Nakhchivan weather by month & the best time to visit
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan · small town · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Nakhchivan is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with October and April close behind. Nakhchivan averages about 2,842 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 14 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,842
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 93/100
- Rain / year
- 281 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈38 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 97k
- Elevation
- 861 m
When is the best time to visit Nakhchivan?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Nakhchivan is September, then October and April. The dullest month is January (0/100, 17 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Nakhchivan?
Nakhchivan gets a lot of sun: around 2,842 hours a year. 93 Sunshine Score points separate September (93) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. Nakhchivan is the sunniest of the 6 destinations tracked in Azerbaijan. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around April, carries about 43% of the annual 281 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -3° / 27°F | 17 mm | 2 |
| February | 8 | 9° / 48°F | -1° / 30°F | 17 mm | 3 |
| March | 60 | 16° / 61°F | 3° / 37°F | 31 mm | 4 |
| April | 88 | 21° / 70°F | 8° / 46°F | 43 mm | 5 |
| May | 87 | 27° / 81°F | 13° / 55°F | 46 mm | 7 |
| June | 82 | 33° / 91°F | 17° / 63°F | 25 mm | 8 |
| July | 47 | 37° / 99°F | 20° / 68°F | 13 mm | 9 |
| August | 56 | 36° / 97°F | 19° / 66°F | 9 mm | 8 |
| September | 93 | 31° / 88°F | 16° / 61°F | 14 mm | 6 |
| October | 91 | 23° / 73°F | 10° / 50°F | 25 mm | 4 |
| November | 46 | 14° / 57°F | 3° / 37°F | 23 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -1° / 30°F | 18 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Tabriz Iran · 135 km · best in Sep · 2,916 h sun/yr
- Yerevan Armenia · 140 km · best in Sep · 2,529 h sun/yr
- Urmia Iran · 172 km · best in Sep · 3,227 h sun/yr
- Van Türkiye · 201 km · best in Aug · 3,151 h sun/yr
- Kars Türkiye · 252 km · best in Sep · 2,919 h sun/yr
- Tbilisi Georgia · 279 km · best in Sep · 2,155 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Lachin Azerbaijan · 109 km · 2,290 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Iğdır Türkiye · 161 km · 2,808 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Ganja Azerbaijan · 187 km · 2,229 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How Nakhchivan compares month by month: Nakhchivan vs Tabriz · Nakhchivan vs Yerevan · Nakhchivan vs Urmia · Nakhchivan vs Van · all comparisons
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