Climate averages 1991–2020
Gyumri weather
in December.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Gyumri: daytime highs average 0.1°C and nights cool to about -7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 19 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vanadzor (55 km away). In December its highs average 2.6°C, 2.5°C warmer than Gyumri, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Armenia, Gyumri ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 3 cities is 2.2°C; Gyumri is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.1°C to -2.0°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 34 mm to 32 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Gyumri climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.0°C-10.9°C | -10.9°C | 32 | 7.3 | 9.610 h |
| February | -0.3°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 37 | 8.0 | 10.611 h |
| March | 4.8°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 69 | 13.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.4°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 106 | 18.1 | 13.313 h |
| May | 16.5°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 119 | 20.7 | 14.414 h |
| June | 20.8°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 79 | 15.4 | 15.015 h |
| July | 24.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 57 | 12.8 | 14.815 h |
| August | 24.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 40 | 10.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 20.9°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 28 | 6.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.7°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 43 | 8.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 6.3°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 35 | 6.6 | 10.010 h |
| December, selected | 0.1°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 34 | 6.8 | 9.39 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Vanadzor in DecemberArmenia · 55 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -7.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Kars in DecemberTurkey · 68 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -9.8°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Yerevan in DecemberArmenia · 89 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -4.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Iğdır in DecemberTurkey · 98 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -5.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Rustavi in DecemberGeorgia · 128 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -2.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Tbilisi in DecemberGeorgia · 130 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -2.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Ağrı in DecemberTurkey · 138 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -7.8°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Doğubayazıt in DecemberTurkey · 140 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -6.6°C · 31 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Gyumri) is explained once on the Gyumri year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.