Göyçay climate — normals and trends
Göyçay (Azerbaijan) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.0 °C and it receives 698 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 (24.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Göyçay averages 78 frost days, 31 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 107 rainy days per year.
Göyçay has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 93 to 63 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.1 °C (on 5 August 1999) and the coldest -20.0 °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
GöyçayGöyçay
- coords
- 40.65°, 47.74°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.0°C
Average daily high
16.6°C
Average daily low
7.9°C
Annual rainfall
698mm
Sunshine / day
9.9h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
8.6km/h
Seasonal range
23.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
78 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
31 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
107 d/yr
Annual snowfall
71.0 cm
Average feels-like high
16.1 °C
Average feels-like low
6.2 °C
Average peak gust
22.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
20 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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
38.1 °C
5 August 1999
Coldest day
-20.0 °C
25 January 1972
Wettest day
82 mm
9 August 1982
Windiest day
30.1 km/h
30 March 1946
Strongest gust
68.8 km/h
30 December 1983
Hottest feels-like
41.2 °C
17 July 2005
Coldest feels-like
-24.9 °C
25 January 1972
Snowiest day
13.4 cm
24 December 1963
Sunniest day
14.0 h
27 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.1 °C | +3.7 °C | 13 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | 4.5 °C | -1.1 °C | 53 mm | +8 mm |
| Mar | 14.4 °C | +4.6 °C | 53 mm | -22 mm |
| Apr | 17.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 82 mm | +2 mm |
| May | 23.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 70 mm | -14 mm |
| Jun | 25.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 62 mm | +1 mm |
| Jul | 30.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 10 mm | -28 mm |
| Aug | 31.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 28 mm | -15 mm |
| Sep | 22.9 °C | -0.9 °C | 110 mm | +44 mm |
| Oct | 19.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 44 mm | -34 mm |
| Nov | 15.4 °C | +4.1 °C | 3 mm | -54 mm |
| Dec | 7.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 39 mm | -0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Göyçay?
Göyçay has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.0 °C and it receives 698 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Göyçay?
The hottest day measured in Göyçay between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1999, reaching 38.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Göyçay?
The coldest day measured in Göyçay between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1972, at -20.0 °C.
Does it snow in Göyçay?
Yes. Göyçay gets on average 71.0 cm of snow per year and has around 78 frost days.
Has the climate of Göyçay warmed?
Yes: Göyçay warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Göyçay?
The wettest day measured in Göyçay between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 1982, with 82 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Göyçay?
The windiest day measured in Göyçay between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 1946, with winds reaching 30.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Göyçay?
The warmest month in Göyçay is July (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Göyçay?
Göyçay receives on average 698 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 107 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Göyçay?
Göyçay gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Göyçay?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Göyçay between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 1963, with 13.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Göyçay?
Yes: Göyçay has on average 20 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Göyçay?
In Göyçay, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.2 °C on 17 July 2005, and the lowest was -24.9 °C on 25 January 1972.
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