University Trauma Hospital Heliport

AL-0005 · Tirana, Albania

Climate University Trauma Hospital Heliport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa (LATI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 93.1 95 94 98 94 88
February 94.6 97 96 95 92 96
March 96.3 96 97 99 95 97
April 96.9 99 98 98 99
May 97.2 97 99 100 100
June 98.7 99 99 100 99
July 99.4 100 100 100 100
August 99.1 100 99 100 100
September 99.0 99 99 100 99
October 96.4 95 94 100 96
November 95.7 94 95 97 98
December 93.5 91 94 91 94
Average 96.8 96.0 97.0 97.7 97.5 97.6

1st best VFR conditions of Albania

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 98.4 100 99 99 98 97
February 98.8 99 99 99 97 100
March 99.0 99 98 100 99 100
April 99.6 100 100 100 100
May 99.3 99 100 100 100
June 99.7 100 100 100 100
July 99.7 100 100 100 100
August 99.8 100 100 100 100
September 99.8 100 100 100 100
October 98.8 99 97 100 99
November 98.7 97 99 100 99
December 98.4 97 99 99 99
Average 99.2 99.2 99.0 99.5 99.3 99.4

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.7 15 15 13 12 14
February 15.3 18 15 15 15 16
March 17.6 19 18 15 15 18
April 20.5 19 20 19 21
May 24.9 25 27 25 26
June 30.0 29 32 31 27
July 33.1 34 34 34 33
August 33.8 33 33 34 34
September 29.3 31 28 29 31
October 24.6 27 25 23 23
November 19.1 19 20 20 20
December 14.7 16 17 13 16
Average 22.2 17.0 23.2 23.4 22.5 23.0

1st highest temperature of Albania

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.1 3 3 0 4 0
February 2.7 3 1 2 3 3
March 4.9 7 6 1 3 5
April 7.5 6 8 6 7
May 12.5 13 13 12 12
June 17.3 17 19 16 16
July 18.7 20 19 19 18
August 19.1 19 19 19 19
September 15.3 16 15 15 16
October 10.6 13 10 10 11
November 7.6 8 8 9 5
December 3.8 5 8 3 6
Average 9.4 4.2 10.5 10.1 9.8 9.7

2nd lowest temperature of Albania

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.6 9 11 4 16 6
February 9.1 3 1 10 12 7
March 7.8 7 10 6 9 8
April 6.9 7 6 12 10
May 5.6 8 4 2 3
June 2.4 3 1 0 3
July 0.6 0 0 1 0
August 0.8 2 2 1 1
September 1.9 2 4 0 4
October 4.4 4 9 5 7
November 11.2 15 12 9 0
December 11.4 6 14 17 16
Average 5.6 6.1 5.3 5.2 6.1 4.8

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.9 5 5 5 5 4
February 5.5 5 5 5 6 6
March 5.8 6 6 6 6 5
April 5.2 6 6 5 5
May 4.9 5 5 5 6
June 4.8 5 5 5 5
July 5.3 5 6 6 5
August 5.1 5 5 6 5
September 5.0 6 5 5 5
October 4.3 5 4 4 4
November 4.4 6 5 4 3
December 4.7 4 5 6 5
Average 5.1 5.4 5.1 5.2 5.3 4.9

1st highest wind speed of Albania

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 184° 167° 320° 161° 353°
February 188° 333° 317° 004° 300°
March 236° 275° 009° 313° 270°
April 282° 259° 276° 307°
May 266° 306° 258° 310°
June 308° 321° 303° 306°
July 308° 325° 308° 333°
August 306° 320° 292° 321°
September 345° 254° 303° 311°
October 273° 308° 347° 219°
November 168° 157° 166° 326°
December 184° 158° 145° 159°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.