How long you can stay
30 days per visit
Checked 17 August 2026 · 11 official sources
Visa at a glance
- Visa fee
- US$20
- Entries
- Single entry
- Extendable
- No
- Passport validity
- 3 months
On the day you enter
What you need to enter
Return or onward ticket
Not stated
Proof of accommodation
Not stated
Proof of funds
Not stated
Travel insurance
Required
Blank passport pages
Not stated
Vaccinations
Not stated
Arrival form
Not stated
“Not stated” means no official source we checked addresses it either way — not that it is unnecessary. Carry it if in doubt.
When to go
Pick a month to see what the weather actually does.
Each month shows the best of Azerbaijan's 3 regions — the region is named with it. Peak season is June, July, August, September — expect higher prices and crowds.
January
Fair in Baku and the Caspian shore
- Average
- 4°C
- Rainfall
- 21mm
- Rain days
- 6
Cold but not severe on the coast — Baku hovers around 6.6°C by day and 2.1°C at night. Ganja is the cold one, dropping below freezing after dark. Quiet, cheap, and the mountains are under snow.
- Baku and the Caspian shore: Fair · 4°C · 21mm over 6 days
- The inland west: Fair · 2°C · 10mm over 4 days
- The subtropical south: Fair · 4°C · 91mm over 10 days
February
Fair in Baku and the Caspian shore
- Average
- 4°C
- Rainfall
- 20mm
- Rain days
- 6
The coldest stretch of the year and barely different from January. Shahdag and Tufandag are running for skiing, which is the main reason to come now.
- Baku and the Caspian shore: Fair · 4°C · 20mm over 6 days
- The inland west: Fair · 3°C · 17mm over 5 days
- The subtropical south: Fair · 4°C · 114mm over 10 days
March
Fair in Baku and the Caspian shore
- Average
- 7°C
- Rainfall
- 21mm
- Rain days
- 5
Novruz falls this month and the country largely stops for it — expect closures around 20–21 March and book ahead. Warming, but Lenkaran still takes 90mm.
- Baku and the Caspian shore: Fair · 7°C · 21mm over 5 days
- The inland west: Fair · 7°C · 32mm over 5 days
- The subtropical south: Poor · 8°C · 90mm over 11 days
April
Good in Baku and the Caspian shore
- Average
- 13°C
- Rainfall
- 18mm
- Rain days
- 4
Spring proper: Baku reaches 16.4°C on very little rain, and the countryside is green before the summer burns it off. One of the two best months.
- Baku and the Caspian shore: Good · 13°C · 18mm over 4 days
- The inland west: Good · 14°C · 30mm over 6 days
- The subtropical south: Good · 13°C · 50mm over 8 days
May
Excellent in Baku and the Caspian shore · the best month to go
- Average
- 19°C
- Rainfall
- 18mm
- Rain days
- 3
Warm, long-dayed and still comfortable, with only 18mm in Baku across three days. The other best month, and the last before the heat.
- Baku and the Caspian shore: Excellent · 19°C · 18mm over 3 days
- The inland west: Excellent · 18°C · 42mm over 9 days
- The subtropical south: Excellent · 18°C · 54mm over 8 days
JunePeak season
Excellent in Baku and the Caspian shore
- Average
- 24°C
- Rainfall
- 8mm
- Rain days
- 2
Summer begins in earnest — 27.3°C in Baku and the rain all but stops. The high season on the Caspian starts and prices follow it.
- Baku and the Caspian shore: Excellent · 24°C · 8mm over 2 days
- The inland west: Excellent · 22°C · 46mm over 7 days
- The subtropical south: Excellent · 22°C · 22mm over 3 days
JulyPeak season
Excellent in Baku and the Caspian shore
- Average
- 26°C
- Rainfall
- 2mm
- Rain days
- 1
The hottest and driest month: 30.6°C in Baku on 2mm of rain across one day, and 31.7°C inland at Ganja. Head north into the mountains for relief.
