Climate averages 1991–2020
Vanadzor weather
in January.
A cold month with light precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Vanadzor: daytime highs average 0.5°C and nights cool to about -9.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 36 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 36 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gyumri (55 km away). In January its highs average -2.0°C, 2.5°C cooler than Vanadzor, with 32 mm of precipitation.
Among the 3 cities listed in Armenia, Vanadzor ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 3 cities is 0.1°C; Vanadzor is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 1.7°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 36 mm to 46 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Gyumri in JanuaryArmenia · 55 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -10.9°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Yerevan in JanuaryArmenia · 70 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -6.8°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Rustavi in JanuaryGeorgia · 93 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -3.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Tbilisi in JanuaryGeorgia · 102 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -3.8°C · 25 mm rain
- Iğdır in JanuaryTurkey · 105 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -7.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Kars in JanuaryTurkey · 121 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -13.7°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Doğubayazıt in JanuaryTurkey · 144 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -10.4°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Ganja in JanuaryAzerbaijan · 158 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -2.7°C · 20 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.