Climate averages 1991–2020
Ganja weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Ganja: daytime highs average 7.2°C and nights cool to about -1.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 19 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mingachevir (60 km away). In December its highs average 8.9°C, 1.6°C warmer than Ganja, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Azerbaijan, Ganja ranks 9th of 11 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 11 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 11 cities is 8.7°C; Ganja is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 5.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 20 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Mingachevir in DecemberAzerbaijan · 60 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 2.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Yevlakh in DecemberAzerbaijan · 67 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 0.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Rustavi in DecemberGeorgia · 152 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -2.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Vanadzor in DecemberArmenia · 158 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -7.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Yerevan in DecemberArmenia · 166 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -4.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Tbilisi in DecemberGeorgia · 170 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -2.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Pārsābād in DecemberIran · 175 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Naxçıvan in DecemberAzerbaijan · 183 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -2.4°C · 27 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.