Qizilagach Air Base

AZ-0021 · Masally, Azerbaijan

Climate Qizilagach Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lankaran International Airport (UBBL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 61.8 55 70 74 52 75
February 62.5 68 66 67 44 80
March 59.0 53 69 49 60 56
April 78.8 75 92 89 60
May 87.1 78 81 87 89
June 96.2 94 100 91 100
July 96.3 94 95 93 100
August 97.4 96 98 98 96
September 85.7 86 89 83 91
October 78.3 75 68 70 92
November 64.5 80 57 64 60
December 51.1 65 14 64 40
Average 76.3 58.6 80.3 77.7 76.8 79.9

8th best VFR conditions of Azerbaijan

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 91.1 85 97 94 86 99
February 88.7 89 90 93 77 97
March 88.0 85 95 90 92 87
April 94.1 91 94 99 88
May 97.7 98 98 97 98
June 99.8 100 100 100 100
July 99.5 99 100 99 100
August 99.8 100 100 100 100
September 97.8 98 100 96 98
October 97.1 96 96 98 99
November 93.8 96 96 95 94
December 90.1 90 80 92 92
Average 94.3 86.4 96.1 96.0 94.8 96.1

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 9.2 9 8 10 10 10
February 10.7 12 10 13 10 13
March 13.2 13 17 11 12 14
April 18.0 19 20 21 15
May 24.0 23 21 25 24
June 29.6 28 30 30 31
July 31.5 30 31 31 32
August 31.3 32 32 33 29
September 26.4 26 27 26 27
October 21.2 23 21 18 22
November 15.4 20 16 15 14
December 11.4 14 8 13 9
Average 19.1 11.3 21.0 20.4 20.2 20.0

6th highest temperature of Azerbaijan

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 0.6 1 -1 -1 1 1
February 1.8 2 0 3 2 2
March 5.2 5 7 4 4 6
April 8.2 9 9 10 8
May 13.8 14 13 14 14
June 17.5 18 18 18 17
July 20.4 20 20 21 20
August 19.3 20 19 20 18
September 17.3 17 18 18 17
October 12.0 12 14 11 11
November 7.2 9 8 5 8
December 3.9 5 5 4 3
Average 9.7 2.7 10.9 11.0 10.7 10.5

6th lowest temperature of Azerbaijan

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 15.0 28 17 10 5 19
February 14.6 17 9 10 18 13
March 14.4 16 5 25 12 18
April 7.4 5 3 2 18
May 3.3 10 7 3 2
June 1.3 2 1 2 0
July 1.2 2 1 2 0
August 1.4 1 1 0 3
September 10.3 13 9 16 8
October 12.1 13 19 15 6
November 17.9 6 18 17 27
December 16.6 15 30 12 26
Average 9.9 19.5 7.4 9.5 7.8 10.6

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 4.2 4 4 4 5 4
February 4.5 4 5 5 5 6
March 5.3 5 6 6 7 5
April 5.8 6 6 6 5
May 6.1 6 6 7 7
June 6.1 6 5 7 7
July 5.9 5 6 6 7
August 5.9 5 6 6 7
September 5.2 4 5 5 6
October 4.1 4 4 5 5
November 4.0 4 4 4 4
December 3.7 4 5 4 4
Average 5.1 4.2 4.9 5.3 5.5 5.6

6th highest wind speed of Azerbaijan

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 008° 352° 016° 001° 351°
February 001° 098° 106° 126° 141°
March 127° 122° 095° 107° 102°
April 130° 133° 129° 123°
May 131° 136° 134° 132°
June 131° 128° 131° 128°
July 125° 122° 125° 132°
August 133° 114° 106° 127°
September 102° 130° 099° 119°
October 117° 004° 341° 119°
November 118° 342° 357° 334°
December 017° 322° 352° 332°

Prevailing wind direction

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