Climate Poti East Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Batumi International Airport (UGSB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	77.9	75	91	75	83	69
February	77.2	85	80	82	77	74
March	76.4	85	64	63	84	68
April	81.4		77	82	78	82
May	83.1		73	82	86	83
June	91.7		90	85	89	92
July	88.5		91	86	94	90
August	92.7		91	96	91	96
September	92.3		97	87	85	97
October	89.8		91	81	89	99
November	90.4		89	88	93	90
December	85.6		88	92	88	90
Average	85.2	81.6	85.0	83.1	86.5	86.1

3rd 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	95.6	97	99	93	94	97
February	96.1	97	98	98	97	95
March	95.5	97	88	94	100	94
April	96.0		90	93	95	99
May	95.9		95	93	95	97
June	99.1		98	99	99	100
July	97.3		97	97	99	99
August	98.9		99	100	98	99
September	98.7		100	97	97	100
October	97.8		98	96	96	100
November	98.9		99	97	100	99
December	97.9		98	98	98	99
Average	97.2	97.0	96.4	96.1	97.3	98.1

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	11.8	11	13	10	14	10
February	11.9	14	10	13	12	11
March	13.3	14	14	9	12	14
April	16.3		18	17	17	14
May	19.7		18	17	20	20
June	24.6		24	24	23	25
July	26.6		27	25	28	27
August	27.8		29	29	27	27
September	25.2		26	26	23	27
October	21.2		22	20	19	24
November	17.3		19	18	17	15
December	15.0		16	16	15	15
Average	18.5	13.0	19.6	18.6	18.9	19.1

3rd 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	5.5	6	6	4	7	4
February	5.2	8	4	6	6	4
March	6.6	8	8	3	5	8
April	8.8		11	9	10	8
May	13.3		13	12	13	13
June	18.3		18	18	17	18
July	20.5		20	19	21	21
August	21.4		23	23	22	20
September	18.4		19	18	17	20
October	14.2		14	14	13	16
November	10.3		12	11	11	10
December	8.3		9	10	8	8
Average	11.9	7.1	13.0	12.3	12.4	12.5

5th 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	24.2	31	11	29	21	32
February	20.7	15	31	15	23	23
March	20.2	16	25	32	22	18
April	11.6		15	9	11	16
May	12.0		13	14	8	15
June	6.2		8	7	8	6
July	8.3		10	8	7	8
August	5.1		3	2	8	8
September	9.8		6	16	18	5
October	13.7		10	18	20	2
November	14.6		19	12	10	23
December	19.8		19	18	18	15
Average	14.0	20.4	13.2	14.1	13.6	13.3

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	10.4	11	10	11	11	10
February	9.8	9	11	9	9	12
March	8.6	8	9	9	9	7
April	7.7		8	9	8	7
May	7.3		7	7	7	8
June	6.6		6	6	6	7
July	6.9		7	7	7	7
August	6.8		7	6	7	7
September	7.4		7	8	7	7
October	8.1		9	8	7	9
November	9.5		13	8	9	8
December	11.0		12	10	12	12
Average	8.2	9.2	8.3	7.8	8.0	8.1

3rd 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	134°	124°	147°	123°	149°
February	133°	148°	143°	161°	144°
March	178°	172°	211°	189°	193°
April		181°	166°	197°	227°
May		237°	228°	241°	205°
June		231°	221°	238°	225°
July		201°	195°	218°	221°
August		213°	221°	217°	196°
September		200°	149°	195°	200°
October		137°	160°	154°	123°
November		132°	137°	144°	140°
December		132°	123°	136°	128°

Prevailing wind direction

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