Gavar weather in August

In August, Gavar sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 115 mm of rain across 20.4 wet days and about 13.6 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 12 min at the start of August to 13 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Gavar's 2nd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gavar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
1st warmest
Overnight low
11°
12th coldest
Rainfall
115 mm
20.4 wet days
Daylight
13 h 36 min
6:15 AM – 7:52 PM
Cloud cover
42%
2nd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.86 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Gavar is town in Armenia.

Density
2,700/km²
people per km²
Founded
1830

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical August day in Gavar reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Gavar

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August 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

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

Gavar weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-5° / -12°4177.99.50.0
Feb-4° / -10°558.79.310.40.0
Mar / -6°9713.813.511.70.0
Apr / -1°13518.410.9130.4
May12° / 16122.92.814.22.3
Jun17° / 14920.2014.84.2
Jul19° / 11°15022.6014.64.7
Aug20° / 11°11520.4013.65.1
Sep17° / 6211.50.312.35.4
Oct11° / 6911.42.810.92.6
Nov / -5°558.77.79.80.1
Dec-3° / -10°467.58.49.20.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 29% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 21%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Gavar gets around 115 mm of rain over 20.4 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 65% and peaks near 75% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 84% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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 August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 12 min at the start of August to 13 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 72 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:01 AM to 6:30 AM, and sunset from 8:11 PM to 7:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.26:018:11
214.16:028:09
314.16:028:08
414.16:038:07
514.06:048:06
614.06:058:05
714.06:068:04
813.96:078:03
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1313.76:127:56
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.86 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.33 kWh/m² to a high of 6.71 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.86 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Gavar

In seasonPeak

In August, Gavar sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Gavar's rainy season runs March–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Gavar?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
2.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Gavar for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gavar in August

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

In August, Gavar sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 11°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Gavar in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gavar peaks around June 22 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (low).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep7Very high
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Air quality in Gavar in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Gavar is worst in May — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (December, 11 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodMay 1121 µg/m³Dec 2211 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb15Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr21Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov12Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Gavar?

Gavar sits at 40.4°N, 45.1°E, 1,953 m above sea level, in Armenia. The nearest listed city is Sevan, 26 km away.

SevanHrazdanTsaghkadzorCharentsavanAbovyanDilijanAvanNor Nork

Topography around Gavar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gavar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 126 m around an average of 1,981 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,270 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,435 m.

The land around Gavar is covered by grassland (43%), cropland (33%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, grassland (57%) and water (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (67%) within 80 km.

3 km
126 m
16 km
1,270 m
80 km
3,435 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Sevan 26 km · Hrazdan 36 km · Tsaghkadzor 39 km · Charentsavan 41 km · Abovyan 43 km · Dilijan 48 km · Avan 49 km · Nor Nork 50 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 Gavar (40.354°, 45.1239°, elevation 1,953 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).