Yerevan climate
Yerevan is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -6.6 °C. April is the wettest month (61 mm) and August the driest (6.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Yerevan averages 335 mm of rain, 105 days above 25 °C and 120 days below freezing.
Armenia · population 1,144,700 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month August 31 °C
- Coldest month January -6.6 °C
- Driest month August 7 mm
- Wettest month April 61 mm
- Least cloud August 21 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 40 °C
- Coldest on record January -22 °C
What to expectYerevan through the year
Yerevan has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 2.0 °C in January to 31 °C in August, a swing of 27 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 105 days a year reach 25 °C, 46 of them reach 30 °C, 120 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in July.
Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 61 mm against 7 mm in August — 9.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.0 °C | 27 mm | 49 % |
| February | 3.6 °C | 32 mm | 49 % |
| March | 9.3 °C | 50 mm | 53 % |
| April | 15.5 °C | 61 mm | 55 % |
| May | 20.8 °C | 46 mm | 51 % |
| June | 26.8 °C | 17 mm | 33 % |
| July | 30.7 °C | 10 mm | 24 % |
| August | 30.9 °C | 7 mm | 21 % |
| September | 25.7 °C | 10 mm | 23 % |
| October | 18.6 °C | 19 mm | 37 % |
| November | 10.0 °C | 27 mm | 43 % |
| December | 4.0 °C | 30 mm | 48 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.0 °C | -6.6 °C | -2.7 °C | 11.4 °C | -22.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| February | 3.6 °C | -5.4 °C | -1.0 °C | 13.5 °C | -20.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| March | 9.3 °C | -1.1 °C | 4.1 °C | 25.3 °C | -14.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| April | 15.5 °C | 3.8 °C | 9.8 °C | 27.6 °C | -8.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| May | 20.8 °C | 8.6 °C | 15.0 °C | 31.5 °C | 0.1 °C | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 26.8 °C | 13.6 °C | 20.5 °C | 37.1 °C | 5.5 °C | 21 | 5 | 0 |
| July | 30.7 °C | 17.5 °C | 24.3 °C | 40.3 °C | 9.2 °C | 30 | 18 | 0 |
| August | 30.9 °C | 17.7 °C | 24.2 °C | 39.4 °C | 10.8 °C | 30 | 19 | 0 |
| September | 25.7 °C | 13.1 °C | 19.3 °C | 36.9 °C | 1.9 °C | 19 | 4 | 0 |
| October | 18.6 °C | 7.2 °C | 12.6 °C | 28.7 °C | -2.8 °C | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| November | 10.0 °C | -0.1 °C | 4.5 °C | 22.0 °C | -16.1 °C | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| December | 4.0 °C | -4.6 °C | -0.8 °C | 15.8 °C | -21.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 27 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27 mm | 6 | 9.6 h/day | 49 % | 65 % | 7.5 km/h |
| February | 32 mm | 7 | 11 h/day | 49 % | 65 % | 8.3 km/h |
| March | 50 mm | 10 | 12 h/day | 53 % | 65 % | 9.7 km/h |
| April | 61 mm | 12 | 13 h/day | 55 % | 65 % | 11 km/h |
| May | 46 mm | 10 | 14 h/day | 51 % | 62 % | 12 km/h |
| June | 17 mm | 4 | 15 h/day | 33 % | 51 % | 13 km/h |
| July | 10 mm | 2 | 15 h/day | 24 % | 49 % | 13 km/h |
| August | 7 mm | 1 | 14 h/day | 21 % | 47 % | 13 km/h |
| September | 10 mm | 2 | 12 h/day | 23 % | 49 % | 11 km/h |
| October | 19 mm | 4 | 11 h/day | 37 % | 58 % | 9.5 km/h |
| November | 27 mm | 6 | 10.0 h/day | 43 % | 66 % | 7.8 km/h |
| December | 30 mm | 6 | 9.3 h/day | 48 % | 67 % | 7.1 km/h |
How Yerevan compares
The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.
| Destination | Summer high | Winter low | Rain per year | Days above 25 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yerevan | 31 °C | -6.6 °C | 335 mm | 105 |
| Ganja · Azerbaijan | 29 °C | -2.8 °C | 557 mm | 91 |
| Tbilisi · Georgia | 30 °C | -4.1 °C | 681 mm | 96 |
| Khūy · Iran | 33 °C | -6.3 °C | 371 mm | 129 |
| Van · Turkey | 29 °C | -8.5 °C | 400 mm | 79 |
Where Yerevan ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in Asia in June | 11th of 50 | 92/100 |
| Places with the best weather in Asia in September | 39th of 50 | 94/100 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Yerevan.
QuestionsCommon questions about Yerevan’s climate
When is the best time to visit Yerevan?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Yerevan get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 46 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -6.6 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 120 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Yerevan?
April, averaging 61 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is August with 7 mm. The year as a whole averages 335 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Yerevan rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Data point
- 40.178°, 44.513° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.