Variseia Border Post helipad

CY-0017 · Nicosia, Cyprus

Climate Variseia Border Post helipad 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Paphos International Airport (LCPH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 91.8 93 98 89 96 92
February 93.8 96 97 95 97 91
March 91.4 94 91 97 92 95
April 92.8 95 90 93 93
May 95.1 94 90 98 97
June 95.4 95 98 97 93
July 96.0 99 100 93 92
August 96.1 97 97 99 96
September 98.1 100 99 98 98
October 96.5 99 95 99 100
November 96.7 94 99 96 98
December 95.2 97 100 91 98
Average 94.8 94.3 96.1 95.4 95.7 95.1

4th best VFR conditions of Cyprus

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 98.0 100 99 97 100 98
February 98.7 100 98 99 99 99
March 97.8 100 100 99 100 100
April 99.2 100 98 100 99
May 99.1 99 99 99 100
June 99.3 100 100 100 99
July 99.1 100 100 98 99
August 99.7 100 99 100 100
September 99.8 100 100 100 100
October 99.3 100 99 100 100
November 99.3 98 100 100 100
December 98.5 99 100 97 100
Average 99.1 99.9 99.3 99.1 99.2 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 17.5 19 19 16 19 17
February 17.9 19 17 18 19 17
March 19.2 21 20 17 19 19
April 21.9 21 23 22 21
May 25.6 25 25 26 26
June 28.0 28 28 28 27
July 31.1 32 31 31 31
August 31.4 32 31 33 32
September 30.0 31 30 30 31
October 27.5 28 27 27 29
November 23.9 24 23 25 24
December 20.1 21 22 19 21
Average 23.9 19.3 24.8 24.1 24.7 24.6

4th highest temperature of Cyprus

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 9.3 11 10 9 11 9
February 8.9 10 7 10 8 9
March 10.1 12 11 8 10 10
April 12.0 13 13 12 11
May 16.3 17 17 17 16
June 19.4 20 21 20 18
July 22.2 24 23 24 21
August 22.7 24 23 24 22
September 20.8 21 22 21 21
October 17.9 19 19 18 17
November 14.6 16 14 15 14
December 11.5 13 13 11 12
Average 14.9 11.0 16.3 15.9 15.8 14.9

3rd lowest temperature of Cyprus

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.6 6 7 8 4 10
February 3.0 2 4 2 3 6
March 2.5 0 3 5 2 4
April 1.2 2 0 1 2
May 0.4 1 1 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.8 1 1 1 0
November 1.1 1 1 0 3
December 3.9 0 3 5 3
Average 1.6 2.5 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.9

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 8.5 8 7 9 9 8
February 8.1 7 8 8 8 8
March 9.0 9 9 9 11 10
April 8.6 8 9 9 9
May 8.8 9 9 9 9
June 8.8 8 9 8 10
July 8.7 8 9 10 8
August 8.9 10 9 8 9
September 9.1 8 9 9 9
October 8.2 7 8 8 8
November 7.5 8 7 7 7
December 7.5 8 6 9 7
Average 8.5 8.3 8.2 8.5 8.8 8.6

4th highest wind speed of Cyprus

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 291° 047° 307° 272° 324°
February 296° 317° 293° 306° 268°
March 289° 291° 311° 269° 275°
April 292° 302° 276° 269°
May 282° 300° 270° 275°
June 284° 293° 266° 273°
July 290° 297° 272° 266°
August 302° 291° 267° 267°
September 296° 302° 283° 275°
October 300° 308° 305° 283°
November 298° 307° 228° 343°
December 319° 087° 330° 093°

Prevailing wind direction

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