- Baku and the Caspian shore: Excellent · 26°C · 2mm over one day
- The inland west: Excellent · 26°C · 23mm over 3 days
- The subtropical south: Excellent · 25°C · 17mm over 2 days
AugustPeak season
Excellent in Baku and the Caspian shore
- Average
- 26°C
- Rainfall
- 6mm
- Rain days
- 2
As hot as July and the busiest month. Lenkaran picks up again with 50mm while Baku stays parched.
- Baku and the Caspian shore: Excellent · 26°C · 6mm over 2 days
- The inland west: Excellent · 24°C · 18mm over 4 days
- The subtropical south: Excellent · 25°C · 50mm over 4 days
SeptemberPeak season
Excellent in Baku and the Caspian shore
- Average
- 23°C
- Rainfall
- 15mm
- Rain days
- 2
The heat breaks and this is arguably the best month of all — 25.6°C, dry, and the crowds thinning. In the south, though, Lenkaran's wet season is starting: 143mm.
- Baku and the Caspian shore: Excellent · 23°C · 15mm over 2 days
- The inland west: Excellent · 21°C · 16mm over 3 days
- The subtropical south: Good · 21°C · 143mm over 7 days
October
Good in Baku and the Caspian shore
- Average
- 17°C
- Rainfall
- 25mm
- Rain days
- 6
Mild and pleasant in Baku and Ganja, and the wettest month of the year in the south — 259mm over 13 days at Lenkaran. Autumn colour in the northern mountains.
- Baku and the Caspian shore: Good · 17°C · 25mm over 6 days
- The inland west: Good · 14°C · 32mm over 6 days
- The subtropical south: Poor · 16°C · 259mm over 13 days
November
Fair in Baku and the Caspian shore
- Average
- 11°C
- Rainfall
- 30mm
- Rain days
- 6
Cooling and increasingly grey. Lenkaran takes 168mm. The season is winding down everywhere except the ski resorts, which have not opened yet.
- Baku and the Caspian shore: Fair · 11°C · 30mm over 6 days
- The inland west: Fair · 9°C · 14mm over 3 days
- The subtropical south: Poor · 10°C · 168mm over 12 days
December
Fair in Baku and the Caspian shore
- Average
- 7°C
- Rainfall
- 26mm
- Rain days
- 6
Winter, mild by the sea and cold inland. Baku is at its quietest, and the Old City in low light is worth the chill.
- Baku and the Caspian shore: Fair · 7°C · 26mm over 6 days
- The inland west: Fair · 4°C · 18mm over 4 days
- The subtropical south: Fair · 6°C · 88mm over 9 days
Where you go changes the answer
How Azerbaijan's regions differ, and when it matters
Azerbaijan is dry in the middle and wet at its southern edge, and the difference is extreme rather than academic. Baku takes 2mm of rain across a single day in July and is nearly a desert in summer, but the Caspian keeps its winter nights mild at around 2°C. Ganja, inland, is hotter by day in July (31.7°C) and properly freezing at night in January (−2.3°C). Lenkaran in the far south runs on an inverted calendar: its wettest month is October at 259mm over 13 days — more than Baku receives in an entire year — while July and August are its driest. Two coasts about 250km apart, one summer-dry and one autumn-drenched.
What it costs
₹₹ · per person per day
- BudgetHostels, street food, public transport₹3,000
- Mid-range3-star hotels, restaurants, some activities₹7,000
- Luxury4–5 star hotels, private transport, experiences₹22,000
Excludes international flights. Our estimate, not an official figure — reviewed 17 August 2026. A typical trip runs 5–9 days.
Where to go
Icherisheher, the Baku Old City
A walled medieval town inside a 21st-century oil capital, UNESCO-listed, holding the Maiden Tower and the Palace of the Shirvanshahs. Small enough to walk in an afternoon and ringed by the Flame Towers and the Caspian promenade.
Gobustan
Thousands of rock carvings on a hillside an hour south of Baku, some of them 12,000 years old, and UNESCO-listed. The mud volcanoes nearby are on the same trip and are unlike anything else in the region.
Sheki
A silk-road town in the foothills of the Greater Caucasus, best known for the Khan's Palace and its shebeke windows — stained glass assembled from thousands of hand-cut pieces with no glue or nails. The old caravanserai still takes guests.
