Best time to visit Azerbaijan
Every guide's best months, checked against its own thirty-year rainfall: a filled month is recommended, a hatched one has over 250 mm of rain. Most of Azerbaijan agrees on May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
| Place | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | In words |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BakuApril to June, and September to October (summer is 35°C and humid off the Caspian; the wind has its own name) | April to June, and September to October (summer is 35°C and humid off the Caspian; the wind has its own name) | ||||||||||||
| ShekiApril to June, and September to October (summer is hot and the mountain villages are the escape; winter is snow on the passes) | April to June, and September to October (summer is hot and the mountain villages are the escape; winter is snow on the passes) | ||||||||||||
| GabalaMay to September for the mountains and the lake (skiing from late autumn to early spring at Tufandag) | May to September for the mountains and the lake (skiing from late autumn to early spring at Tufandag) | ||||||||||||
| LahijMay to October (the gorge road is closed by snow and landslides in winter) | May to October (the gorge road is closed by snow and landslides in winter) | ||||||||||||
| QubaMay to October (the Khinalug road is snow in winter; the apples are picked at the end of the season) | May to October (the Khinalug road is snow in winter; the apples are picked at the end of the season) |
best month · over 250 mm · the letters are the months, January to December.
The guides in Azerbaijan
BakuAzerbaijanA walled medieval city inside an oil-boom city on the Caspian: Flame Towers over a Zoroastrian tower, a boulevard along the sea, and mud volcanoes and fire temples an hour out
ShekiAzerbaijanA Silk Road town in the Caucasus foothills with a khan’s palace of stained glass and no nails, a caravanserai to sleep in, and a sweet the town is named for
GabalaAzerbaijanThe country’s mountain resort: a cable car up the Caucasus, ski runs in winter, a lake and waterfalls in summer, and the ruins of the ancient capital beside it
LahijAzerbaijanA coppersmiths’ village up a gorge, cobbled by hand a thousand years ago, with a sewer system older than most capitals and the hammers still going
QubaAzerbaijanApple orchards under the Caucasus, a Jewish town across the river that has been there for centuries, and Khinalug, a village at 2,300 m that speaks its own language