17° / 163.60.2106.5
Dec11° / 133.40.59.53.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 42%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16238
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Tejen gets around 18 mm of rain and snow over 4.3 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 14% and peaks near 19% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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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 10 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in January

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Daylight runs from about 9 h 30 min at the start of January to 10 h 06 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 8:17 AM to 8:09 AM, and sunset from 5:45 PM to 6:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.58:175:45
29.58:175:46
39.58:185:47
49.58:185:47
59.58:185:48
69.58:185:49
79.58:185:50
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229.88:146:04
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2710.08:126:09
2810.08:116:10
2910.08:116:11
3010.08:106:12
3110.18:096:13

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.32 kWh/m² to a high of 7.59 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.63 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Hazard calendar for Tejen

In seasonPeak

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

Tejen 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 Tejen?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tejen.

What to pack for Tejen in January

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

In January, Tejen sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Tejen 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 Tejen peaks around July 12 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 2 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJul 12UV 10Jan 1UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5High
Apr6High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Tejen 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 Tejen is worst in July — around 50 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.1× the cleanest month (January, 24 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJul 1849 µg/m³Jan 1224 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan24Moderate
Feb28Moderate
Mar39Poor
Apr41Poor
May39Poor
Jun38Poor
Jul50Poor
Aug42Poor
Sep42Poor
Oct36Poor
Nov32Moderate
Dec25Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Tejen?

Tejen sits at 37.4°N, 60.5°E, 190 m above sea level, in Turkmenistan. The nearest listed city is Kaka, 79 km away.

KakaÇaşgynSarakhsSarahsMaryDargazGorjī-ye SofláMashad

Topography around Tejen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tejen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 22 m around an average of 187 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 29 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,557 m.

The land around Tejen is covered by artificial surfaces (46%), cropland (22%) and bare terrain (22%) within 3 km, cropland (73%) within 16 km, and cropland (43%), bare terrain (28%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
22 m
16 km
29 m
80 km
1,557 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Kaka 79 km · Çaşgyn 103 km · Sarakhs 110 km · Sarahs 114 km · Mary 119 km · Dargaz 124 km · Gorjī-ye Soflá 133 km · Mashad 145 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 Tejen (37.3834°, 60.5055°, elevation 190 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).