Nakhchivan

AZUH · Nakhichevan, Azerbaijan

Climate Nakhchivan 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nakhchivan Airport (UBBN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 57.2 55 64 72 33 67
February 80.2 92 87 95 86 79
March 92.9 92 93 96 92 100
April 98.5 94 99 100 100
May 99.5 100 100 100 98
June 99.8 100 100 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.6 100 100 100 99
September 99.4 97 100 100 100
October 98.2 96 94 98 100
November 84.8 96 80 71 92
December 57.3 77 52 67 54
Average 89.8 80.6 93.2 93.4 89.5 92.6

2nd 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 74.7 83 89 78 44 86
February 87.6 99 96 97 91 86
March 97.1 99 98 100 96 100
April 99.4 98 100 100 100
May 99.8 100 100 100 100
June 99.9 100 100 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 99.8 99 100 100 100
October 99.0 98 96 99 100
November 92.5 100 89 81 96
December 76.6 92 61 88 73
Average 94.8 94.1 97.8 95.6 93.1 96.0

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 3.1 6 5 2 0 4
February 7.8 10 8 11 11 7
March 14.5 14 18 11 13 16
April 20.4 21 23 24 18
May 26.3 26 24 29 26
June 33.5 32 34 37 33
July 36.2 35 36 36 35
August 35.7 37 37 37 32
September 31.0 29 32 31 32
October 22.7 23 23 21 24
November 13.9 18 15 14 13
December 7.2 10 6 7 5
Average 19.7 10.2 21.8 21.7 21.5 20.5

2nd 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 -6.3 -2 -6 -8 -7 -5
February -4.6 -1 -4 -1 -1 -3
March 2.5 2 6 -1 1 4
April 7.0 8 8 9 6
May 11.3 11 11 13 11
June 17.4 17 19 21 16
July 21.7 21 23 22 21
August 21.4 23 23 21 19
September 16.1 17 17 16 17
October 8.8 11 11 7 9
November 2.4 5 3 2 2
December -2.8 -1 1 -5 -2
Average 7.2 -1.7 8.9 9.0 8.3 7.9

2nd 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 7.5 15 2 5 3 6
February 6.7 1 6 3 8 11
March 5.3 7 8 4 7 4
April 4.6 6 3 2 5
May 2.3 2 2 1 2
June 0.3 0 1 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.1 0 0 0 0
September 0.4 3 0 0 0
October 2.1 3 2 3 0
November 4.4 3 4 2 4
December 5.7 6 1 3 5
Average 3.5 7.7 3.0 1.8 2.0 2.7

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 4.1 5 4 4 4 5
February 5.0 6 6 5 5 7
March 6.0 5 6 8 7 7
April 6.1 6 6 6 6
May 6.1 7 7 6 7
June 6.2 6 7 7 6
July 7.0 7 9 7 5
August 7.5 7 9 6 7
September 6.3 7 6 7 6
October 5.0 5 5 6 5
November 4.3 4 4 4 5
December 4.3 4 5 5 5
Average 5.7 5.2 5.9 6.5 6.0 6.0

2nd 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 169° 208° 047° 177° 235°
February 171° 215° 195° 202° 209°
March 185° 152° 146° 174° 148°
April 180° 225° 133° 170°
May 186° 203° 122° 213°
June 181° 193° 129° 179°
July 148° 126° 125° 137°
August 144° 126° 134° 137°
September 141° 159° 141° 141°
October 216° 167° 150° 143°
November 194° 193° 191° 165°
December 178° 139° 207° 186°

Prevailing wind direction

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