Climate averages 1991–2020
Ganja weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Ganja: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 47 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mingachevir (60 km away). In August its highs average 32.8°C, 3.9°C warmer than Ganja, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Azerbaijan, Ganja ranks joint 6th of 11 for the warmest August highs and 11th of 11 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 11 cities is 30.3°C; Ganja is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 44 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ganja climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.8°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 20 | 4.9 | 9.610 h |
| February | 7.0°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 26 | 6.5 | 10.611 h |
| March | 11.3°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 50 | 10.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 76 | 15.2 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 96 | 18.5 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 76 | 14.5 | 15.015 h |
| July | 29.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 60 | 10.8 | 14.815 h |
| August, selected | 28.9°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 47 | 9.7 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 44 | 10.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 45 | 9.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.5°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 30 | 6.4 | 10.010 h |
| December | 7.2°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 17 | 4.6 | 9.39 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Mingachevir in AugustAzerbaijan · 60 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Yevlakh in AugustAzerbaijan · 67 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Rustavi in AugustGeorgia · 152 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Vanadzor in AugustArmenia · 158 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Yerevan in AugustArmenia · 166 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Tbilisi in AugustGeorgia · 170 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Pārsābād in AugustIran · 175 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Naxçıvan in AugustAzerbaijan · 183 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 5.3 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ganja) is explained once on the Ganja year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.