Climate averages 1991–2020
Vanadzor weather
in April.
A cool, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Vanadzor: daytime highs average 11.8°C and nights cool to about 1.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 137 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes April a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 16 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gyumri (55 km away). In April its highs average 11.4°C, about as warm as Vanadzor, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Armenia, Vanadzor ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 3 cities is 12.8°C; Vanadzor is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 137 mm to 168 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Vanadzor climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.5°C-9.8°C | -9.8°C | 36 | 6.8 | 9.610 h |
| February | 1.7°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 46 | 8.1 | 10.611 h |
| March | 6.1°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 91 | 13.9 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 11.8°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 137 | 19.2 | 13.313 h |
| May | 16.5°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 168 | 23.5 | 14.414 h |
| June | 19.8°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 161 | 22.2 | 15.015 h |
| July | 21.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 113 | 19.4 | 14.815 h |
| August | 22.4°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 84 | 18.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 19.3°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 73 | 12.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.0°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 65 | 11.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.0°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 48 | 7.9 | 10.010 h |
| December | 2.6°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 38 | 6.4 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Gyumri in AprilArmenia · 55 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 0.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Yerevan in AprilArmenia · 70 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 3.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Rustavi in AprilGeorgia · 93 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 6.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Tbilisi in AprilGeorgia · 102 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 5.9°C · 105 mm rain
- Iğdır in AprilTurkey · 105 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 4.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Kars in AprilTurkey · 121 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low -0.8°C · 99 mm rain
- Doğubayazıt in AprilTurkey · 144 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 2.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Ganja in AprilAzerbaijan · 158 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.6°C · 76 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 Vanadzor) is explained once on the Vanadzor year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.