Basen, in Shirak, Armenia, is home to roughly 1,200 people in the Asia/Yerevan time zone at 40.8°N latitude.
Recent weather here gives a sense of typical conditions: in 2025, Basen recorded a mean annual temperature of 46°F, ranging from 3°F lows in February to 90°F highs in July, with about 20 inches of precipitation across the year.