Zaqatala climate — normals and trends
Zaqatala (Azerbaijan) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.5 °C and it receives 724 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 (15.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Zaqatala averages 179 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.
Zaqatala has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 187 to 171 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 27.3 °C (on 30 August 2006) and the coldest -29.0 °C (on 6 January 1969).
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
ZaqatalaZaqatala District
- coords
- 41.63°, 46.64°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.5°C
Average daily high
7.3°C
Average daily low
-0.4°C
Annual rainfall
724mm
Sunshine / day
9.8h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
7.9km/h
Seasonal range
23.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
179 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
120 d/yr
Annual snowfall
187.8 cm
Average feels-like high
5.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.3 °C
Average peak gust
29.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °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
27.3 °C
30 August 2006
Coldest day
-29.0 °C
6 January 1969
Wettest day
93 mm
27 June 1942
Windiest day
17.0 km/h
14 February 1998
Strongest gust
98.6 km/h
17 February 1979
Hottest feels-like
28.4 °C
31 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-34.1 °C
6 January 1969
Snowiest day
36.5 cm
18 October 1984
Sunniest day
14.0 h
24 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.0 °C | +3.0 °C | 16 mm | -13 mm |
| Feb | -5.6 °C | -2.1 °C | 51 mm | +13 mm |
| Mar | 4.0 °C | +4.1 °C | 64 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 7.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 105 mm | +14 mm |
| May | 13.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 104 mm | +4 mm |
| Jun | 15.4 °C | -0.7 °C | 95 mm | +9 mm |
| Jul | 20.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 94 mm | +23 mm |
| Aug | 21.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 10 mm | -43 mm |
| Sep | 13.7 °C | -1.0 °C | 140 mm | +86 mm |
| Oct | 10.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 31 mm | -29 mm |
| Nov | 8.5 °C | +5.7 °C | 0 mm | -46 mm |
| Dec | -1.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 28 mm | -3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zaqatala?
Zaqatala has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.5 °C and it receives 724 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zaqatala?
The hottest day measured in Zaqatala between 1940 and 2025 was 30 August 2006, reaching 27.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zaqatala?
The coldest day measured in Zaqatala between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1969, at -29.0 °C.
Does it snow in Zaqatala?
Yes. Zaqatala gets on average 187.8 cm of snow per year and has around 179 frost days.
Has the climate of Zaqatala warmed?
Yes: Zaqatala warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zaqatala?
The wettest day measured in Zaqatala between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1942, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zaqatala?
The windiest day measured in Zaqatala between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1998, with winds reaching 17.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zaqatala?
The warmest month in Zaqatala is July (15.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Zaqatala?
Zaqatala receives on average 724 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zaqatala?
Zaqatala gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zaqatala?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zaqatala between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1984, with 36.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zaqatala?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Zaqatala.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zaqatala?
In Zaqatala, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 28.4 °C on 31 July 2025, and the lowest was -34.1 °C on 6 January 1969.
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