Climate averages 1991–2020
Mingachevir weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Mingachevir: daytime highs average 8.9°C and nights cool to about 2.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 19 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yevlakh (18 km away). In December its highs average 9.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Mingachevir, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Azerbaijan, Mingachevir ranks 8th of 11 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 11 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 11 cities is 8.7°C; Mingachevir is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 7.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to 22 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
Mingachevir climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.6°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 22 | 4.4 | 9.610 h |
| February | 9.0°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 28 | 6.1 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.5°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 51 | 9.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.9°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 63 | 11.2 | 13.313 h |
| May | 24.5°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 64 | 11.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 30.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 47 | 6.6 | 15.015 h |
| July | 33.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 31 | 4.5 | 14.815 h |
| August | 32.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 32 | 4.9 | 13.814 h |
| September | 27.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 53 | 6.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 20.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 50 | 7.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.8°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 36 | 6.1 | 10.010 h |
| December, selected | 8.9°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 23 | 5.0 | 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
- Yevlakh in DecemberAzerbaijan · 18 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 0.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Ganja in DecemberAzerbaijan · 60 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Pārsābād in DecemberIran · 144 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Derbent in DecemberRussia · 177 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 3.5°C · 31 mm rain
- Şirvan in DecemberAzerbaijan · 183 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 2.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Rustavi in DecemberGeorgia · 196 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -2.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Tbilisi in DecemberGeorgia · 213 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -2.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Vanadzor in DecemberArmenia · 216 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -7.1°C · 38 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 Mingachevir) is explained once on the Mingachevir year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.