Naxçıvan
City in Azerbaijan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
NakchivanMontage2021: Compiled by TagaworShah; Individual authors credited above, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Naxçıvan is a city in Azerbaijan, in Nakhchivan. About 97,200 people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Azerbaijan in our atlas.
It lies at 39.21° N, 45.41° E, about 887 m (2,910 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Baku time zone.
Location
Red dot: Naxçıvan. Green dots: other major cities of Azerbaijan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Naxçıvan has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 33°C (92°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -6°C (21°F). Around 281 mm (11 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in May.
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
- Ganja · 183 km
- Yevlakh · 216 km
- Mingachevir · 223 km
- Lankaran · 300 km
- Sumgayit · 397 km
- Khirdalan · 398 km
- Baku · 407 km
- Qaraçuxur · 414 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 147429 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q230104 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- NakchivanMontage2021: Compiled by TagaworShah; Individual authors credited above, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)