Climate and average weather in Jermuk

In Jermuk, the summers are mild, showery, and clear and the winters are very cold, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: early July to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Jermuk typically varies from -13°C to 21°C, and is rarely below -21°C or above 25°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Jermuk for warm-weather activities is from early July to late September.

Hottest
Aug
21°
Coldest
Jan
-13°
Wettest
May
95 mm
Driest
Sep
36 mm
Rain / yr
703 mm
143 wet days
Daylight
9.2–14.8 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
0 m
39.8°N
Clearest
Aug
30% cloud

Jermuk is city or town in Armenia.

Density
74/km²
people per km²
Founded
1250

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

Jermuk weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early July to late September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Jermuk, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.0 months, from May 29 to September 27, with daily high temperatures above 15°C. The hottest month of the year in Jermuk is August, with an average high of 21°C and low of 9°C.

The cool season lasts 3.3 months, from November 28 to March 7, with daily high temperatures below 0°C. The coldest month of the year in Jermuk is January, with an average low of -13°C and high of -5°C.

Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 12°C) in August.

-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan-5-13
Feb-3-11
Mar1-6
Apr6-2
May123
Jun177
Jul209
Aug219
Sep176
Oct111
Nov3-6
Dec-3-12

How hot and cold Jermuk really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -17°C (around January 17), with roughly 212 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 105 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-20°-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-5-5-16-13
Feb-3-3-14-11
Mar11-9-6
Apr66-4-2
May121213
Jun171767
Jul202099
Aug212189
Sep171756
Oct1111-11
Nov33-8-6
Dec-3-3-13-12

Average hourly temperature in Jermuk

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 21°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -13°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Jermuk weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-5° / -13°437.38.79.50.0
Feb-3° / -11°508.89.610.40.0
Mar / -6°82141411.70.0
Apr / -2°9216.49.5130.5
May12° / 9520.4214.22.6
Jun17° / 7015.80.114.85.0
Jul20° / 6314.3014.56.2
Aug21° / 4511.5013.66.9
Sep17° / 368.70.212.36.0
Oct11° / 4310.12.510.92.7
Nov / -6°437.97.49.80.1
Dec-3° / -12°418.199.20.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Jermuk gets about 703 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.9 months, from around Mar 6 to Jul 31, peaking in May at about 68% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 13.

May is the wettest month by volume, with 95 mm over about 20 wet days; September is the driest, with 36 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetMay 9 · 68%Jan 13 · 21%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan247
Feb329
Mar4514
Apr5516
May6520
Jun5316
Jul4614
Aug3612
Sep309
Oct3110
Nov288
Dec268

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Jermuk collects about 703 mm of rain across 143 wet days — roughly 59 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. May is the wettest month with 95 mm, while September is the driest at just 36 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 38% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec435082929570634536434341
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan4379
Feb50910
Mar821414
Apr921610
May95202
Jun70160
Jul63140
Aug45120
Sep3690
Oct43103
Nov4387
Dec4189

Snow in Jermuk

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Jermuk averages about 63 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Sep 25 to May 25 — about 8 months.

March is snowiest, with roughly 13 days of snow and an estimated 83 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 325 cm of snow.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonMar 18
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan936
Feb1061
Mar1483
Apr1049
May28
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep01
Oct37
Nov737
Dec944

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Jermuk, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 29 and lasts for 4.8 months, ending around October 21. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 91% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 22 and lasts for 7.2 months, ending around May 28. The cloudiest month is April, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 56% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 8 · 93%Apr 29 · 41%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5347
Feb4852
Mar4555
Apr4456
May5248
Jun7822
Jul8713
Aug919
Sep8614
Oct6931
Nov5941
Dec5347

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 10, brings about 14 h 48 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 12 min — a swing of roughly 5 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.58:235:51
Feb10.47:596:25
Mar11.77:176:57
Apr13.06:267:29
May14.25:487:59
Jun14.85:338:22
Jul14.55:468:20
Aug13.66:147:49
Sep12.36:446:59
Oct10.97:146:10
Nov9.87:505:35
Dec9.28:185:29

