Climate averages 1991–2020
Derbent weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Derbent: daytime highs average 5.4°C and nights cool to about 1.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 29 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaspiysk (105 km away). In January its highs average 5.0°C, about as warm as Derbent, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Derbent ranks 4th of 236 for the warmest January highs and joint 73rd of 236 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Derbent is 12.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 5.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 33 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
Derbent climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 5.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 27 | 7.0 | 9.59 h |
| February | 5.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 33 | 7.2 | 10.511 h |
| March | 8.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 33 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 26 | 5.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.8°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 31 | 7.0 | 14.515 h |
| June | 24.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 28 | 5.0 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 23 | 3.9 | 14.915 h |
| August | 27.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 33 | 5.1 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 59 | 7.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 47 | 7.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.3°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 43 | 8.0 | 9.910 h |
| December | 7.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 31 | 7.0 | 9.29 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
- Kaspiysk in JanuaryRussia · 105 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low 0.8°C · 25 mm rain
- Makhachkala in JanuaryRussia · 120 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low 0.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Mingachevir in JanuaryAzerbaijan · 177 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 0.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Yevlakh in JanuaryAzerbaijan · 187 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -0.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in JanuaryRussia · 191 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -3.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Sumgayit in JanuaryAzerbaijan · 201 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 4.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Khirdalan in JanuaryAzerbaijan · 218 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 3.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Ganja in JanuaryAzerbaijan · 223 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -2.7°C · 20 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 Derbent) is explained once on the Derbent year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.