Arzni Airport

UD21 · Kotayk, Armenia

Climate Arzni Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Zvartnots International Airport (UDYZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 31.2 38 24 43 18 41
February 56.6 72 72 65 60 59
March 80.3 86 81 81 82 77
April 93.9 90 94 98 87
May 96.4 97 96 96 93
June 99.2 98 99 98 100
July 99.2 98 100 98 99
August 99.4 100 100 98 100
September 98.9 98 97 99 100
October 89.5 89 87 85 90
November 49.2 72 53 31 58
December 26.2 38 32 30 14
Average 79.0 66.8 83.0 83.5 78.9 80.3

2nd best VFR conditions of Armenia

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 55.2 71 62 66 26 68
February 77.7 91 90 93 82 85
March 93.1 97 97 89 96 96
April 98.7 96 100 100 98
May 99.0 99 99 99 98
June 99.8 100 100 100 100
July 99.7 99 100 100 100
August 99.8 100 100 100 100
September 99.8 100 99 100 100
October 97.9 97 98 97 100
November 76.3 94 84 64 83
December 50.2 61 49 58 41
Average 89.2 87.0 92.8 92.6 87.9 91.2

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 2.9 6 5 3 -1 4
February 7.6 10 7 10 10 6
March 13.6 14 17 10 12 16
April 19.8 20 22 23 16
May 25.5 25 24 28 25
June 31.8 30 32 35 31
July 35.0 34 35 34 34
August 34.6 36 36 35 31
September 29.8 29 31 29 31
October 21.7 22 22 20 23
November 13.3 16 15 13 13
December 6.9 9 6 7 5
Average 19.0 9.8 20.8 20.8 20.3 19.7

1st highest temperature of Armenia

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 -6.0 -2 -7 -7 -8 -6
February -4.3 -1 -4 -2 -2 -3
March 2.2 2 6 -1 1 5
April 6.7 7 7 9 5
May 11.4 11 10 13 10
June 16.8 16 17 18 16
July 20.2 20 21 20 20
August 20.2 22 22 20 17
September 14.5 15 14 14 17
October 7.3 8 9 6 8
November 1.2 3 1 2 1
December -2.3 -2 2 -5 -2
Average 6.5 -1.7 8.0 8.0 7.3 7.2

2nd lowest temperature of Armenia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.5 18 5 4 7 1
February 6.3 2 7 3 5 9
March 8.2 11 8 14 9 6
April 6.1 8 4 2 15
May 3.0 2 4 1 7
June 0.7 0 2 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.2 0 0 0 1
September 0.6 2 1 0 0
October 3.6 8 6 4 1
November 4.3 3 2 4 3
December 4.6 3 1 0 10
Average 4.2 10.4 3.3 3.4 2.3 4.1

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 1.6 2 1 2 1 2
February 2.4 3 3 3 2 3
March 3.7 3 4 5 4 3
April 3.9 4 5 5 3
May 4.0 5 5 4 4
June 4.4 4 5 5 5
July 4.8 5 6 5 5
August 4.5 5 5 5 4
September 3.1 4 3 3 3
October 2.2 2 2 3 2
November 1.7 3 2 1 2
December 1.4 1 1 2 1
Average 3.3 2.8 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.2

1st highest wind speed of Armenia

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 218° 179° 201° 233° 177°
February 137° 232° 173° 160° 201°
March 215° 173° 237° 225° 132°
April 202° 224° 157° 130°
May 173° 170° 122° 161°
June 187° 214° 106° 045°
July 082° 068° 057° 084°
August 115° 096° 137° 117°
September 162° 182° 176° 152°
October 165° 169° 196° 142°
November 182° 212° 166° 170°
December 207° 152° 170° 170°

Prevailing wind direction

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