Weather in Baku

Climate

The formation of climate in Azerbaijan is influenced by cold air masses

coming from the arctic (Kara and Scandinavian anticyclones) and

temperate (Siberian anticyclones) and maritime (Azores anticyclone), hot

air masses of tropical zones (subtropical anticyclone and southern

cyclones), Central Asian anticyclones and local weather conditions.

The climate varies from subtropical and dry in central and eastern

Azerbaijan to subtropical and humid in the southeast (Lenkoran lowlands),

temperate along the shores of the Caspian Sea, and cold at the higher

mountain elevations.

In Baku the climate is cool in the winter, averaging 4 degrees C in

January. Summers are hot, up to 40 degrees C, and humid because of the

sea. There are often strong winds, especially in winter. Snow rarely

settles in the city. Spring and autumn are pleasant and there is a great

deal of sunshine from April to October.

Because most of Azerbaijan receives scant rainfall - on average 152 to

254 millimeters annually - agricultural areas require irrigation. Heaviest

precipitation occurs in the highest elevations of the Caucasus and in the

Lenkoran' Lowlands in the far southeast, where the yearly average

exceeds 1,000 millimeters.