Climate averages 1991–2020
Lankaran weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Lankaran: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 41 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lerik (38 km away). In August its highs average 25.9°C, 2.1°C cooler than Lankaran, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Azerbaijan, Lankaran ranks 10th of 11 for the warmest August highs and 10th of 11 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 11 cities is 30.3°C; Lankaran is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 128 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
Lankaran climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 117 | 14.6 | 9.810 h |
| February | 8.3°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 113 | 13.2 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.9°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 102 | 13.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 83 | 14.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 20.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 69 | 12.4 | 14.314 h |
| June | 25.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 35 | 6.1 | 14.815 h |
| July | 27.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 27 | 4.2 | 14.615 h |
| August, selected | 28.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 45 | 5.4 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 128 | 11.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 206 | 15.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 14.4°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 187 | 16.9 | 10.110 h |
| December | 10.5°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 130 | 14.8 | 9.510 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
- Lerik in AugustAzerbaijan · 38 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Ardabīl in AugustIran · 74 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Meshgīn Shahr in AugustIran · 109 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Pārsābād in AugustIran · 128 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Şirvan in AugustAzerbaijan · 132 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Bandar-e Anzalī in AugustIran · 152 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Ahar in AugustIran · 158 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Rasht in AugustIran · 177 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 109 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 Lankaran) is explained once on the Lankaran year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.