Chon Aryk Airport

KG-0008 · Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Climate Chon Aryk Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Manas (UCFM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 33.4 50 25 33 28 18
February 49.5 50 40 60 62 55
March 72.1 68 82 72 70 85
April 86.3 92 95 89 81
May 94.4 97 92 95 94
June 98.4 99 99 98 98
July 98.0 99 100 98 99
August 96.8 99 98 96 96
September 93.1 97 93 91 96
October 82.3 85 83 73 83
November 53.2 75 57 52 39
December 28.3 43 16 39 7
Average 75.4 56.7 81.7 80.4 78.1 75.7

2nd best VFR conditions of Kyrgyzstan

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 52.3 69 37 52 42 40
February 66.7 65 57 76 75 73
March 86.8 86 95 83 86 93
April 95.4 99 98 96 92
May 98.9 100 99 98 100
June 99.7 100 100 100 100
July 99.6 100 100 99 100
August 99.2 100 100 100 99
September 97.5 100 96 97 97
October 91.6 95 93 85 90
November 70.0 90 72 67 61
December 43.4 60 43 53 12
Average 85.0 74.4 88.8 88.2 86.2 83.6

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 0.6 3 -3 5 -2 1
February 4.6 2 5 6 8 8
March 12.9 12 17 11 11 14
April 19.5 20 24 20 20
May 25.5 25 25 28 26
June 30.9 33 32 31 30
July 34.3 35 34 35 33
August 31.4 31 31 32 31
September 25.9 25 29 28 24
October 17.7 20 18 14 17
November 8.3 15 9 8 5
December 1.5 3 -1 7 -5
Average 16.4 5.6 18.9 19.1 18.2 16.9

2nd highest temperature of Kyrgyzstan

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 -10.9 -7 -15 -3 -14 -9
February -6.3 -7 -5 -5 -3 -3
March 1.3 1 2 2 0 1
April 6.6 6 10 5 7
May 11.0 10 13 12 12
June 16.0 17 18 16 15
July 18.5 20 18 19 18
August 16.0 17 15 17 16
September 9.9 11 11 10 8
October 3.4 7 4 1 1
November -4.9 2 0 -5 -7
December -8.6 -6 -10 -2 -12
Average 3.8 -5.7 5.4 6.5 4.7 3.8

2nd lowest temperature of Kyrgyzstan

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.6 9 7 8 7 9
February 11.4 14 9 8 10 9
March 10.5 12 2 18 17 5
April 10.3 6 3 8 14
May 3.3 2 8 1 2
June 1.9 1 1 1 4
July 0.9 0 2 1 1
August 1.3 2 0 1 2
September 1.7 4 0 1 0
October 5.8 9 10 7 4
November 9.7 7 17 5 8
December 11.3 18 7 5 14
Average 6.4 11.4 4.8 6.2 4.7 5.4

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 4.9 5 5 6 5 5
February 5.7 6 5 6 6 6
March 7.0 7 8 7 7 7
April 7.3 9 7 7 7
May 7.5 8 7 8 8
June 7.6 8 8 8 7
July 7.2 8 7 8 8
August 6.9 7 7 7 7
September 6.3 6 6 6 7
October 5.4 6 6 5 6
November 5.2 6 6 5 5
December 4.8 6 5 6 4
Average 6.5 6.1 6.9 6.4 6.8 6.5

2nd highest wind speed of Kyrgyzstan

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 050° 309° 010° 098° 291°
February 096° 346° 359° 054° 077°
March 007° 010° 324° 001° 345°
April 032° 332° 346° 291°
May 043° 247° 028° 045°
June 333° 203° 296° 150°
July 265° 263° 261° 193°
August 263° 274° 271° 262°
September 304° 287° 282° 295°
October 268° 316° 300° 281°
November 084° 042° 059° 298°
December 081° 295° 129° 286°

Prevailing wind direction

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