Climate averages 1991–2020
Yerevan weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Yerevan: daytime highs average 20.4°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 23 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iğdır (49 km away). In May its highs average 22.6°C, 2.2°C warmer than Yerevan, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Armenia, Yerevan ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 3 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 3 cities is 17.8°C; Yerevan is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Iğdır in MayTurkey · 49 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 9.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Vanadzor in MayArmenia · 70 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 6.6°C · 168 mm rain
- Doğubayazıt in MayTurkey · 79 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 7.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Gyumri in MayArmenia · 89 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 5.1°C · 119 mm rain
- Kars in MayTurkey · 130 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 126 mm rain
- Naxçıvan in MayAzerbaijan · 132 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 12.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Ağrı in MayTurkey · 136 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 5.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Rustavi in MayGeorgia · 159 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.9°C · 45 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.