Voysil Airfield

BG-0012 · Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Climate Voysil Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Graf Ignatievo Air Base (LBPG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 64.9 78 51 81 69 73
February 69.1 81 86 75 57 82
March 69.4 53 82 73 74 67
April 82.8 88 84 79 83
May 90.6 80 88 92 96
June 93.2 98 89 95 97
July 96.7 99 100 96 98
August 97.8 98 98 96 97
September 96.5 97 96 96 100
October 83.4 95 97 70 89
November 49.1 77 49 41 67
December 52.0 66 38 61 25
Average 77.7 69.9 86.3 84.2 79.8 83.7

8th best VFR conditions of Bulgaria

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 77.0 88 74 84 78 80
February 82.8 95 94 85 67 92
March 82.5 77 86 84 86 78
April 91.8 96 93 89 89
May 97.0 99 96 95 99
June 97.6 100 98 98 99
July 99.1 99 100 98 100
August 99.4 99 100 99 99
September 98.8 99 100 100 100
October 90.6 98 100 77 93
November 68.2 90 70 62 84
December 67.5 82 67 78 37
Average 87.6 86.3 93.5 91.7 87.3 89.3

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 7.8 8 10 8 7 9
February 11.0 15 12 11 11 13
March 13.4 15 15 10 12 15
April 18.3 17 19 16 18
May 23.9 19 25 24 23
June 28.4 28 29 28 28
July 31.7 34 32 33 31
August 32.5 33 32 33 32
September 27.3 28 26 25 29
October 21.2 24 21 16 22
November 13.4 14 15 12 13
December 8.2 10 9 8 9
Average 17.3 12.4 20.2 20.0 18.6 19.9

4th highest temperature of Bulgaria

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 -2.2 -2 2 -2 -1 -4
February -1.5 3 -1 -1 -1 -1
March 1.4 5 2 -2 -1 2
April 4.9 6 5 4 3
May 9.7 9 10 9 10
June 14.5 15 15 14 14
July 16.7 18 16 17 16
August 16.6 18 18 17 16
September 12.4 15 11 12 13
October 7.4 9 7 7 9
November 4.0 5 5 3 1
December -1.8 0 3 -1 2
Average 5.3 1.7 8.0 7.2 6.5 6.7

4th lowest temperature of Bulgaria

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.4 9 13 10 16 2
February 7.8 2 3 10 4 8
March 9.4 12 2 9 12 18
April 8.1 5 11 9 14
May 3.5 3 4 4 6
June 3.4 3 5 2 3
July 1.0 3 0 0 0
August 1.0 1 4 0 1
September 2.0 4 2 2 1
October 6.5 1 2 23 7
November 11.5 8 15 4 6
December 9.7 8 9 14 15
Average 6.1 7.9 4.1 6.0 6.8 6.3

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 6.8 7 7 9 7 6
February 6.9 7 9 6 6 8
March 6.5 6 8 6 7 6
April 6.5 8 7 7 6
May 6.7 7 6 7 7
June 6.3 6 6 6 7
July 6.4 7 6 7 6
August 5.9 7 6 6 6
September 5.9 5 6 6 6
October 5.2 5 5 5 6
November 5.0 8 5 5 3
December 5.8 5 5 7 4
Average 6.2 6.4 6.6 6.3 6.3 6.1

4th highest wind speed of Bulgaria

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 255° 214° 264° 263° 267°
February 254° 262° 265° 248° 260°
March 204° 251° 264° 254° 187°
April 238° 201° 212° 166°
May 103° 202° 259° 260°
June 131° 240° 291° 266°
July 294° 247° 164° 169°
August 130° 270° 144° 143°
September 159° 260° 270° 156°
October 214° 255° 153° 249°
November 266° 224° 245° 150°
December 252° 184° 255° 142°

Prevailing wind direction

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