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Azerbaijan, month by month

Where in Azerbaijan is at its best each month, and where to skip. Each verdict comes from the place's stated best season and the closures, weather warnings and festivals Tourisma has for it: in the middle of the season is a great month, its first or last month a good one; a weather warning (monsoon seas, smoke) moves a month down, a closure (a park shut, the boats stopped) moves it down to mixed at most, and a shut place is better avoided.

Azerbaijan in January

Plan January

At their best

Mixed: Baku, Ganja, Lahij, Naftalan, Quba, Shamakhi, Sheki.

Better avoided

  • Khinalug · Snow Can Close the Khinalug Road

Can fall this month

  • New Year holidays

Azerbaijan in February

Plan February

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Baku, Ganja, Lahij, Naftalan, Quba, Shamakhi, Sheki.

Better avoided

  • Khinalug · Snow Can Close the Khinalug Road

Can fall this month

  • Ramadan (dates shift yearly)

Azerbaijan in March

Plan March

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Baku, Gabala, Ganja, Lahij, Naftalan, Quba, Shamakhi, Sheki.

Better avoided

  • Khinalug · Snow Can Close the Khinalug Road

Can fall this month

  • Novruz
  • Ramadan (dates shift yearly)
  • Ramazan Bayrami (Eid al-Fitr) (dates shift yearly)

Azerbaijan in April

Plan April

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Gabala, Khinalug, Lahij, Quba, Shahdag Mountain Resort.

Azerbaijan in May

Plan May

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Khinalug, Shahdag Mountain Resort.

Can fall this month

  • Qurban Bayrami (Eid al-Adha) (dates shift yearly)

Azerbaijan in June

Plan June

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Can fall this month

  • Qurban Bayrami (Eid al-Adha) (dates shift yearly)

Azerbaijan in July

Plan July

At their best

Mixed: Baku, Ganja, Naftalan, Shamakhi, Sheki.

Can fall this month

  • Gabala International Music Festival

Azerbaijan in August

Plan August

At their best

Mixed: Baku, Ganja, Naftalan, Shamakhi, Sheki.

Can fall this month

  • Gabala International Music Festival

Azerbaijan in September

Plan September

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Can fall this month

  • Azerbaijan Grand Prix (Formula One)
  • Quba apple harvest

Azerbaijan in October

Plan October

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Gabala, Khinalug, Shahdag Mountain Resort.

Can fall this month

  • Quba apple harvest

Azerbaijan in November

Plan November

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Baku, Gabala, Ganja, Khinalug, Lahij, Quba, Shahdag Mountain Resort, Shamakhi, Sheki.

Azerbaijan in December

Plan December

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Baku, Ganja, Lahij, Naftalan, Quba, Shamakhi, Sheki.

Better avoided

  • Khinalug · Snow Can Close the Khinalug Road

Can fall this month

  • New Year holidays
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