Yolöten weather in January

In January, Yolöten sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 24 mm of precipitation across 4.8 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 10°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% 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 Yolöten's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yolöten's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
24 mm
4.8 wet days
Daylight
9 h 42 min
8:09 AM – 5:51 PM
Cloud cover
50%
10th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
2.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Yolöten is city in Mary 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 10°C through the month.

A typical January day in Yolöten reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 9°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 Yolöten

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.

Yolöten 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
Jan10° / 244.81.99.72.7
Feb12° / 346.31.710.63.7
Mar18° / 417.10.411.76.2
Apr25° / 13°264.8012.97.5
May32° / 18°102.50145.2
Jun37° / 23°10.4014.52.4
Jul38° / 24°00.1014.31.3
Aug36° / 22°00.1013.42.6
Sep31° / 16°00.1012.36.1
Oct24° / 10°61.40118.9
Nov17° / 153.50.2106.2
Dec11° / 173.60.69.53.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% 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 44%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16040
26040
36040
46040
56040
65941
75941
85842
95743
105743
115644
125644
135545
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Yolöten gets around 24 mm of rain and snow over 4.8 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 16% and peaks near 21% 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 (%)
1133
2133
3144
4144
5144
6145
7145
8156
9156
10156
11157
12157
13157
14157
15157
16157
17157
18157
19157
20157
21167
22167
23177
24177
25187
26187
27197
28207
29207
30218
31218

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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Dry (%)
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Wind in January

Winds average 14 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 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
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

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 8:10 AM to 8:02 AM, and sunset from 5:38 PM to 6:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.58:105:38
29.58:105:39
39.58:105:39
49.58:105:40
59.58:105:41
69.58:105:42
79.58:105:43
89.68:105:43
99.68:105:44
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139.68:105:48
149.78:095:49
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189.78:085:53
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209.88:085:55
219.88:075:56
229.88:075:57
239.98:065:58
249.98:065:59
259.98:056:00
269.98:056:01
2710.08:046:02
2810.08:046:03
2910.08:036:04
3010.08:026:05
3110.18:026:06

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.37 kWh/m² to a high of 7.74 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.65 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.4Moderate
22.4Moderate
32.5Moderate
42.5Moderate
52.5Moderate
62.5Moderate
72.5Moderate
82.5Moderate
92.5Moderate
102.5Moderate
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122.6Moderate
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262.9Moderate
272.9Moderate
282.9Moderate
293.0Moderate
303.0Moderate
313.0Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Yolöten

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is January a good time to visit Yolöten?

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

2.7
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 Yolöten.

What to pack for Yolöten in January

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

In January, Yolöten sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Yolöten 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 Yolöten peaks around June 22 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 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 highModerateJun 22UV 10Jan 12UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May7High
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Yolöten 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 Yolöten is worst in July — around 72 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.2× the cleanest month (January, 32 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyPoorJul 1970 µg/m³Jan 1833 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan32Moderate
Feb36Poor
Mar49Poor
Apr52Poor
May51Poor
Jun51Poor
Jul72Unhealthy
Aug60Unhealthy
Sep49Poor
Oct42Poor
Nov39Poor
Dec38Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Yolöten?

Yolöten sits at 37.3°N, 62.4°E, 263 m above sea level, in Turkmenistan. The nearest listed city is Türkmengala, 14 km away.

ÇaşgynSarahsSarakhsTejenSaýat

Topography around Yolöten

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yolöten has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 34 m around an average of 258 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 356 m.

The land around Yolöten is covered by cropland (49%) and artificial surfaces (32%) within 3 km, bare terrain (41%) and cropland (37%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (40%) and grassland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
34 m
16 km
66 m
80 km
356 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Türkmengala 14 km · Bayramaly 39 km · Mary 57 km · Çaşgyn 90 km · Sarahs 133 km · Sarakhs 136 km · Tejen 164 km · Saýat 212 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 Yolöten (37.2989°, 62.3597°, elevation 263 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).