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Jermuk averages about 13 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 6 and 23 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.5 months, from around Jun 9 to Oct 22. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 21 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is May, down near 8 sunny days — about 64% fewer than the September peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantSep 723 daysMay 26 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan12Mixed
Feb9Mixed
Mar8Mixed
Apr7Gloomy
May8Gloomy
Jun14Mixed
Jul20Bright
Aug22Bright
Sep21Bright
Oct15Mixed
Nov13Mixed
Dec12Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Jermuk, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in July, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 0% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdry
Dry (%)
Jan100
Feb100
Mar100
Apr100
May100
Jun100
Jul100
Aug100
Sep100
Oct100
Nov100
Dec100

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Jermuk is steady company: average speeds sit near 6 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeMar 29 · 7 km/hJan 1 · 5 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan5calm
Feb6calm
Mar7calm
Apr7calm
May7calm
Jun7calm
Jul7calm
Aug7calm
Sep7calm
Oct6calm
Nov5calm
Dec5calm

Best time to visit Jermuk

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Jermuk throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid September, Jermuk is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Jermuk for general outdoor tourist activities is from early July to late September, with a peak score in the second week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 11 · 6.9

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.0poor
Mar0.0poor
Apr0.5poor
May2.6poor
Jun5.0fair
Jul6.2good
Aug6.9good
Sep6.0good
Oct2.7poor
Nov0.1poor
Dec0.0poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Jermuk for hot-weather activities is from mid July to late August, with a peak score in the second week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 8 · 4.5

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Jermuk, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around August (highs near 21°C), the essentials are rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near -5°C), pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Jermuk sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 9°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Jermuk by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Jermuk peaks around June 23 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 23UV 11Dec 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep7Very high
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Jermuk

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 9 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb30
Mar4.50
Apr6.52.5
May85
Jun96.5
Jul96.5
Aug8.56
Sep6.53.5
Oct50
Nov10
Dec00

Air quality in Jermuk by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Jermuk is worst in May — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMay 1522 µg/m³Dec 1610 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr20Moderate
May22Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec10Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Jermuk typically lasts about 177 days, from around April 29 to October 22 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from May 20 to September 29.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 2310%Apr 2950%May 2090%Sep 2990%Oct 2250%Nov 1710%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan131
Feb228
Mar931
Apr3030
May8219
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep982
Oct6131
Nov1430
Dec331

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Jermuk banks about 421 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

0200400600JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun59
Jul152
Aug161
Sep49
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Jermuk receives about 4.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.3 and 7.0 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 14 to Sep 22. The brightest month is June, averaging about 6.9 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.3 kWh/m² — roughly 66% less than the June peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 137.0 kWhDec 162.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.7Moderate
Feb3.7Moderate
Mar5.0Bright
Apr6.0Bright
May6.4Intense
Jun7.0Intense
Jul6.9Intense
Aug6.4Intense
Sep5.2Bright
Oct3.9Moderate
Nov2.8Moderate
Dec2.3Moderate

Where is Jermuk?

Jermuk sits at 39.8°N, 45.7°E, 0 m above sea level, in Armenia. The nearest listed city is Goris, 68 km away.

GorisNakhchivanGavarPoldashtNehramAraratShushaKapan

Topography around Jermuk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jermuk has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 536 m around an average of 2,237 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,058 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,181 m.

The land around Jermuk is covered by grassland (78%) within 3 km, grassland (90%) within 16 km, and grassland (75%) within 80 km.

3 km
536 m
16 km
2,058 m
80 km
3,181 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermoss and lichen
Nearby: Goris 68 km · Nakhchivan 74 km · Gavar 74 km · Poldasht 75 km · Nehram 82 km · Ararat 83 km · Shusha 93 km · Kapan 94 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 Jermuk (39.8395°, 45.6711°, elevation 0 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).