Lankaran
City in Azerbaijan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Lenkoran center: Ds02006, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Lankaran is a city in Azerbaijan, in Lənkəran. About 89,300 people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of Azerbaijan in our atlas.
It lies at 38.75° N, 48.85° E, about -22 m (-72 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Baku time zone.
Location
Red dot: Lankaran. Green dots: other major cities of Azerbaijan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Lankaran has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 32°C (89°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 2°C (35°F). Around 625 mm (25 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Oct.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in AzerbaijanNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Baku · 201 km
- Khirdalan · 204 km
- Qaraçuxur · 207 km
- Sumgayit · 216 km
- Yevlakh · 254 km
- Mingachevir · 272 km
- Naxçıvan · 302 km
- Ganja · 304 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 147622 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q228811 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Lenkoran center: Ds02006, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)