Baku weather by month & the best time to visit
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan · major city break · cold desert climate
The best time to visit Baku is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 91/100), with July and August close behind. Baku averages about 2,222 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 6 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,222
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 91/100
- Rain / year
- 160 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Population
- 2.4M
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Baku?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Baku is June, then July and August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 16 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Baku?
Baku gets a moderate 2,222 hours of sunshine a year. 91 Sunshine Score points separate June (91) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #6 of 6 destinations in Azerbaijan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,300 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around November, carries about 40% of the annual 160 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 5° / 41°F | 16 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 4° / 39°F | 15 mm | 2 |
| March | 15 | 10° / 50°F | 6° / 43°F | 16 mm | 3 |
| April | 37 | 13° / 55°F | 9° / 48°F | 13 mm | 5 |
| May | 90 | 20° / 68°F | 15° / 59°F | 10 mm | 7 |
| June | 91 | 25° / 77°F | 20° / 68°F | 6 mm | 8 |
| July | 91 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 3 mm | 8 |
| August | 91 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 4 mm | 7 |
| September | 89 | 25° / 77°F | 21° / 70°F | 13 mm | 6 |
| October | 80 | 19° / 66°F | 16° / 61°F | 22 mm | 3 |
| November | 44 | 14° / 57°F | 11° / 52°F | 25 mm | 2 |
| December | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 7° / 45°F | 17 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Makhachkala Russia · 328 km · best in Jul · 2,061 h sun/yr
- Rasht Iran · 352 km · best in May · 1,915 h sun/yr
- Aktau Kazakhstan · 386 km · best in Sep · 2,608 h sun/yr
- Nakhchivan Azerbaijan · 417 km · best in Sep · 2,842 h sun/yr
- Tabriz Iran · 419 km · best in Sep · 2,916 h sun/yr
- Tbilisi Georgia · 447 km · best in Sep · 2,155 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Gabala Azerbaijan · 200 km · 2,329 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Parsabad Iran · 208 km · 2,436 h sun/yr · best in May
- Lankaran Azerbaijan · 218 km · 2,310 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Turkmenbaşy Turkmenistan · 255 km · 2,777 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Ardabil Iran · 277 km · 2,309 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Baku compares month by month: Baku vs Makhachkala · Baku vs Rasht · Baku vs Aktau · all comparisons
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