Ganja climate
Ganja is warmest in July, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -2.8 °C. May is the wettest month (88 mm) and December the driest (17 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Ganja averages 557 mm of rain, 91 days above 25 °C and 80 days below freezing.
Azerbaijan · population 330,663 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month July 29 °C
- Coldest month January -2.8 °C
- Driest month December 17 mm
- Wettest month May 88 mm
- Least cloud August 34 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 40 °C
- Coldest on record February -17 °C
What to expectGanja through the year
Ganja has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 5.7 °C in January to 29 °C in July, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 91 days a year reach 25 °C, 33 of them reach 30 °C, 80 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in July.
Rain is strongly seasonal. May averages 88 mm against 17 mm in December — 5.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.7 °C | 18 mm | 50 % |
| February | 6.9 °C | 25 mm | 54 % |
| March | 11.3 °C | 48 mm | 57 % |
| April | 16.3 °C | 72 mm | 61 % |
| May | 21.5 °C | 88 mm | 58 % |
| June | 26.3 °C | 72 mm | 45 % |
| July | 29.3 °C | 55 mm | 35 % |
| August | 29.1 °C | 45 mm | 34 % |
| September | 23.7 °C | 43 mm | 41 % |
| October | 17.9 °C | 43 mm | 50 % |
| November | 11.4 °C | 30 mm | 50 % |
| December | 7.2 °C | 17 mm | 49 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.7 °C | -2.8 °C | 1.0 °C | 16.9 °C | -16.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| February | 6.9 °C | -2.0 °C | 2.2 °C | 17.0 °C | -17.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| March | 11.3 °C | 1.6 °C | 6.5 °C | 24.5 °C | -11.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| April | 16.3 °C | 6.5 °C | 11.6 °C | 29.5 °C | -4.8 °C | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| May | 21.5 °C | 11.7 °C | 16.9 °C | 32.7 °C | 1.2 °C | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 26.3 °C | 16.2 °C | 21.6 °C | 37.8 °C | 8.3 °C | 19 | 5 | 0 |
| July | 29.3 °C | 19.0 °C | 24.5 °C | 39.6 °C | 12.6 °C | 27 | 13 | 0 |
| August | 29.1 °C | 19.0 °C | 24.2 °C | 37.4 °C | 11.7 °C | 27 | 13 | 0 |
| September | 23.7 °C | 14.9 °C | 19.3 °C | 34.4 °C | 7.3 °C | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| October | 17.9 °C | 9.8 °C | 13.7 °C | 28.3 °C | -0.2 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 11.4 °C | 3.3 °C | 7.1 °C | 24.8 °C | -10.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| December | 7.2 °C | -1.0 °C | 2.6 °C | 17.9 °C | -14.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 19 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18 mm | 5 | 9.6 h/day | 50 % | 72 % | 8.4 km/h |
| February | 25 mm | 6 | 11 h/day | 54 % | 72 % | 9.5 km/h |
| March | 48 mm | 10 | 12 h/day | 57 % | 72 % | 11 km/h |
| April | 72 mm | 14 | 13 h/day | 61 % | 73 % | 12 km/h |
| May | 88 mm | 17 | 14 h/day | 58 % | 70 % | 12 km/h |
| June | 72 mm | 13 | 15 h/day | 45 % | 63 % | 12 km/h |
| July | 55 mm | 10 | 15 h/day | 35 % | 59 % | 13 km/h |
| August | 45 mm | 9 | 14 h/day | 34 % | 59 % | 13 km/h |
| September | 43 mm | 9 | 12 h/day | 41 % | 69 % | 11 km/h |
| October | 43 mm | 9 | 11 h/day | 50 % | 77 % | 9.5 km/h |
| November | 30 mm | 6 | 9.9 h/day | 50 % | 78 % | 8.5 km/h |
| December | 17 mm | 4 | 9.3 h/day | 49 % | 74 % | 7.9 km/h |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Ganja.
QuestionsCommon questions about Ganja’s climate
When is the best time to visit Ganja?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Ganja get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 33 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -2.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 80 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Ganja?
May, averaging 88 mm over 17 days with rain. The driest month is December with 17 mm. The year as a whole averages 557 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Ganja rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.