What's on in Baku, Azerbaijan through the year

Quiet — school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Khazri wind (15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually))

Quiet — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Khazri wind (15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually))

Busy — Novruz, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

• Holiday

  Novruz

  20–24 MarNational holidayClosuresCrowded

  Five public holidays for the spring new year, with bonfires jumped in the courtyards of the old city on the four Tuesdays before. Offices and many restaurants shut; the city goes to the villages. Source ↗

Still on: Khazri wind (15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually))

Busy — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Khazri wind (15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually))

Busy — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in May.

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Season

  Caspian swimming season

  15 Jun – 20 Sep · usuallySea warm enough

  Nobody swims off the city front. The season means the beach clubs up the Absheron peninsula at Bilgah and Nardaran, forty minutes out, which is where Baku spends its weekends. Source ↗

Shoulder season — school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Season

  The city empties in August

  10 Jul – 31 Aug · usuallyExtreme heat

  Humid heat off the Caspian sits on the old city, and anyone who can leaves for the peninsula or the mountains at Quba. Walking the Icherisheher walls at midday is not worth it. Source ↗

Still on: Caspian swimming season (15 Jun – 20 Sep (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Caspian swimming season (15 Jun – 20 Sep (usually)), The city empties in August (10 Jul – 31 Aug (usually))

Busy — Azerbaijan Grand Prix, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Festival

  Azerbaijan Grand Prix

  24–26 SepMotorsport weekendCrowdedClosures

  The circuit runs through the old city walls and along the seafront, so the boulevard and half the centre are fenced off for the best part of a fortnight. Hotel prices are the year's highest. Source ↗

Still on: Caspian swimming season (15 Jun – 20 Sep (usually))

Busy — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

• Season

  Khazri wind

  15 Oct – 15 Apr · usuallyWind seasonRisk

  The city is named for its wind, and the northerly khazri is at its hardest in the cold half of the year: it clears the air, strips the boulevard and makes the cold feel like a different number. Source ↗

Quiet — travelers describe it as quiet

Nothing new starts in November.

Still on: Khazri wind (15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually))

Quiet — school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Khazri wind (15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually))