Vagharshapat climate — normals and trends
Vagharshapat (Armenia) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 358 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 (23.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Vagharshapat averages 122 frost days, 42 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 81 rainy days per year.
Vagharshapat has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 137 to 107 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.6 °C (on 5 August 2025) and the coldest -25.5 °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
VagharshapatArmavir
- coords
- 40.17°, 44.29°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.8°C
Average daily high
15.5°C
Average daily low
4.9°C
Annual rainfall
358mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
59%
Average peak wind
8.4km/h
Seasonal range
28.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
122 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
42 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
81 d/yr
Annual snowfall
67.7 cm
Average feels-like high
13.8 °C
Average feels-like low
2.5 °C
Average peak gust
24.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
8 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
38.6 °C
5 August 2025
Coldest day
-25.5 °C
3 February 1967
Wettest day
34 mm
12 October 1948
Windiest day
28.4 km/h
15 April 1959
Strongest gust
74.2 km/h
15 April 1959
Hottest feels-like
38.7 °C
12 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-30.1 °C
3 February 1967
Snowiest day
15.8 cm
14 December 2016
Sunniest day
14.0 h
2 July 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 8 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | 1.8 °C | -0.1 °C | 29 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 12.8 °C | +5.2 °C | 26 mm | -26 mm |
| Apr | 15.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 61 mm | +1 mm |
| May | 22.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 41 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 27.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 13 mm | -8 mm |
| Jul | 32.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 12 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 33.9 °C | +3.7 °C | 1 mm | -8 mm |
| Sep | 25.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 13 mm | +3 mm |
| Oct | 18.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 12 mm | -12 mm |
| Nov | 13.8 °C | +4.4 °C | 5 mm | -24 mm |
| Dec | 4.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 50 mm | +20 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vagharshapat?
Vagharshapat has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 358 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vagharshapat?
The hottest day measured in Vagharshapat between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2025, reaching 38.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vagharshapat?
The coldest day measured in Vagharshapat between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1967, at -25.5 °C.
Does it snow in Vagharshapat?
Yes. Vagharshapat gets on average 67.7 cm of snow per year and has around 122 frost days.
Has the climate of Vagharshapat warmed?
Yes: Vagharshapat warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vagharshapat?
The wettest day measured in Vagharshapat between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 1948, with 34 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vagharshapat?
The windiest day measured in Vagharshapat between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 1959, with winds reaching 28.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vagharshapat?
The warmest month in Vagharshapat is July (23.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Vagharshapat?
Vagharshapat receives on average 358 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 81 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vagharshapat?
Vagharshapat 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 Vagharshapat?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vagharshapat between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 2016, with 15.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vagharshapat?
Yes: Vagharshapat has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vagharshapat?
In Vagharshapat, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.7 °C on 12 July 2018, and the lowest was -30.1 °C on 3 February 1967.
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