TurkmenistanIsland

Kara-Ada

An island in the Caspian Sea.

When to go

In numbers

24°C

Warmest sea

August

When to go to Kara-Ada

Best for the beach from July to August.

The sea is warmest in August (24 °C) and coolest in February (8 °C). Comfortable swimming (21 °C or more): from July to September.

9°6°3°

Jan4

8°7°2°

Feb4

8°10°6°

Mar4

11°14°9°

Apr4

15°20°15°

May3

20°26°21°

Jun1

23°29°24°

Jul1

24°30°24°

Aug1

21°25°20°

Sep2

17°18°14°

Oct4

14°12°8°

Nov5

11°8°4°

Dec6

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island in Turkmenistan

Kara-Ada is an island in Turkmenistan.

Getting there

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From July to Augustbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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On the island

What you find on Kara-Ada.

1lighthouses

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	6	7	10	14	20	26	29	30	25	18	12	8
Night low (°C)	3	2	6	9	15	21	24	24	20	14	8	4
Sea (°C)	9	8	8	11	15	20	23	24	21	17	14	11
Rain (mm)	12	12	16	19	10	4	4	2	6	14	16	14
Wet days	4	4	4	4	3	1	1	1	2	4	5	6
Sun h/day	2.6	4.2	5.6	7.0	9.6	10.9	10.2	9.8	8.6	6.2	4.0	2.7
Wind (km/h)	24	24	21	19	16	18	18	18	20	22	24	25

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	+0.7	+0.9	+0.9	+0.4	+0.4	+0.6	+1.7	−3.2	−0.3	−0.6	−0.7	−1.0
2021	+1.0	+0.7	+0.2	+0.3	±0.0	+0.1	−1.4	+0.9	+0.4	+2.5	+0.8	−0.3
2022	−0.7	+0.1	±0.0	+0.5	−0.4	−1.0	−3.0	−0.7	−0.7	−1.0	+0.4	−1.4
2023	−1.3	−1.2	+1.0	+1.0	−1.0	−2.2	−4.0	−0.3	−3.5	−0.9	+1.1	+0.1
2024	−0.4	−0.9	−0.5	+2.1	−0.5	+0.5	−2.5	−4.1	−1.0	+0.7	+0.5	−1.0
2025	−0.7	−0.6	+0.3	+1.3	−0.4	−2.1	−2.8	−1.6	−2.6	+0.7	+2.5	+0.8

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Chilov

Azerbaijan11 km²8 m211 km away

Pirallahi Island

Azerbaijan16 km²8 m219 km away

Ogurja Ada

Turkmenistan48 km²287 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q49666705) · CC0
Outline	Natural Earth · public domain
Sea temperature	NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
Climate	NASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Towns	GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons