Gjirokastër Airfield

AL-0010 · Gjirokastër, Albania

Climate Gjirokastër Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ioannis Kapodistrias International Airport (LGKR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 83.7 88 70 92 84 88
February 85.9 85 95 82 86 87
March 91.6 93 82 96 94 92
April 91.7 85 90 96 94
May 96.5 96 96 98 100
June 97.6 99 96 100 96
July 99.6 100 100 100 100
August 99.1 99 100 97 99
September 96.6 98 90 99 94
October 91.1 92 93 80 92
November 83.9 71 82 90 99
December 80.5 82 75 78 77
Average 92.0 88.6 90.3 92.2 92.7 93.8

22nd best VFR conditions of Greece

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 98.5 100 100 100 100 100
February 98.3 98 99 98 98 98
March 99.1 100 100 100 100 99
April 98.8 100 100 100 99
May 99.5 99 99 100 100
June 99.8 100 100 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.8 100 100 100 100
September 99.7 100 99 100 99
October 99.1 100 99 97 99
November 98.5 99 98 99 100
December 98.3 100 97 100 98
Average 99.2 99.4 99.7 99.4 99.4 99.3

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 14.4 15 15 14 15 16
February 15.9 17 15 15 17 17
March 17.5 18 17 15 17 18
April 20.5 19 20 19 20
May 24.6 24 26 25 26
June 29.7 29 32 30 27
July 33.1 34 35 34 33
August 33.4 33 33 34 33
September 29.1 30 28 29 30
October 24.7 27 24 22 25
November 20.3 20 20 21 22
December 16.5 17 18 15 18
Average 22.5 16.8 23.2 23.5 23.1 23.6

7th highest temperature of Greece

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 5.6 7 7 5 8 4
February 6.8 8 6 6 7 6
March 8.1 10 9 5 7 8
April 10.6 10 11 10 10
May 14.8 15 15 15 15
June 19.4 20 21 18 18
July 21.6 22 22 22 21
August 22.2 22 23 23 22
September 19.0 20 19 18 19
October 15.0 18 14 14 15
November 12.0 12 12 14 11
December 8.4 9 12 7 10
Average 13.0 8.3 14.0 13.8 13.5 13.2

14th lowest temperature of Greece

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.5 11 11 6 17 6
February 8.8 6 0 9 9 5
March 6.4 7 5 7 5 7
April 5.1 8 4 3 6
May 4.7 13 3 2 2
June 2.0 2 1 0 3
July 0.4 0 0 0 0
August 0.5 1 0 0 1
September 2.9 5 2 4 6
October 4.6 4 4 13 3
November 11.2 12 6 11 6
December 11.7 5 18 16 18
Average 5.5 7.9 5.3 4.1 5.6 4.7

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 5.9 5 6 5 9 5
February 6.3 6 5 7 6 7
March 6.3 6 6 6 7 6
April 6.0 7 7 6 5
May 5.6 5 5 6 6
June 5.1 4 5 6 5
July 5.2 5 6 6 1
August 4.8 5 6 6 0
September 5.0 4 7 5 1
October 4.8 6 4 5 5
November 6.4 7 6 7 3
December 5.9 3 7 6 7
Average 5.6 5.7 5.2 5.7 5.9 4.2

7th highest wind speed of Greece

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 139° 151° 093° 193° 143°
February 147° 123° 135° 170° 162°
March 146° 150° 170° 258° 157°
April 201° 180° 219° 175°
May 148° 145° 248° 213°
June 197° 197° 249° 275°
July 249° 264° 254° 001°
August 242° 238° 228° 141°
September 173° 202° 204° 154°
October 153° 200° 135° 153°
November 193° 139° 155° 123°
December 166° 143° 154° 150°

Prevailing wind direction

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