Weather in Baku, Azerbaijan 🇦🇿
Live weather in Baku, currently 25°C with overcast. View the 7-day forecast, hourly conditions, and air quality index. Baku is in Azerbaijan — see weather across all major cities in Azerbaijan, or browse the hottest cities right now worldwide.
24.9°C
feels like 21.6°C
Overcast
Current Weather in Baku, Azerbaijan Updated at 7:30 AM today
| 💧 Humidity: | 63% |
| 🌬️ Wind: | 29.9 kph (204°) |
| 🌡️ Pressure: | 1009.0 mb |
| 👁️ Visibility: | 10.0 km |
| 🌧️ Precipitation: | 0.0 mm |
| ☁️ Cloud Cover: | 100% |
| ☀️ UV Index: | 0.0 |
| 🌅 Sunrise: | 06:13 AM |
| 🌇 Sunset: | 07:03 PM |
What is the weather like in Baku right now?
Baku is basking in 25°C this hour, overcast skies overhead. A solid deck of cloud covers Baku at the moment. On the skin it's about 22°C. Hold onto hats: 30 kph winds from the west.
Breathe easy: air quality reads good, EPA index 1. UV is low at 0 — no sun protection needed today. Daylight runs from 06:13 AM to 07:03 PM today — about 12h 50m.
Keep an eye out — a 36% chance of showers, up to 1 mm. Temperatures slip away this evening, down toward 20°C overnight. That's right in line with the usual September average for Baku.
Not much variation this week — highs near 26°C, lows about 19°C. For context, the record high for this date in Baku is 35°C.
Ideal conditions in Baku today — get out and enjoy it.
7-Day Weather Forecast for Baku, Azerbaijan 🇦🇿
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Hourly Weather Forecast for Baku, Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 Today
Air Quality Index in Baku, Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 (AQI)
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| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| US EPA Index: | 1 (Good) |
| UK DEFRA Index: | 2 (Low) |
| CO: | 121.0 µg/m³ |
| O3: | 93.0 µg/m³ |
| NO2: | 2.6 µg/m³ |
| SO2: | 1.1 µg/m³ |
| PM2.5: | 13.6 µg/m³ |
| PM10: | 25.7 µg/m³ |
About Baku
Perched on the Caspian Sea, Baku is Azerbaijan’s dynamic capital, where ancient history brushes against futuristic architecture. The medieval Old City, Icherisheher, wraps around the iconic Maiden Tower, while the Flame Towers erupt from the skyline in fiery glass. The city spills from a natural harbor into a semi-arid landscape, flanked by the Absheron Peninsula. Baku hums with a cosmopolitan energy, its streets alive with the scent of saffron and tea, and its Soviet-era boulevards giving way to sprawling green parks.
Baku’s Köppen class—cold desert (BWk)—shapes a climate of stark contrasts. Winters are chilly and relatively dry, with average highs around 7°C, dipping to near freezing at night. Summers are intensely hot and bone-dry, often exceeding 35°C. Rainfall is scant throughout the year—barely 200 mm annually—and humidity stays low, which makes the heat more bearable. Packing for a visit means layers: a warm coat and scarf for winter, light cotton clothing and a sun hat for summer, plus lip balm and sunscreen to guard against relentless dry winds.
The best time to visit weather-wise is late spring (April to early June) or early autumn (September to October), when temperatures are pleasant and skies mostly clear. Baku’s most notable weather phenomenon is its wind—the city is famously called “the City of Winds,” with powerful gusts, particularly from the north, that can sweep through unannounced. Dust storms occasionally roll in from the desert, and while snow is rare, winter sometimes brings a light, fleeting dusting. No monsoon or hurricanes disrupt this stark, captivating desert climate.
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