AzerbaijanIsland

Kura Island

43.0 km² of land in the Caspian Sea.

When to go

In numbers

43.0km²

Area

People

27°C

Warmest sea

August

When to go to Kura Island

Best for the beach from June to August.

The sea is warmest in August (27 °C) and coolest in February (9 °C). Comfortable swimming (21 °C or more): from June to October.

11°10°8°

Jan9

9°9°7°

Feb9

10°11°8°

Mar9

13°13°11°

Apr8

18°19°17°

May6

24°24°23°

Jun4

26°27°25°

Jul2

27°28°26°

Aug3

25°25°23°

Sep9

22°21°19°

Oct10

18°16°14°

Nov11

14°12°10°

Dec9

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island in Aran Region, Azerbaijan

Kura Island is an island in Azerbaijan. It covers 43.0 km². About 1 people live on it.

Getting there

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From June to Augustbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	10	9	11	13	19	24	27	28	25	21	16	12
Night low (°C)	8	7	8	11	17	23	25	26	23	19	14	10
Sea (°C)	11	9	10	13	18	24	26	27	25	22	18	14
Rain (mm)	58	52	52	42	25	13	12	24	84	112	105	65
Wet days	9	9	9	8	6	4	2	3	9	10	11	9
Sun h/day	3.1	3.4	4.7	6.2	8.6	10.3	9.5	8.9	6.6	4.4	3.3	2.6
Wind (km/h)	16	17	16	15	14	14	14	15	17	18	18	17

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	+1.5	+1.3	+1.4	+0.2	−0.3	+0.8	+1.4	−0.4	+1.0	+0.5	+1.1	+0.3
2021	+0.7	+1.5	+0.4	+1.5	+0.7	+1.4	+1.3	+0.9	+0.1	−0.6	−1.2	−0.1
2022	+0.3	+0.7	+0.6	+0.5	+0.1	+0.7	+0.3	+0.5	+0.6	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2
2023	+0.2	+0.6	+2.0	+1.9	+1.2	+1.3	+0.7	+1.1	+0.2	+0.2	+1.8	+2.0
2024	+1.6	+1.3	+1.2	+2.8	+0.8	+1.9	+1.1	+0.3	−0.2	−0.3	−0.7	−0.6
2025	+0.5	+0.8	+0.2	+1.0	+0.7	+0.5	±0.0	+0.8	−0.1	−0.4	+1.1	+1.1

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Nearby

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About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q19915309) · CC0
Outline	Natural Earth · public domain
Sea temperature	NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
Climate	NASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Towns	GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons