Kalbajar
Local name: Kəlbəcər
Located in Kalbajar District, Azerbaijan Coordinates: 40°06′35″ N 46°02′40″ E
- Population
- 8,400
- 8.4K
- Elevation
- 1,555 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+04:00
- Asia/Baku · UTC+04:00
- Airports
- LHL Lachin International Airport37 km
- GNJ Ganja International Airport74 km
About Kalbajar
Kalbajar is a city. Location: Kalbajar District, Azerbaijan. Population: 8,400. Elevation: 1,555 m.
Kalbajar (Azerbaijani: Kəlbəcər ; Armenian: Քարվաճառ, romanized: Karvachar) is a city and the capital of the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan. Located in the Tartar Valley, it is 458 kilometres (285 mi) away from the country's capital city Baku. Before the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the city had a population of 7,246 people. It was captured by Armenia on 2 April 1993, after which its Azerbaijani population was expelled and replaced with Armenians.
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Climate of Kalbajar
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–September.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 10° · Night 1° · Rain 31 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 26°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -8°)
- Wettest month
- June (91 mm)
- Driest month
- January (22 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 3° | 6° | 7° | 14° | 18° | 22° | 26° | 26° | 22° | 16° | 10° | 6° |
| Average low (°C) | -6° | -8° | -5° | 3° | 6° | 9° | 13° | 13° | 11° | 6° | 1° | -5° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 22 | 31 | 47 | 66 | 89 | 91 | 59 | 46 | 42 | 49 | 31 | 26 |
Other places to visit in this season: June July August September
How to get to Kalbajar
The nearest airport is Lachin International Airport (LHL), 37 km to the southeast as the crow flies. For international flights: Ganja International Airport (GNJ) (74 km). The nearest large city is Ganja, 69 km to the northeast.
Airports
- Lachin International Airport (LHL) Lachin 37 kmsoutheast
- Ganja International Airport (GNJ) Ganja 74 kmnorth
- Nakhchivan International Airport (NAJ) Nakhchivan 114 kmsouthwest
Nearby large cities
- Ganja Population: 330.7K 69 kmnortheast
- Yevlakh Population: 127.4K 110 kmnortheast
- Mingachevir Population: 106K 113 kmnortheast
- Iğdır Population: 101.7K 172 kmwest
- Rustavi Population: 128.2K 185 kmnorthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Kalbajar
Within 100 km: 22 historic and cultural sites, 5 natural sites, 14 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km3 places
- Dadivank Attraction 22 kmE
- Handaberd Historic site 15 kmNE
- Levçay River 15 kmNE
25–60 km18 places
- Gora Kyapaz Mountain 37 kmNE
- Qaradağ Mountain 59 kmN
- Murovdağ Mountain 45 kmNE
- Ərdəşəvi River 52 kmSE
60–100 km20 places
- Böyük Kirs Dağı Mountain 77 kmSE
- Həkəri River 87 kmSE
- Amaras Monastery Attraction 99 kmSE
- Tsitsernavank Attraction 60 kmSE
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