Gabala weather by month & the best time to visit
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan · regional city · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Gabala is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 86/100), with September and October close behind. Gabala averages about 2,329 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 35 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,329
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 86/100
- Rain / year
- 350 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈44 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Population
- 127k
- Elevation
- 338 m

When is the best time to visit Gabala?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Gabala is June, then September and October. The dullest month is January (0/100, 18 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Gabala?
Gabala gets a moderate 2,329 hours of sunshine a year. 86 Sunshine Score points separate June (86) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #2 of 6 destinations in Azerbaijan for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,300 hours. The year's 350 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -1° / 30°F | 18 mm | 1 |
| February | 15 | 10° / 50°F | 0° / 32°F | 23 mm | 2 |
| March | 50 | 15° / 59°F | 4° / 39°F | 33 mm | 3 |
| April | 85 | 20° / 68°F | 9° / 48°F | 39 mm | 5 |
| May | 84 | 26° / 79°F | 14° / 57°F | 45 mm | 7 |
| June | 86 | 32° / 90°F | 19° / 66°F | 35 mm | 8 |
| July | 62 | 35° / 95°F | 22° / 72°F | 24 mm | 8 |
| August | 71 | 34° / 93°F | 21° / 70°F | 20 mm | 7 |
| September | 86 | 28° / 82°F | 17° / 63°F | 33 mm | 6 |
| October | 86 | 21° / 70°F | 11° / 52°F | 37 mm | 3 |
| November | 44 | 14° / 57°F | 5° / 41°F | 27 mm | 2 |
| December | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 1° / 34°F | 16 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Baku Azerbaijan · 200 km · best in Jun · 2,222 h sun/yr
- Makhachkala Russia · 223 km · best in Jul · 2,061 h sun/yr
- Tbilisi Georgia · 251 km · best in Sep · 2,155 h sun/yr
- Nakhchivan Azerbaijan · 264 km · best in Sep · 2,842 h sun/yr
- Yerevan Armenia · 291 km · best in Sep · 2,529 h sun/yr
- Tabriz Iran · 324 km · best in Sep · 2,916 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ganja Azerbaijan · 119 km · 2,229 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Parsabad Iran · 135 km · 2,436 h sun/yr · best in May
- Lachin Azerbaijan · 155 km · 2,290 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Lankaran Azerbaijan · 246 km · 2,310 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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