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Qax

Located in Qakh Rayon, Azerbaijan Coordinates: 41°25′06″ N 46°55′14″ E

Map showing the location of Qax Qax
Location in Azerbaijan
Population
11,992
12K
Elevation
590 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+04:00
Asia/Baku · UTC+04:00
When to go
May–JuneSeptember
See the climate
Airports
GNJ Ganja International Airport91 km
GBB Gabala International Airport96 km

About Qax

Qax is a city. Location: Qakh Rayon, Azerbaijan. Population: 11,992. Elevation: 590 m. The best months to visit are May–June, September. The nearest airport is Ganja International Airport (91 km).

Travel notes for Qax

From Wikivoyage

Qax, Qakh, also Kakhi (კახი) or sometimes Gakh is a town in Azerbaijan's Qakh Region. It is at the foot of the southern slope of the Greater Caucasus, on the river Kurhumchai.

Understand+

Most of the 13,800 people (2013) of the Qakh city are Azerbaijani people, but the town and the whole region are very multicultural. Avar people, Tsakhur people and Muslim Georgians (called Ingiloy) also live here. The city has become a mountain resort for rich people, so there are now various hotels, resorts, restaurants, cottages, and tea houses in 5 km north of Qax.

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By bus:

1 Qax Rayon Avtovağzalı (Qax Rayon Central Bus Terminal), Heydar Aliyev Ave. Central bus terminal of Qax services buses from villages of Qax region, towns of Sheki Region, Baku, Barda and Ganja, and also to bordering Georgia.

to Qax from:

Zaqatala: several marshrutkas par day (15:00/15:30), last bus is at 17:00 (1 manat, 1 hr)

Şəki: 08:00, 11:30, 15:00, 17:30

from Qax to:

Agcay: 12:10, 17:10

Aliayli: 07:20, 09:00, 13:00

Almali: 13:20

Baku: 09:00, 21:30, 22:00, 23:00

Barda: 09:30

Baydarli: 07:20, 10:00, 13:00, 15:45

Ganja: 08:00

Ibaxli: 12:20, 15:30

Ilisu: 07:30, 10:30, 12:00, 14:00, 17:00 (0.40 manat), runs from the big bus station to Ilisu and back. The sign is in Cyrillic, so ask if needed.

Lalali: 07:20, 13:10

Qashqachay: 07:10, 13:00, 17:30

Qum: 07:00, 09:00, 12:00, 14:00, 17:00

Şəki: 09:30 12:20 16:30 18:30

Tasmali: 07:20, 12:00, 15:00

Uzumlu: 16:00

Zaqatala: 07:40, 07:50, 08:30, 09:25, 10:05, 11:40, 12:20, 13:25, 14:00, 15:30, 17:15

Zarna-Lakit: 07:20, 13:00, 17:00

(to Georgia)

Tbilisi: 08:15, 09:00, 14:00, 16:00 (8 manat)

Telavi: 15:00

By car:

Highway: R16

Source: Wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged

Climate of Qax

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: May–June, September.

This month · November

Outside the best season

Day 12° · Night 4° · Rain 48 mm

Hottest month
August (day 29°)
Coldest month
February (night -2°)
Wettest month
May (91 mm)
Driest month
January (27 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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Climate of Qax
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)6°6°9°17°21°25°28°29°24°18°12°8°
Average low (°C)-2°-2°0°6°10°15°18°18°15°9°4°0°
Precipitation (mm)273548699191575457704829

Other places to visit in this season: May June September

How to get to Qax

The nearest airport is Ganja International Airport (GNJ), 91 km to the southwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Mingachevir, 74 km to the south.

Airports

  • Ganja International Airport (GNJ) Ganja 91 kmsouthwest
  • Gabala International Airport (GBB) Gabala 96 kmsoutheast
  • Tbilisi International Airport (TBS) Tbilisi 166 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Mingachevir Population: 106K 74 kmsouth
  • Yevlakh Population: 127.4K 91 kmsouth
  • Ganja Population: 330.7K 94 kmsouthwest
  • Rustavi Population: 128.2K 163 kmwest
  • Tbilisi Population: 1M 177 kmwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Qax

Within 100 km: 2 historic and cultural sites, 5 natural sites, 4 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km1 place

  • Razvaliny Bash Malakh Historic site 6 kmSE

25–60 km5 places

  • Kişçay River 31 kmS
  • Okhakhdere River 34 kmNW
  • Razvaliny Ak-Pelakend Historic site 59 kmSE
  • Vashlovani National Park Natural site 46 kmSW

60–100 km5 places

  • Yenikend Reservoir Lake 78 kmSW
  • Gora Bazardyuzi Mountain 79 kmE
  • Şahdağ Mountain 93 kmE
  • Tufandağ Mountain 94 kmE

Straight-line distances.

Sources & licences

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