Kunya-Urgench

Turkmenistan

A UNESCO-listed collection of soaring minarets and intricate mausoleums rising abruptly from the desert plains.

Warmest month is July at 37°C on average. Coolest is December at 2°C.

Six lead datapoints

MonthAvg highSwingRain days
January3°±6°·
February6°±8°·
March14°±9°·
April23°±8°·
May30°±7°·
June35°±5°·
July37°±5°·
August34°±5°·
September27°±5°·
October19°±8°·
November10°±9°·
December2°±7°·

What to do

  • Crane your neck at the 60-meter-tall Kutlug Timur Minaret
  • Admire the intricate turquoise dome of the Turabeg Khanym Mausoleum
  • Inspect the beautifully carved terracotta facade of the Il-Arslan monument
  • Explore the vast and quiet surrounding ancient graveyard

How we know this

Values are the average of the last ten calendar years of daily readings from Visual Crossing, snapped to the destination cluster. Swing is the p10 to p90 range of daily highs, halved for the ± figure. Rain days count any day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.