Gabala
The mountain resort town Azerbaijanis go to in summer, with a cable car, waterfalls and cool air when Baku is at 30°C. The most popular escape from the capital and busy in July and August.
Lahij
A stone village on a mountain shelf where coppersmiths still work on the main street. Cobbled, small, and reached by a road that concentrates the mind.
The full rules
Everything official, quoted rather than summarised.
If you hold another country’s visa or residence
Azerbaijan eases entry for Indian passport holders who already hold certain documents from other countries. These routes are conditional and the conditions are strict — read them in full, and confirm with your airline before you book, because airlines decide boarding on their own reading of the rules.
Visa on arrival· 30 days per visit
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists, among those “entitled to get a visa at the international airport of the Republic of Azerbaijan with period of up to 30 days”, holders of “a residence permit with a validity period of more than 6 months in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Sultanate of Oman, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Qatar, and the State of Kuwait”, and holders of a “resident visa of the United Arab Emirates with a validity period of more than 6 months”.
- ⚠️ This is residency, not a visitor visa. A Gulf tourist or business visa does not qualify — the wording is a residence permit for five of the six countries and a resident visa for the UAE. If you only have a visitor visa, apply for the e-visa instead.
- ⚠️ The document must have more than six months left to run at the time you travel, not merely be valid.
- This is a visa issued to you at the airport, not visa-free entry, so allow time on arrival and expect to pay.
- ⚠️ India itself is on a separate Azerbaijani exemption list — for diplomatic, official and service passports only. That line has nothing to do with an ordinary passport.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs — ASAN Visa: e-visa durations, the airport-issuance list, and the Gulf residence-permit route to a visa on arrival · read 17 August 2026
The detail
Conditions in full, fees, entries, and extending your stay
- An ordinary Indian passport needs a visa, and the ASAN Viza e-visa is the route. India is on the official electronic visa portal's own list of countries eligible for an e-visa, unmarked — several countries on that list carry asterisks, and India does not.
- India is on none of Azerbaijan's four visa-free lists. All of them were checked: the bilateral 90-day group, the arrangements running the other way, and the time-limited unilateral waivers Azerbaijan grants to Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Bosnia and the Chinese SARs.
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs states that “the duration for a stay in a country for a single electronic visa issued within 3 business days through ‘ASAN Visa’ system is up to 30 days”. The Embassy in New Delhi puts the same figure the other way round: “E-visas are valid for 30 days.” Both numbers are 30, so the visa's life and your permitted stay run together — there is no long validity window to arrive inside, and the clock effectively starts when the visa does.
- Two speeds, both from the Embassy of Azerbaijan in New Delhi: “Standard e-visa is issued within 3 working days, fee is 20$” and “Urgent e-visa can be obtained within 3 hours and the fee is $60.” The state fee for a single-entry visa is set in law at USD 20 and is “not reimbursed regardless of the result of the processing of applications”.
- ⚠️ A multiple-entry e-visa exists and carries up to 90 days, but no source read states whether an Indian passport can get one — the ministry's note about eligibility is attached to the single e-visa. Plan on the single, 30-day product.
- Apply only at evisa.gov.az. Azerbaijan runs two separate government portals and they are not interchangeable: the MFA's visaapplication.mfa.gov.az is for embassy applications and says of itself, “This portal is not designed to obtain electronic visa.”
- A copy of a medical insurance certificate is on the Migration Code's list of documents required for a visa, needed unless a host “undertakes to pay for medical services” — which for an ordinary tourist means bring insurance.
- ⚠️ Your passport must outlast the visa by three months, not the trip. The Migration Code requires that “a validity period of a passport or other travel document should exceed a validity period of an expected visa at least by 3 months”, and the MFA repeats it as a standing warning.
- ⚠️ Staying more than 15 days brings a duty most visitors never hear about: “Foreigners or stateless persons temporarily residing in the Republic of Azerbaijan for more than 15 days must be registered at the place of residence.” A hotel normally handles this, but confirm it if you are in an apartment or with friends.
