Climate averages 1991–2020
Vanadzor weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Vanadzor: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 48 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gyumri (55 km away). In August its highs average 24.6°C, 2.3°C warmer than Vanadzor, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Armenia, Vanadzor ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 3 cities is 25.8°C; Vanadzor is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 19.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 84 mm to 73 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Gyumri in AugustArmenia · 55 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Yerevan in AugustArmenia · 70 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Rustavi in AugustGeorgia · 93 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Tbilisi in AugustGeorgia · 102 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Iğdır in AugustTurkey · 105 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Kars in AugustTurkey · 121 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 12.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Doğubayazıt in AugustTurkey · 144 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Ganja in AugustAzerbaijan · 158 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.9°C · 47 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.