Climate Kutaisi West Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport (UGKO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	86.8	78	94	78	92	90
February	85.8	80	74	90	93	84
March	87.2	91	75	80	90	90
April	90.4		83	92	86	94
May	88.3		77	88	86	95
June	91.7		83	80	94	97
July	92.3		92	83	97	96
August	95.0		88	99	96	97
September	93.9		98	93	89	94
October	93.4		92	90	96	97
November	92.4		86	96	91	96
December	91.4		85	96	92	93
Average	90.0	83.5	85.4	88.0	91.8	93.8

2nd best VFR conditions of Georgia

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	94.6	94	98	90	96	98
February	94.2	94	90	95	98	93
March	96.8	98	96	94	98	96
April	96.9		95	98	97	97
May	97.3		95	99	97	97
June	98.3		97	98	99	99
July	97.7		99	98	98	98
August	98.5		99	100	99	99
September	97.3		100	97	95	98
October	97.8		99	97	99	98
November	97.3		97	99	96	98
December	96.3		94	98	97	98
Average	96.9	95.6	96.6	96.9	97.4	97.4

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	10.7	10	12	8	14	10
February	11.9	14	8	12	13	11
March	14.8	15	15	9	13	18
April	20.0		20	21	19	19
May	23.9		22	21	25	24
June	28.3		26	26	27	31
July	29.4		28	27	31	32
August	31.1		32	33	31	29
September	27.6		27	27	24	30
October	22.6		22	20	20	27
November	17.0		18	17	18	15
December	13.4		14	13	13	14
Average	20.0	13.1	20.4	19.7	20.7	21.5

1st highest temperature of Georgia

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	2.8	3	3	2	5	2
February	3.0	5	1	3	3	2
March	5.3	5	7	2	3	8
April	8.0		9	8	9	7
May	12.4		12	10	11	12
June	17.2		17	17	17	17
July	19.4		18	18	20	21
August	20.2		21	21	21	18
September	16.3		16	15	15	19
October	11.8		11	11	11	13
November	7.9		9	9	7	7
December	5.2		5	7	4	6
Average	10.0	4.4	10.7	10.4	10.4	10.9

4th lowest temperature of Georgia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	18.6	24	6	22	12	23
February	17.4	13	26	15	15	21
March	15.7	13	17	20	17	14
April	9.7		11	9	7	15
May	9.1		11	9	5	10
June	4.0		7	8	3	1
July	4.1		6	4	2	4
August	2.0		1	1	1	3
September	5.5		1	8	12	1
October	8.4		7	12	8	1
November	10.7		16	8	9	10
December	14.3		15	8	14	13
Average	10.1	16.3	9.8	9.8	8.0	8.8

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	10.0	8	15	9	11	8
February	9.4	11	8	9	7	11
March	10.5	10	9	10	10	11
April	9.9		10	10	8	9
May	7.8		8	7	9	8
June	7.7		7	7	7	9
July	7.3		7	7	7	8
August	8.7		8	12	8	8
September	8.3		9	8	6	9
October	8.9		7	7	11	12
November	9.8		10	9	8	8
December	11.1		10	15	10	14
Average	9.0	9.6	8.9	8.8	8.3	9.4

1st highest wind speed of Georgia

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	087°	084°	089°	084°	088°
February	081°	086°	083°	111°	092°
March	085°	082°	155°	087°	081°
April		079°	076°	053°	118°
May		268°	268°	302°	261°
June		263°	260°	261°	098°
July		272°	263°	263°	284°
August		272°	059°	262°	295°
September		090°	091°	234°	096°
October		090°	090°	089°	086°
November		085°	082°	090°	090°
December		084°	086°	089°	087°

Prevailing wind direction

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