- Answer the application honestly. Giving “wrong information about him/herself or the purpose of his/her visit” carries a five-year entry ban under Article 16 of the Migration Code, as does violating your declared purpose on a previous visit.
- If you hold a Gulf residence permit, you may not need this e-visa at all — see “If you hold another country's visa” below.
- Extending your stay
- Not possible. Nothing on any page read offers an extension of an e-visa. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs publishes a separate route — “Extension of temporary stay of foreigners and stateless persons” — but no source states that an e-visa holder qualifies, so treat 30 days as the whole trip and leave on time. Overstaying is not a small matter here: the Migration Code bans anyone who “violated the declared purpose of visit during the previous stay” from re-entering for five years.
- Number of entries
- Single entry. Once you leave, the authorisation is spent.
- Visa fee
- US$20.
- Where to apply, if you need a visa
- https://evisa.gov.az/en/
Common questions
- Do Indians need a visa for Azerbaijan?
- Indian ordinary passport holders must apply for an eVisa online before travelling to visit Azerbaijan for tourism. Last checked 17 August 2026.
- How long can Indians stay in Azerbaijan?
- 30 days per entry in Azerbaijan.
- How long must my passport be valid to enter Azerbaijan?
- Your passport must be valid for at least 3 months on the date you enter Azerbaijan. Renew before you travel if it expires sooner.
- When is the best time to visit Azerbaijan?
- April, May, June, July, August, September and October. These ratings are based on climate normals measured at Baku, Ganja, Lenkaran. Azerbaijan has more than one climate — a month counts as good if any region is, so check the month-by-month breakdown to see which one before booking.
- How much does a trip to Azerbaijan cost per day?
- Roughly ₹3,000 per day on a budget, ₹7,000 mid-range, or ₹22,000 for luxury travel — per person, excluding international flights. Estimated 17 August 2026.
Sources
Every visa fact on this page comes from one of these. Verified by Rahul Chhabrani on 17 August 2026.
- ASAN Viza, Official Electronic Visa Portal — “Countries eligible for e-visa”: India listed, and unasterisked where several other countries carry footnote marks
Government · read 17 August 2026
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs — ASAN Visa: e-visa stay durations (30 days single, 90 days multiple), the airport-issuance list, and the Gulf residence-permit route to a visa on arrival
Government · read 17 August 2026
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs — Visa free countries: all four groups of arrangements, India absent from every one
Government · read 17 August 2026
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs — State fee: USD 20 single entry, USD 350 multiple, USD 20 transit, non-refundable on refusal, per articles 16.1.6–16.1.7 of the Law on State Fee
Government · read 17 August 2026
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs — General information about Visa: single-entry validity of up to 90 days as distinct from permitted stay, and the 15-day registration duty
Government · read 17 August 2026
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs — Documents required for visa issuance, Migration Code article 36: passport validity three months beyond the visa, two biometric photographs, medical insurance certificate unless a host pays, and no invitation needed for tourism
Government · read 17 August 2026
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs — Prohibitions and restrictions, Migration Code article 16: a five-year entry ban for misstating the purpose of a visit or violating a declared purpose on a previous stay
Government · read 17 August 2026
- Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Republic of India — ASAN Visa (e-Visa): USD 20 in three working days, USD 60 in three hours, e-visas valid for 30 days
Embassy · read 17 August 2026
- WMO World Weather Information Service — Baku, supplied by the National Hydrometeorological Department of Azerbaijan
Intergovernmental · read 17 August 2026
- WMO World Weather Information Service — Ganja, supplied by the National Hydrometeorological Department of Azerbaijan
Intergovernmental · read 17 August 2026
- WMO World Weather Information Service — Lenkaran, supplied by the National Hydrometeorological Department of Azerbaijan
Intergovernmental · read 17 August 2026
Before you book
This page covers ordinary Indian passports, for tourism only. Rules for business, study, transit and diplomatic or official passports differ and are not covered here.
Visa rules change without notice. Everything here was checked against official sources on 17 August 2026. The final decision on entry always rests with immigration officers at the border. Confirm with the embassy before booking anything non-refundable.