Ararat climate — normals and trends
Ararat (Armenia) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 829 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (24.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Ararat averages 104 frost days, 45 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 124 rainy days per year.
Ararat has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 121 to 87 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.5 °C (on 12 August 2003) and the coldest -26.3 °C (on 13 January 1940).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
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- coords
- 39.85°, 44.69°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.0°C
Average daily high
16.4°C
Average daily low
6.1°C
Annual rainfall
829mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
61%
Average peak wind
9.4km/h
Seasonal range
27.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
104 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
45 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
124 d/yr
Annual snowfall
83.9 cm
Average feels-like high
15.0 °C
Average feels-like low
3.9 °C
Average peak gust
24.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
16 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
39.5 °C
12 August 2003
Coldest day
-26.3 °C
13 January 1940
Wettest day
45 mm
21 June 1978
Windiest day
31.3 km/h
15 April 1959
Strongest gust
77.0 km/h
15 April 1959
Hottest feels-like
40.1 °C
9 August 2006
Coldest feels-like
-31.2 °C
12 January 1940
Snowiest day
26.2 cm
20 February 1985
Sunniest day
14.0 h
8 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 6 mm | -47 mm |
| Feb | 2.9 °C | -0.3 °C | 53 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 14.0 °C | +4.9 °C | 66 mm | -36 mm |
| Apr | 17.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 162 mm | +28 mm |
| May | 24.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 100 mm | -28 mm |
| Jun | 28.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 5 mm | -61 mm |
| Jul | 33.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 9 mm | -24 mm |
| Aug | 34.8 °C | +4.3 °C | 4 mm | -21 mm |
| Sep | 26.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 16 mm | -17 mm |
| Oct | 21.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 34 mm | -40 mm |
| Nov | 15.3 °C | +4.6 °C | 7 mm | -57 mm |
| Dec | 5.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 94 mm | +39 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ararat?
Ararat has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 829 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ararat?
The hottest day measured in Ararat between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 2003, reaching 39.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ararat?
The coldest day measured in Ararat between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1940, at -26.3 °C.
Does it snow in Ararat?
Yes. Ararat gets on average 83.9 cm of snow per year and has around 104 frost days.
Has the climate of Ararat warmed?
Yes: Ararat warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ararat?
The wettest day measured in Ararat between 1940 and 2025 was 21 June 1978, with 45 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ararat?
The windiest day measured in Ararat between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 1959, with winds reaching 31.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ararat?
The warmest month in Ararat is July (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Ararat?
Ararat receives on average 829 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ararat?
Ararat gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ararat?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ararat between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 1985, with 26.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ararat?
Yes: Ararat has on average 16 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ararat?
In Ararat, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.1 °C on 9 August 2006, and the lowest was -31.2 °C on 12 January 1940.
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