Şamaxı climate — normals and trends
Şamaxı (Azerbaijan) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 629 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 (19.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Şamaxı averages 124 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 112 rainy days per year.
Şamaxı has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 133 to 115 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.0 °C (on 1 July 2018) and the coldest -23.4 °C (on 3 February 1967).
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
ŞamaxıŞamaxı
- coords
- 40.63°, 48.64°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.1°C
Average daily high
12.5°C
Average daily low
4.3°C
Annual rainfall
629mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
11.9km/h
Seasonal range
23.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
124 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
112 d/yr
Annual snowfall
136.0 cm
Average feels-like high
10.6 °C
Average feels-like low
1.9 °C
Average peak gust
31.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.26 · 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
34.0 °C
1 July 2018
Coldest day
-23.4 °C
3 February 1967
Wettest day
55 mm
16 April 2025
Windiest day
33.4 km/h
3 May 1990
Strongest gust
98.3 km/h
12 March 1968
Hottest feels-like
36.4 °C
17 July 2005
Coldest feels-like
-28.0 °C
13 January 1940
Snowiest day
23.8 cm
25 December 1987
Sunniest day
14.1 h
20 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.1 °C | +3.9 °C | 14 mm | -17 mm |
| Feb | -0.3 °C | -1.4 °C | 36 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 9.8 °C | +4.9 °C | 40 mm | -19 mm |
| Apr | 13.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 97 mm | +23 mm |
| May | 19.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 73 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 22.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 68 mm | +9 mm |
| Jul | 26.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 32 mm | -7 mm |
| Aug | 27.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 22 mm | -15 mm |
| Sep | 18.8 °C | -1.1 °C | 98 mm | +42 mm |
| Oct | 15.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 34 mm | -34 mm |
| Nov | 13.1 °C | +5.9 °C | 8 mm | -44 mm |
| Dec | 3.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 56 mm | +18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Şamaxı?
Şamaxı has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 629 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Şamaxı?
The hottest day measured in Şamaxı between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2018, reaching 34.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Şamaxı?
The coldest day measured in Şamaxı between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1967, at -23.4 °C.
Does it snow in Şamaxı?
Yes. Şamaxı gets on average 136.0 cm of snow per year and has around 124 frost days.
Has the climate of Şamaxı warmed?
Yes: Şamaxı warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Şamaxı?
The wettest day measured in Şamaxı between 1940 and 2025 was 16 April 2025, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Şamaxı?
The windiest day measured in Şamaxı between 1940 and 2025 was 3 May 1990, with winds reaching 33.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Şamaxı?
The warmest month in Şamaxı is July (19.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Şamaxı?
Şamaxı receives on average 629 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 112 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Şamaxı?
Şamaxı gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Şamaxı?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Şamaxı between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1987, with 23.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Şamaxı?
Yes: Şamaxı has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Şamaxı?
In Şamaxı, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.4 °C on 17 July 2005, and the lowest was -28.0 °C on 13 January 1940.
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