Kapan climate — normals and trends
Kapan (Armenia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.2 °C and it receives 978 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 (20.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Kapan averages 117 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 148 rainy days per year.
Kapan has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 133 to 101 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.5 °C (on 24 August 1999) and the coldest -23.8 °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
KapanSyunik
- coords
- 39.21°, 46.41°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.2°C
Average daily high
14.5°C
Average daily low
4.4°C
Annual rainfall
978mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
8.8km/h
Seasonal range
23.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
117 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
148 d/yr
Annual snowfall
137.6 cm
Average feels-like high
13.5 °C
Average feels-like low
2.1 °C
Average peak gust
27.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
35.5 °C
24 August 1999
Coldest day
-23.8 °C
13 January 1940
Wettest day
61 mm
5 July 1963
Windiest day
22.4 km/h
13 April 2023
Strongest gust
78.5 km/h
29 March 1944
Hottest feels-like
38.0 °C
16 August 2015
Coldest feels-like
-29.0 °C
13 January 1940
Snowiest day
25.5 cm
5 November 1973
Sunniest day
14.0 h
1 June 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 | 6.5 °C | +3.6 °C | 11 mm | -27 mm |
| Feb | 3.5 °C | -0.7 °C | 63 mm | +14 mm |
| Mar | 13.7 °C | +5.5 °C | 49 mm | -48 mm |
| Apr | 16.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 135 mm | +2 mm |
| May | 21.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 162 mm | -22 mm |
| Jun | 23.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 56 mm | -66 mm |
| Jul | 27.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 47 mm | +4 mm |
| Aug | 27.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 14 mm | -30 mm |
| Sep | 20.7 °C | -0.7 °C | 101 mm | +11 mm |
| Oct | 18.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 51 mm | -37 mm |
| Nov | 15.9 °C | +5.5 °C | 2 mm | -52 mm |
| Dec | 7.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 42 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kapan?
Kapan has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.2 °C and it receives 978 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kapan?
The hottest day measured in Kapan between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 1999, reaching 35.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kapan?
The coldest day measured in Kapan between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1940, at -23.8 °C.
Does it snow in Kapan?
Yes. Kapan gets on average 137.6 cm of snow per year and has around 117 frost days.
Has the climate of Kapan warmed?
Yes: Kapan warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kapan?
The wettest day measured in Kapan between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1963, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kapan?
The windiest day measured in Kapan between 1940 and 2025 was 13 April 2023, with winds reaching 22.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kapan?
The warmest month in Kapan is July (20.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Kapan?
Kapan receives on average 978 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 148 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kapan?
Kapan gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kapan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kapan between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1973, with 25.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kapan?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kapan.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kapan?
In Kapan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.0 °C on 16 August 2015, and the lowest was -29.0 °C on 13 January 1940.
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