Goris climate — normals and trends
Goris (Armenia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.9 °C and it receives 921 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 (15.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Goris averages 166 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 154 rainy days per year.
Goris has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 177 to 155 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.0 °C (on 16 August 2015) and the coldest -29.2 °C (on 3 February 1967).
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
GorisSyunik
- coords
- 39.51°, 46.34°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.9°C
Average daily high
10.3°C
Average daily low
0.1°C
Annual rainfall
921mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
9.2km/h
Seasonal range
23.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
166 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
154 d/yr
Annual snowfall
199.3 cm
Average feels-like high
8.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.7 °C
Average peak gust
30.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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
30.0 °C
16 August 2015
Coldest day
-29.2 °C
3 February 1967
Wettest day
54 mm
5 July 1963
Windiest day
27.3 km/h
14 October 1946
Strongest gust
91.1 km/h
29 March 2014
Hottest feels-like
32.2 °C
3 August 2011
Coldest feels-like
-34.1 °C
8 January 2008
Snowiest day
23.5 cm
5 November 1981
Sunniest day
14.0 h
1 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.2 °C | +5.0 °C | 6 mm | -33 mm |
| Feb | -0.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 55 mm | +6 mm |
| Mar | 9.8 °C | +6.6 °C | 45 mm | -46 mm |
| Apr | 11.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 155 mm | +38 mm |
| May | 16.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 156 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 18.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 107 mm | -16 mm |
| Jul | 22.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 25 mm | -35 mm |
| Aug | 23.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 17 mm | -34 mm |
| Sep | 17.9 °C | -0.4 °C | 69 mm | +3 mm |
| Oct | 15.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 27 mm | -44 mm |
| Nov | 11.9 °C | +5.7 °C | 6 mm | -44 mm |
| Dec | 3.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 44 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Goris?
Goris has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.9 °C and it receives 921 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Goris?
The hottest day measured in Goris between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 2015, reaching 30.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Goris?
The coldest day measured in Goris between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1967, at -29.2 °C.
Does it snow in Goris?
Yes. Goris gets on average 199.3 cm of snow per year and has around 166 frost days.
Has the climate of Goris warmed?
Yes: Goris warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Goris?
The wettest day measured in Goris between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1963, with 54 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Goris?
The windiest day measured in Goris between 1940 and 2025 was 14 October 1946, with winds reaching 27.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Goris?
The warmest month in Goris is July (15.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Goris?
Goris receives on average 921 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 154 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Goris?
Goris gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Goris?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Goris between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1981, with 23.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Goris?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Goris.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Goris?
In Goris, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.2 °C on 3 August 2011, and the lowest was -34.1 °C on 8 January 2008.
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