Yerevan weather by month & the best time to visit

🇦🇲 Armenia · city break · semi-arid climate

The best time to visit Yerevan is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 90/100), with October and April close behind. Yerevan averages about 2,529 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 18 mm of rain in September.

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Sun hours / year

2,529

Sunniest month

September

Peak score

90/100

Rain / year

354 mm

Snow / year

≈17 cm

Midday UV at peak

8 (very high)

Population

1.1M

Elevation

855 m

When is the best time to visit Yerevan?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Yerevan is September, then October and April. The dullest month is January (0/100, 19 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Yerevan?

Yerevan gets a lot of sun: around 2,529 hours a year. 90 Sunshine Score points separate September (90) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It is the less sunny of the two destinations tracked in Armenia. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around May, carries about 43% of the annual 354 mm.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Kars Türkiye · 118 km · best in Sep · 2,919 h sun/yr
• Nakhchivan Azerbaijan · 140 km · best in Sep · 2,842 h sun/yr
• Tbilisi Georgia · 175 km · best in Sep · 2,155 h sun/yr
• Van Türkiye · 208 km · best in Aug · 3,151 h sun/yr
• Tabriz Iran · 274 km · best in Sep · 2,916 h sun/yr
• Erzurum Türkiye · 276 km · best in Jul · 3,170 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Iğdır Türkiye · 48 km · 2,808 h sun/yr · best in Sep
• Gyumri Armenia · 81 km · 2,919 h sun/yr · best in Sep
• Ağrı Türkiye · 129 km · 2,807 h sun/yr · best in Aug
• Lachin Azerbaijan · 169 km · 2,290 h sun/yr · best in Aug

Head-to-head

How Yerevan compares month by month: Yerevan vs Tbilisi · Yerevan vs Nakhchivan · Yerevan vs Kars · all comparisons