Asia
Turkmenistan
Capital Ashgabat · 6M people · Manat
- Top cities
- 1.1MAshgabat
- 216KTürkmenabat
- 182KDaşoguz
- 243KMary
- 86KBalkanabat
Photo by Nikolai Kolosov on Unsplash
- ClimateVariable-13–45°
Top cities
- Ashgabat1.1M residents
- Türkmenabat216K residents
- Daşoguz182K residents
- Mary243K residents
- Balkanabat86K residents
Source: GeoNames
Airports in Turkmenistan
Ashgabat International Airport is Turkmenistan's busiest gateway.
1 major airport. Tap any to see its nearest cities and how far they are.
Good to know — passenger volume is total throughput, not direct-route breadth; a large hub can still lack flights to your region. Learn how we measure this →
Passport strength in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan's passport ranks #85 worldwide — 41 destinations visa-free.
This is the passport you’d gain by naturalizing here — a long-horizon payoff measured in years of residency, not a signal for the move itself.
- Mobility
- #8541 destinations
- GDP reach
- #1872.5% of world GDP
- Heritage
- #142146 of 1,353 UNESCO sites
Good to know — a mobility rank counts how many destinations you can enter, not how useful they are; a strong passport can still gate the one place you care about. Learn how we measure this →
Climate in Turkmenistan
Warm summers, gentle winters.
Where most people in Turkmenistan live, it's typically -13° to 45° feels-like across the year; sun is plentiful, up to ~292 days a year in Mary.
Feels-like °C — where most people live, vs the city-to-city spread
Good to know— a country isn't one climate but a range; the extremes here are different cities, not the same place across seasons. Learn how we measure this →
Who thrives in Turkmenistan
A handful of lifestyles thrive in Turkmenistan.
Fit is scored per lifestyle and anchored to the cities that serve each best — Sunshine Lover leads. Pick one to see exactly where it works.
Great fit
Decent fit
Poor fit
Good to know — fit is by city, not country; a lifestyle that thrives here may only do so in one or two of its cities. Learn how we measure this →