Climate averages 1991–2020
Lankaran weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Lankaran: daytime highs average 8.5°C and nights cool to about 6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes January a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 47 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lerik (38 km away). In January its highs average 4.5°C, 4.0°C cooler than Lankaran, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Azerbaijan, Lankaran ranks 2nd of 11 for the warmest January highs and 11th of 11 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 11 cities is 7.0°C; Lankaran is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 8.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 117 mm to 113 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Lerik in JanuaryAzerbaijan · 38 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -4.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Ardabīl in JanuaryIran · 74 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -6.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Meshgīn Shahr in JanuaryIran · 109 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -5.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Pārsābād in JanuaryIran · 128 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 0.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Şirvan in JanuaryAzerbaijan · 132 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 1.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Bandar-e Anzalī in JanuaryIran · 152 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 115 mm rain
- Ahar in JanuaryIran · 158 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -6.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Rasht in JanuaryIran · 177 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 2.6°C · 125 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.