Climate averages 1991–2020
Vanadzor weather
in March.
A cold, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Vanadzor: daytime highs average 6.1°C and nights cool to about -3.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gyumri (55 km away). In March its highs average 4.8°C, 1.4°C cooler than Vanadzor, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Armenia, Vanadzor ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 3 cities is 6.6°C; Vanadzor is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 11.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 91 mm to 137 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Gyumri in MarchArmenia · 55 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -4.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Yerevan in MarchArmenia · 70 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -1.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Rustavi in MarchGeorgia · 93 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 1.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Tbilisi in MarchGeorgia · 102 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 0.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Iğdır in MarchTurkey · 105 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low -0.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Kars in MarchTurkey · 121 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -6.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Doğubayazıt in MarchTurkey · 144 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -2.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Ganja in MarchAzerbaijan · 158 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.7°C · 50 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.