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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Vagharshapat
Vagharshapat climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest Apr–May · Oct
Annual mean14°day and night
Seasonal swing29°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation416 mm106 wet days a year
40.17° N, 44.29° EElevation 853 mUTC+4 · Armenia Standard Time
When to goVagharshapat · weather score
Best timeApr–May · Oct
October: high / low22° / 10°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Vagharshapat has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 36° and nights 21°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 3° and lows of -5°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 29°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 416 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. May is the wettest month (59 mm, 17 wet days) and February the driest (35 mm, 5 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 7% in August to 35% in April.
Compared with Yerevan, the capital, Vagharshapat is 0.8° warmer on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 36° · July
- Coldest nights
- -5° · January
- Wettest month
- May
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- August · 7% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 01 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 20 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 3° | 7° | 14° | 21° | 26° | 31° | 36° | 35° | 30° | 22° | 14° | 4° |
| Average low | -5° | -3° | 3° | 8° | 13° | 18° | 21° | 21° | 16° | 10° | 3° | -3° |
| Precipitation | 34 mm | 35 mm | 42 mm | 62 mm | 59 mm | 32 mm | 21 mm | 13 mm | 14 mm | 36 mm | 36 mm | 32 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 6.2 | 5.3 | 8 | 12.9 | 16.6 | 13.4 | 10 | 7.5 | 6 | 9.1 | 5.3 | 6 |
| Cloud cover | 31% | 32% | 33% | 35% | 29% | 16% | 9% | 7% | 9% | 20% | 27% | 29% |
| Daylight | 9h 37 | 10h 41 | 11h 54 | 13h 15 | 14h 23 | 15h 01 | 14h 46 | 13h 47 | 12h 30 | 11h 12 | 9h 59 | 9h 20 |
| Month score | 43 | 45 | 61 | 68 | 64 | 43 | 34 | 40 | 64 | 79 | 64 | 44 |
ivMonth by month
Vagharshapat in every month
January43
3° / -5°
34 mm · 6.2 wet days
February45
7° / -3°
35 mm · 5.3 wet days
March61
14° / 3°
42 mm · 8 wet days
April68
21° / 8°
62 mm · 12.9 wet days
May64
26° / 13°
59 mm · 16.6 wet days
June43
31° / 18°
32 mm · 13.4 wet days
July34
36° / 21°
21 mm · 10 wet days
August40
35° / 21°
13 mm · 7.5 wet days
September64
30° / 16°
14 mm · 6 wet days
October79
22° / 10°
36 mm · 9.1 wet days
November64
14° / 3°
36 mm · 5.3 wet days
December44
4° / -3°
32 mm · 6 wet days