Sumgayit climate

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Sumgayit is warmest in August, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 3.5 °C. November is the wettest month (43 mm) and July the driest (7.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Sumgayit averages 287 mm of rain, 85 days above 25 °C and 4 days below freezing.

Azerbaijan · population 427,000 · 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 August 28 °C
Coldest month February 3.5 °C
Driest month July 7 mm
Wettest month November 43 mm
Least cloud July 20 % cloud
Hottest on record July 42 °C
Coldest on record February -5.0 °C
Warmest sea August 26 °C

What to expectSumgayit through the year

Sumgayit has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 7.1 °C in February to 28 °C in August, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 85 days a year reach 25 °C, 19 of them reach 30 °C, 4 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 7 mm in July to 43 mm in November. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Sumgayit is warmest in August at 26 °C and coldest in February at 6.7 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	7.1 °C	25 mm	64 %
February	7.1 °C	28 mm	66 %
March	9.6 °C	28 mm	61 %
April	13.8 °C	27 mm	57 %
May	19.8 °C	21 mm	48 %
June	25.0 °C	9 mm	31 %
July	28.0 °C	7 mm	20 %
August	28.4 °C	7 mm	20 %
September	24.4 °C	25 mm	33 %
October	19.2 °C	36 mm	50 %
November	13.1 °C	43 mm	60 %
December	9.1 °C	32 mm	62 %

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	7.1 °C	3.7 °C	5.4 °C	17.4 °C	-3.4 °C	0	0	2
February	7.1 °C	3.5 °C	5.3 °C	20.9 °C	-5.0 °C	0	0	2
March	9.6 °C	5.4 °C	7.5 °C	25.5 °C	0.1 °C	0	0	0
April	13.8 °C	9.3 °C	11.5 °C	28.4 °C	2.9 °C	0	0	0
May	19.8 °C	14.8 °C	17.4 °C	33.1 °C	7.1 °C	3	0	0
June	25.0 °C	20.2 °C	22.7 °C	39.7 °C	13.0 °C	15	2	0
July	28.0 °C	23.5 °C	25.9 °C	42.2 °C	16.3 °C	27	7	0
August	28.4 °C	23.9 °C	26.2 °C	39.8 °C	16.9 °C	27	9	0
September	24.4 °C	20.0 °C	22.2 °C	33.6 °C	12.4 °C	12	1	0
October	19.2 °C	15.1 °C	17.2 °C	28.8 °C	6.3 °C	1	0	0
November	13.1 °C	9.7 °C	11.4 °C	22.4 °C	0.9 °C	0	0	0
December	9.1 °C	5.8 °C	7.5 °C	17.8 °C	-2.7 °C	0	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	25 mm	6	9.6 h/day	64 %	79 %	26 km/h	7.7 °C
February	28 mm	6	11 h/day	66 %	80 %	28 km/h	6.7 °C
March	28 mm	6	12 h/day	61 %	81 %	28 km/h	7.1 °C
April	27 mm	6	13 h/day	57 %	79 %	26 km/h	9.6 °C
May	21 mm	5	14 h/day	48 %	77 %	24 km/h	14.7 °C
June	9 mm	2	15 h/day	31 %	72 %	25 km/h	20.6 °C
July	7 mm	2	15 h/day	20 %	69 %	26 km/h	24.6 °C
August	7 mm	2	14 h/day	20 %	69 %	25 km/h	25.8 °C
September	25 mm	4	12 h/day	33 %	72 %	26 km/h	23.1 °C
October	36 mm	7	11 h/day	50 %	76 %	26 km/h	18.7 °C
November	43 mm	8	9.9 h/day	60 %	78 %	26 km/h	14.0 °C
December	32 mm	6	9.3 h/day	62 %	79 %	27 km/h	10.1 °C

How Sumgayit compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Sumgayit	28 °C	3.5 °C	287 mm	85
Khirdalan · Azerbaijan	29 °C	2.9 °C	286 mm	95
Baku · Azerbaijan	29 °C	3.8 °C	241 mm	95
Ganja · Azerbaijan	29 °C	-2.8 °C	557 mm	91
Ardabīl · Iran	26 °C	-6.8 °C	470 mm	56

Where Sumgayit ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in August	1stof 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in July	1stof 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in August	3rdof 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in July	5thof 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in September	25thof 50	90/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in June	27thof 50	86/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Sumgayit.

QuestionsCommon questions about Sumgayit’s climate

When is the best time to visit Sumgayit?

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, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Sumgayit get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 19 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 3.5 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 4 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Sumgayit?

November, averaging 43 mm over 8 days with rain. The driest month is July with 7 mm. The year as a whole averages 287 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 Sumgayit 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: 1 August 2026

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.