Armenia
Yerevan in December
❄️ Snowy winterCold and mostly dry.
🎒 Pack: winter coat, gloves & hat
Why December scores 7.8What goes into the score
How it works- Weather comfort6.7
- !Cold (4°C highs / -5°C lows)
- ✓Comfortable humidity (dew point -4.8°C)
- ✓Mostly dry (~21 mm rain)
- Air quality8.3
- ✓Moderate (PM2.5 ~16 µg/m³)
- Seasonal hazards10.0
- ·No notable seasonal hazards
- Safety baseline7.5
- ·Increased caution
| Dec | Jun | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 7.8 Very good | 9.5 Excellent |
| Season | ❄️ Snowy winter | ☀️ Summer |
| High / low | 4° / -5° | 31° / 15° |
| Rain | 21 mm | 24 mm |
| Humidity | dew pt -5° | dew pt 9° |
| PM2.5 | 16 µg/m³ | 6 µg/m³ |
Typical-month data: NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis) 2015–2024 (modelled, not a forecast). Temperatures: Yerevan weather-station normals. Rainfall: Yerevan weather-station normals (national met service).
Holidays & crowdsDecember 2026
Long weekendThere's at least one long weekend. Domestic travel picks up and popular spots get busier over those days.
- New Year 31 Dec – 3 Jan · 4 days off in a row
National holidays only; regional holidays and school breaks aren't included. Source: holidays (open-source public-holiday calendar).
Nature calendarBlossoms, leaves & seasons in Yerevan
- Snowy daysIn DecemberTypical datesSnow likely Nov–Mar (most in Jan: ~7 days)
Average number of days with snowfall at Yerevan.
Source: Yerevan weather-station normals (national weather service, via Wikipedia climate table)
Explore YerevanEvents, sights, food & souvenirs
Check event dates locallyArmenia's capital, one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities, known for pink tuff stone buildings, views of Mount Ararat and its cafés.
No major events on our calendar for December.
Coming up later
Genocide Remembrance DayEvery year24 April every year
Commemoration with a march to the memorial.
Why go: Visitors can join respectfully.
Where: Tsitsernakaberd
VardavarDate variesChurch calendar — 14 weeks after Easter, usually July
A water festival where people splash each other.
Why go: Expect to get soaked.
Where: Across the city
Independence DayEvery year21 September every year
Armenia's national day, marking the 1991 independence referendum.
Why go: It is a public holiday, with concerts in central Yerevan.
Where: Across the city
Cascade Complex
A giant stairway with art and views of Mount Ararat.
Matenadaran
A museum and research institute holding one of the world's largest collections of ancient Armenian manuscripts.
Republic Square
The main square with singing fountains.
Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial
A memorial and museum to the Armenian Genocide.
Garni Temple and Geghard Monastery
A Greco-Roman temple and a rock-cut monastery, an easy day trip.
Khor Virap
A monastery near the Turkish border with views of Mount Ararat.
Khorovats
Armenian barbecue of pork, lamb or vegetables grilled on skewers.
💡 Restaurants
Lavash
A thin flatbread, inscribed on UNESCO's intangible heritage list.
💡 Everywhere
Dolma
Minced meat and rice wrapped in grape or cabbage leaves.
💡 Restaurants
Khash
A cow's foot soup eaten in winter mornings.
💡 Specialist restaurants, winter
Armenian brandy
Brandy, notably from the Yerevan Brandy Company.
💡 Ararat brandy factory tours
Armenian brandy
Bottles of aged brandy.
💡 Shops
Dried fruit and sujukh
Dried apricots and fruit, and sujukh: walnuts threaded on string and coated in thickened grape juice.
💡 GUM Market
Carpets and crafts
Rugs, woodwork, jewellery and Soviet-era curios.
💡 Vernissage open-air market, busiest at weekends