Azerbaijan in December

Windy and cold; ski season opens.

December is rated mixed. These months rate higher:

• MayGreatWarm; the best month.
• JuneGreatWarm; mountains green.
• SeptemberGreatHeat breaks; pomegranate season begins.
• OctoberGreatAutumn colour at Sheki; pomegranate festival in Goychay (check).

• Baku and Absheron · Baku, Gobustan, Absheron beachescool

  Semi-desert and windy: the khazri north wind can blow for days; hot humid summers, cool wet winters.

• Greater Caucasus foothills · Sheki, Gabala, Lahic, Qubacool

  Green and cooler; snow in winter at Shahdag ski resort and in Khinaliq.

• South (Lankaran, Talysh) · Lankaran, Astara, Lerikcool

  Humid subtropical; tea fields and forests; wet autumn.

• Nakhchivan · Nakhchivan city, Ordubadcool

  Dry continental; very hot summers, cold winters.

• Karabakh: Karabakh mountains · Karabakh regioncool

  Winter snow can close mountain passes; spring floods possible.

• Baku9 °C (48 °F) / 4 °C (39 °F), 8 rain days48 °F (9 °C) / 39 °F (4 °C), 8 rain days
• Agdam9 °C (48 °F) / 0 °C (32 °F), 5 rain days48 °F (9 °C) / 32 °F (0 °C), 5 rain days
• Beylaqan7 °C (45 °F) / 0 °C (32 °F), 6 rain days45 °F (7 °C) / 32 °F (0 °C), 6 rain days
• Danachi7 °C (45 °F) / -1 °C (30 °F), 7 rain days45 °F (7 °C) / 30 °F (-1 °C), 7 rain days
• Gedabay5 °C (41 °F) / -3 °C (27 °F), 7 rain days41 °F (5 °C) / 27 °F (-3 °C), 7 rain days
• Goranboy6 °C (43 °F) / -1 °C (30 °F), 12 rain days43 °F (6 °C) / 30 °F (-1 °C), 12 rain days
• Goychay8 °C (46 °F) / 0 °C (32 °F), 7 rain days46 °F (8 °C) / 32 °F (0 °C), 7 rain days
• Göygöl7 °C (45 °F) / 0 °C (32 °F), 10 rain days45 °F (7 °C) / 32 °F (0 °C), 10 rain days
• Ismailli8 °C (46 °F) / 0 °C (32 °F), 5 rain days46 °F (8 °C) / 32 °F (0 °C), 5 rain days
• Khachmaz6 °C (43 °F) / 2 °C (36 °F), 11 rain days43 °F (6 °C) / 36 °F (2 °C), 11 rain days
• Khankendi5 °C (41 °F) / -2 °C (28 °F), 5 rain days41 °F (5 °C) / 28 °F (-2 °C), 5 rain days
• Khinalug4 °C (39 °F) / -3 °C (27 °F), 9 rain days39 °F (4 °C) / 27 °F (-3 °C), 9 rain days
• Kish7 °C (45 °F) / -1 °C (30 °F), 9 rain days45 °F (7 °C) / 30 °F (-1 °C), 9 rain days
• Lahich6 °C (43 °F) / -1 °C (30 °F), 12 rain days43 °F (6 °C) / 30 °F (-1 °C), 12 rain days
• Lankaran10 °C (50 °F) / 4 °C (39 °F), 8 rain days50 °F (10 °C) / 39 °F (4 °C), 8 rain days
• Nabran9 °C (48 °F) / 2 °C (36 °F), 8 rain days48 °F (9 °C) / 36 °F (2 °C), 8 rain days
• Naftalan7 °C (45 °F) / 0 °C (32 °F), 9 rain days45 °F (7 °C) / 32 °F (0 °C), 9 rain days
• Nakhchivan4 °C (39 °F) / -3 °C (27 °F), 5 rain days39 °F (4 °C) / 27 °F (-3 °C), 5 rain days
• Qabala7 °C (45 °F) / -1 °C (30 °F), 7 rain days45 °F (7 °C) / 30 °F (-1 °C), 7 rain days
• Qax7 °C (45 °F) / 0 °C (32 °F), 5 rain days45 °F (7 °C) / 32 °F (0 °C), 5 rain days
• Qazakh8 °C (46 °F) / 0 °C (32 °F), 6 rain days46 °F (8 °C) / 32 °F (0 °C), 6 rain days
• Qobustan7 °C (45 °F) / 1 °C (34 °F), 5 rain days45 °F (7 °C) / 34 °F (1 °C), 5 rain days
• Quba8 °C (46 °F) / -1 °C (30 °F), 7 rain days46 °F (8 °C) / 30 °F (-1 °C), 7 rain days
• Qusar4 °C (39 °F) / -3 °C (27 °F), 6 rain days39 °F (4 °C) / 27 °F (-3 °C), 6 rain days
• Shamakhi9 °C (48 °F) / 3 °C (37 °F), 8 rain days48 °F (9 °C) / 37 °F (3 °C), 8 rain days
• Shusha7 °C (45 °F) / -1 °C (30 °F), 9 rain days45 °F (7 °C) / 30 °F (-1 °C), 9 rain days
• Sumqayit9 °C (48 °F) / 3 °C (37 °F), 7 rain days48 °F (9 °C) / 37 °F (3 °C), 7 rain days
• Vank7 °C (45 °F) / -1 °C (30 °F), 6 rain days45 °F (7 °C) / 30 °F (-1 °C), 6 rain days
• Yevlakh9 °C (48 °F) / 1 °C (34 °F), 5 rain days48 °F (9 °C) / 34 °F (1 °C), 5 rain days
• Zaqatala7 °C (45 °F) / 0 °C (32 °F), 10 rain days45 °F (7 °C) / 32 °F (0 °C), 10 rain days

Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.

• Solidarity Day of World Azerbaijanis

  31 Dec

  Public holiday.

• National Revival Day and New Year

  8 and 31 December · Baku

  31 December brings fireworks and crowds on the Boulevard.

• New Year

  31 December · Baku

  Fireworks and crowds on the Boulevard and Fountains Square.

Crowds · Azerbaijan

Low

Prices · Azerbaijan

Low

Weather, crowds and prices for any two months in Azerbaijan, side by side.

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