Climate averages 1991–2020
Ganja weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Ganja: daytime highs average 21.2°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 25 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mingachevir (60 km away). In May its highs average 24.5°C, 3.3°C warmer than Ganja, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Azerbaijan, Ganja ranks 5th of 11 for the warmest May highs and 10th of 11 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 11 cities is 22.0°C; Ganja is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 96 mm to 76 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Mingachevir in MayAzerbaijan · 60 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Yevlakh in MayAzerbaijan · 67 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 52 mm rain
- Rustavi in MayGeorgia · 152 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Vanadzor in MayArmenia · 158 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 6.6°C · 168 mm rain
- Yerevan in MayArmenia · 166 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 8.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Tbilisi in MayGeorgia · 170 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 111 mm rain
- Pārsābād in MayIran · 175 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 14.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Naxçıvan in MayAzerbaijan · 183 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 12.0°C · 41 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.