Vanadzor
City in Armenia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Hayq Square, Vanadzor: Emptyfear, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Vanadzor is a city in Armenia, in Lori. About 78,100 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Armenia in our atlas.
It lies at 40.81° N, 44.50° E, about 1,368 m (4,488 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Yerevan time zone.
Location
Red dot: Vanadzor. Green dots: other major cities of Armenia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Vanadzor has a continental (warm summer) climate (Köppen Dfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 25°C (78°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -10°C (14°F). Around 417 mm (16 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in May.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 616530 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q62337 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Hayq Square, Vanadzor: Emptyfear, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)