Country guide

Azerbaijan

Baku's flame-shaped skyline meets mud volcanoes, mountain villages and the old Silk Road town of Sheki.

Currency

AZN

Language

Azerbaijani

+ Russian

English

Limited

Payment

Cash preferred

Power

Type C / F

230 V, 50 Hz

Dialing

+994

Destinations

Azerbaijan

Baku

The largest city on the Caspian pairs a walled medieval core with towers shaped like flames, on a peninsula where the ground itself still burns.

✓ best Apr-Nov

Climate zones, month by month

Azerbaijan has 1 distinct climate zone. The right month depends on where in the country you're going.

Baku →

Jan

7°

3°

33mm

5d rain

Feb

7°

3°

29mm

5d rain

Mar

11°

4°

19mm

5d rain

Apr

17°

9°

17mm

4d rain

May

23°

15°

17mm

3d rain

Jun

28°

20°

9mm

2d rain

Jul

30°

23°

5mm

1d rain

Aug

30°

23°

9mm

1d rain

Sep

26°

19°

26mm

4d rain

Oct

20°

13°

33mm

6d rain

Nov

13°

8°

48mm

6d rain

Dec

9°

5°

35mm

5d rain

✓ Best Apr-Nov

Cards tinted by calculated verdict · big number = typical daily high, small = low · hover for conditions