Ashtarak weather in May

In May, Ashtarak sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 44 mm of rain across 10.6 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 18°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% 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 Ashtarak's 10th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ashtarak's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
5th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Rainfall
44 mm
10.6 wet days
Daylight
14 h 12 min
5:52 AM – 8:06 PM
Cloud cover
50%
10th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
6.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Ashtarak is city in Armenia.

Density
2,347/km²
people per km²
Founded
~801 CE

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 18°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ashtarak 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 16°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 6°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Ashtarak

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.

Ashtarak 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°275.659.50.0
Feb / -6°327.26.510.40.0
Mar / -1°5010.44.611.71.7
Apr15° / 6212.80.8134.3
May21° / 10°4410.6014.26.5
Jun27° / 15°184.4014.87.7
Jul31° / 18°102.4014.66.0
Aug31° / 18°71.7013.66.1
Sep26° / 13°112.4012.38.5
Oct18° / 205010.96.8
Nov10° / 275.81.79.82.4
Dec / -5°306.24.79.20.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15446
25347
35446
45446
55446
65545
75545
85545
95743
105743
115842
125941
136139
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ashtarak gets around 44 mm of rain over 10.6 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 34% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
143
243
343
443
543
642
742
841
941
1040
1139
1238
1338
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1536
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1833
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2130
2229
2328
2427
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2824
2923
3023
3122

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 (%)
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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 5 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 6:09 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 7:50 PM to 8:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.76:097:50
213.76:087:51
313.86:067:53
413.86:057:54
513.86:047:55
613.96:037:56
713.96:027:57
814.06:007:58
914.05:597:59
1014.05:588:00
1114.15:578:01
1214.15:568:02
1314.15:558:03
1414.25:548:04
1514.25:538:05
1614.25:528:06
1714.35:518:07
1814.35:508:08
1914.35:498:08
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.18 kWh/m² to a high of 7.39 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 6.64 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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317.2Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Ashtarak?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Ashtarak for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ashtarak in May

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

In May, Ashtarak sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

sun protectionrain gear

UV index in Ashtarak in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

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

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highModerateJun 22UV 10Dec 22UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep7Very high
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Air quality in Ashtarak 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 Ashtarak 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 Ashtarak?

Ashtarak sits at 40.3°N, 44.4°E, 1,140 m above sea level, in Armenia. The nearest listed city is Davtashen, 14 km away.

Malatia-SebastiaEchmiadzinArabkirKanaker-ZeytunKentronYerevan

Topography around Ashtarak

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ashtarak has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 306 m around an average of 1,175 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,742 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,300 m.

The land around Ashtarak is covered by grassland (66%) within 3 km, grassland (64%) within 16 km, and grassland (66%) within 80 km.

3 km
306 m
16 km
1,742 m
80 km
4,300 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Davtashen 14 km · Ajapnyak 14 km · Malatia-Sebastia 15 km · Echmiadzin 16 km · Arabkir 16 km · Kanaker-Zeytun 17 km · Kentron 18 km · Yerevan 19 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 Ashtarak (40.2976°, 44.3615°, elevation 1,140 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).