Turkmenistan
Average temperature, rainfall and snowfall information is available for the following climate stations in Turkmenistan
| Official name: | Turkmenistan |
| Capital: | Ashgabat |
| Area: | total: 488,100 sq km
water: 0 sq km
land: 488,100 sq km |
| Climate: | subtropical desert |
| Location: | Central Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Kazakhstan |
| Geographic coordinates: | 40 00 N, 60 00 E |
| Comparative Area: | slightly larger than California |
| Land boundaries: | total: 3,736 km
border countries: Afghanistan 744 km, Iran 992 km, Kazakhstan 379 km, Uzbekistan 1,621 km |
| Coastline: | 0 km; note - Turkmenistan borders the Caspian Sea (1,768 km) |
| Terrain: | flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes rising to mountains in the south; low mountains along border with Iran; borders Caspian Sea in west |
| Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Vpadina Akchanaya -81 m; note - Sarygamysh Koli is a lake in northern Turkmenistan with a water level that fluctuates above and below the elevation of Vpadina Akchanaya (the lake has dropped as low as -110 m)
highest point: Gora Ayribaba 3,139 m |
Map of Turkmenistan
