Ganja climate — normals and trends
Ganja (Azerbaijan) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.0 °C and it receives 637 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (23.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Ganja averages 75 frost days, 26 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 131 rainy days per year.
Ganja has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 94 to 56 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.8 °C (on 1 August 2000) and the coldest -17.4 °C (on 25 January 1972).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
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- coords
- 40.68°, 46.36°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.0°C
Average daily high
16.5°C
Average daily low
8.2°C
Annual rainfall
637mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
10.0km/h
Seasonal range
23.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
75 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
26 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
131 d/yr
Annual snowfall
51.4 cm
Average feels-like high
15.5 °C
Average feels-like low
6.6 °C
Average peak gust
27.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
26 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
36.8 °C
1 August 2000
Coldest day
-17.4 °C
25 January 1972
Wettest day
52 mm
17 August 1989
Windiest day
31.1 km/h
23 February 1965
Strongest gust
72.4 km/h
26 April 1978
Hottest feels-like
40.8 °C
19 August 2014
Coldest feels-like
-21.6 °C
25 January 1972
Snowiest day
8.5 cm
26 March 2003
Sunniest day
14.0 h
18 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 6 mm | -13 mm |
| Feb | 4.3 °C | -1.5 °C | 38 mm | +12 mm |
| Mar | 14.4 °C | +4.6 °C | 28 mm | -20 mm |
| Apr | 16.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 114 mm | +39 mm |
| May | 22.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 106 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 26.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 21 mm | -73 mm |
| Jul | 30.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 46 mm | -17 mm |
| Aug | 30.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 32 mm | -21 mm |
| Sep | 22.2 °C | -1.2 °C | 79 mm | +28 mm |
| Oct | 18.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 36 mm | -12 mm |
| Nov | 15.9 °C | +4.7 °C | 4 mm | -27 mm |
| Dec | 7.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 23 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ganja?
Ganja has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.0 °C and it receives 637 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ganja?
The hottest day measured in Ganja between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2000, reaching 36.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ganja?
The coldest day measured in Ganja between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1972, at -17.4 °C.
Does it snow in Ganja?
Yes. Ganja gets on average 51.4 cm of snow per year and has around 75 frost days.
Has the climate of Ganja warmed?
Yes: Ganja warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ganja?
The wettest day measured in Ganja between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 1989, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ganja?
The windiest day measured in Ganja between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 1965, with winds reaching 31.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ganja?
The warmest month in Ganja is July (23.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Ganja?
Ganja receives on average 637 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ganja?
Ganja gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ganja?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ganja between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2003, with 8.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ganja?
Yes: Ganja has on average 26 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ganja?
In Ganja, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.8 °C on 19 August 2014, and the lowest was -21.6 °C on 25 January 1972.
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