Climate · Baku

Baku in January

Chilly and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Baku is chilly: highs near 49°F, lows near 39°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Baku is chilly: highs near 9°C, lows near 4°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
49°F9°Caverage
Low
39°F4°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 21% of days
Daylight
9h 39mon average

Is January a good time to visit Baku?


January sits outside Baku's best months, which run in two parts: May, or September to October. Expect chilly days and rain on about one day a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 49°F in January, against 49°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 9°C in January, against 9°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

21% of days in January, against 4% to 27% through the year.

Cloud cover

56% cover in January, against 10% to 56% through the year.

Daylight

9h 39m in January, against 9h 20m to 15h 00m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side


  1. December53°12°low 43°low 6°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. January49°9°low 39°low 4°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February49°9°low 38°low 3°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Baku sits, in January

Asia/Baku

this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
8:02 AMsets 5:37 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
40.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Baku, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Baku is our one place in Azerbaijan so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Baku. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.