According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Turkmenistan is April to May and September to October. Plan 5–8 days.
Best months for Turkmenistan
- Best months
- April to May and September to October
- How long to stay
- 5–8 days
- Continent
- Asia
What Turkmenistan is best for
Explore Ashgabat's marble architecture, ancient Silk Road ruins at Merv, and camp by Darvaza Gas Crater.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Turkmenistan by month
Monthly averages around Ashgabat; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 3 °C | little rain (15 mm) |
| February | about 4 °C | some rain (30 mm) |
| March | about 10 °C | some rain (36 mm) |
| April best | about 15 °C | some rain (33 mm) |
| May best | about 22 °C | little rain (18 mm) |
| June | about 26 °C | little rain (6 mm) |
| July | about 29 °C | little rain (6 mm) |
| August | about 27 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| September best | about 22 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| October best | about 15 °C | little rain (9 mm) |
| November | about 8 °C | little rain (21 mm) |
| December | about 4 °C | little rain (15 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Turkmenistan
- Capital
- Ashgabat
- Language
- Turkmen
- Currency
- Turkmenistani Manat (TMT)
- Time
- UTC+5
- Plugs
- Type B, C, F · 220 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +993
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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