Climate averages 1991–2020
Yerevan weather
in January.
A cold month with light precipitation: the coolest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Yerevan: daytime highs average 1.8°C and nights cool to about -6.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 26 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 40 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iğdır (49 km away). In January its highs average 4.0°C, 2.2°C warmer than Yerevan, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Armenia, Yerevan ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 3 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 3 cities is 0.1°C; Yerevan is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 3.4°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 26 mm to 32 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
Yerevan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 1.8°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 26 | 5.4 | 9.710 h |
| February | 3.4°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 32 | 6.9 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.9°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 50 | 9.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.1°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 59 | 12.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 20.4°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 39 | 9.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 15 | 3.5 | 15.015 h |
| July | 30.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 8.3 | 1.9 | 14.715 h |
| August | 30.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 5.6 | 1.3 | 13.814 h |
| September | 25.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 8.4 | 1.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.3°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 16 | 3.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.7°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 26 | 5.5 | 10.010 h |
| December | 3.8°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 29 | 6.0 | 9.49 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
- Iğdır in JanuaryTurkey · 49 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -7.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Vanadzor in JanuaryArmenia · 70 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -9.8°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Doğubayazıt in JanuaryTurkey · 79 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -10.4°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Gyumri in JanuaryArmenia · 89 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -10.9°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Kars in JanuaryTurkey · 130 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -13.7°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Naxçıvan in JanuaryAzerbaijan · 132 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -4.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Ağrı in JanuaryTurkey · 136 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -10.9°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Rustavi in JanuaryGeorgia · 159 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -3.3°C · 19 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 Yerevan) is explained once on the Yerevan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.