Armavir weather in May

In May, Armavir sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 35 mm of rain across 9.6 wet days and about 14.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 42 min at the start of May to 14 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Armavir's 10th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Armavir's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
5th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Rainfall
35 mm
9.6 wet days
Daylight
14 h 12 min
5:54 AM – 8:07 PM
Cloud cover
50%
10th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
6.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Armavir is city in Armenia.

Density
3,490/km²
people per km²
Founded
1931

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Armavir reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 6°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Armavir

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Armavir weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -7°214.74.59.50.0
Feb / -6°256.35.310.40.1
Mar10° / -0°409.2311.72.2
Apr16° / 5011.40.4134.8
May21° / 10°359.6014.26.8
Jun27° / 14°143.8014.87.6
Jul31° / 18°71.7014.65.8
Aug31° / 17°40.9013.66.0
Sep26° / 12°71.6012.38.5
Oct19° / 153.5010.97.2
Nov10° / 224.91.29.82.6
Dec / -5°2353.89.20.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15347
25347
35446
45347
55446
65446
75545
85545
95743
105842
115842
126040
136139
146238
156337
166535
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206931
217030
227030
237228
247228
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267426
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307822
318020

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Armavir gets around 35 mm of rain over 9.6 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 31% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
139
238
338
438
537
637
737
837
936
1036
1136
1235
1335
1434
1534
1633
1732
1831
1930
2029
2128
2227
2326
2425
2524
2623
2722
2821
2920
3019
3119

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
1100
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31100

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 42 min at the start of May to 14 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:11 AM to 5:43 AM, and sunset from 7:51 PM to 8:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.76:117:51
213.76:097:52
313.86:087:54
413.86:077:55
513.86:067:56
613.96:047:57
713.96:037:58
813.96:027:59
914.06:018:00
1014.06:008:01
1114.05:598:02
1214.15:588:03
1314.15:578:04
1414.25:568:05
1514.25:558:06
1614.25:548:07
1714.25:538:08
1814.35:528:08
1914.35:518:09
2014.35:508:10
2114.45:498:11
2214.45:488:12
2314.45:488:13
2414.45:478:14
2514.55:468:15
2614.55:468:16
2714.55:458:17
2814.55:448:17
2914.65:448:18
3014.65:438:19
3114.65:438:20

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.13 kWh/m² to a high of 7.43 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 6.63 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
26.2Intense
36.2Intense
46.2Intense
56.3Intense
66.3Intense
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96.4Intense
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126.5Intense
136.5Intense
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257.0Intense
267.0Intense
277.0Intense
287.1Intense
297.1Intense
307.1Intense
317.2Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Armavir?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.8
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Armavir for sightseeing.

What to pack for Armavir in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Armavir sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

sun protectionrain gear

UV index in Armavir in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Armavir peaks around June 22 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highVery highVery highModerateJun 22UV 10Dec 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep7Very high
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Air quality in Armavir in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Armavir is worst in April — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateApr 2223 µg/m³Sep 1515 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb19Moderate
Mar21Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec16Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Armavir?

Armavir sits at 40.2°N, 44.0°E, 878 m above sea level, in Armenia. The nearest listed city is Echmiadzin, 22 km away.

EchmiadzinIğdırAshtarakMalatia-SebastiaMasisAjapnyakShengavitDavtashen

Topography around Armavir

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Armavir.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Armavir has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 76 m around an average of 868 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 485 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,296 m.

The land around Armavir is covered by cropland (35%) and artificial surfaces (33%) within 3 km, grassland (37%) and cropland (37%) within 16 km, and grassland (68%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
76 m
16 km
485 m
80 km
4,296 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Echmiadzin 22 km · Iğdır 26 km · Ashtarak 32 km · Malatia-Sebastia 35 km · Masis 35 km · Ajapnyak 37 km · Shengavit 37 km · Davtashen 38 km

Armenia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 38% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$9,474
2025
Happiness
5.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
82%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.2
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
20
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 515
Religion
Armenian Apostolic 95%not stated 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Armavir (40.1555°, 44.0388°, elevation 878 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).