🇦🇲 Armenia
Vagharshapat
Vagharshapat is the fifth largest city in Armenia and the most populous municipal community of Armavir Province, located about 18 km (11 mi) west of the capital Yerevan, and 10 km (6 mi) north of the Turkish-Armenian border. It is commonly known as Ejmiatsin, which was its official name between 1945 and 1995. It is still commonly used colloquially and in official bureaucracy, a case of dual naming.
- Country
- 🇦🇲 Armenia
- Elevation
- 876 m
- Population
- 47,989
- Time zone
- Asia/Yerevan
- Coordinates
- 40.17, 44.30
Weather in Vagharshapat month by month
The best months to go: May · Sep · Oct
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| high | 5° | 8° | 13° | 19° | 25° | 32° | 35° | 35° | 30° | 22° | 14° | 7° |
| low | -5° | -2° | 2° | 7° | 12° | 19° | 21° | 22° | 17° | 9° | 3° | -2° |
| rain | 18 mm | 32 mm | 62 mm | 60 mm | 72 mm | 14 mm | 13 mm | 6 mm | 12 mm | 30 mm | 27 mm | 38 mm |
2019–2023 average (ERA5, Open-Meteo). Monthly rainfall total.
How far Vagharshapat is from other cities in Armenia
- Masis16 km✈ 46 min · 🚗 16 min
- Ereván19 km✈ 46 min · 🚗 19 min
- Armavir22 km✈ 47 min · 🚗 22 min
- Abovyan31 km✈ 47 min · 🚗 31 min
- Artashat32 km✈ 47 min · 🚗 32 min
- Charentsavan40 km✈ 48 min · 🚗 40 min
- Hrazdan55 km✈ 49 min · 🚗 55 min
- Artik57 km✈ 49 min · 🚗 57 min
Photo from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · Data from GeoNames, Open-Meteo.