Izberbash is a small city of some 60,000 people (2020) on the coast of the Caspian Sea in Dagestan between Makhachkala and Derbent. It is known as a city of oil workers, but it is developing into a resort and recreation center on the shores of the Caspian Sea.
The climate is strongly influenced by the Caspian Sea, due to which autumn is long and warm, and spring comes with a delay. Winters are mild, snow lasts only two weeks a year, the coldest month is usually February. The sea does not freeze (the average water surface temperature in February here is +3.5 °C), however, ice floes from the northern Caspian are driven to the shores of the wind, especially numerous in severe winters. Summer is long and hot.
It is 56 km (35 mi) southeast of Makhachkala.
There are two marshrutkas daily from Makhachala and Derbent.
See also: Dagestan#Stay safe
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