Korean International Circuit Heliport

KR-0016 · Jeollanam-do, South Korea

Climate Korean International Circuit Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Muan International Airport (RKJB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 63.5 59 59 76 75 61
February 64.3 43 68 76 68 56
March 65.7 70 72 69 57 79
April 76.0 71 87 86 85
May 75.6 70 96 79 60
June 66.2 66 57 75 61
July 58.6 33 72 72 40
August 75.7 80 60 78 63
September 79.9 77 91 92 75
October 86.5 97 90 93 91
November 78.2 83 80 80 77
December 66.6 48 79 73 69
Average 69.8 57.5 68.0 77.3 77.2 67.6

12th best VFR conditions of South Korea

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 83.8 90 79 90 84 84
February 83.5 77 88 92 82 84
March 85.7 91 92 89 77 96
April 92.5 91 95 97 99
May 93.4 93 99 91 90
June 93.4 92 97 92 92
July 92.6 88 96 96 87
August 97.1 98 96 99 92
September 95.5 94 98 99 98
October 95.7 98 98 99 97
November 91.7 94 93 90 96
December 84.8 79 93 84 85
Average 90.4 86.2 90.5 94.8 91.1 91.7

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 5.4 6 6 5 5 7
February 7.0 9 7 5 9 9
March 12.4 12 14 13 13 12
April 17.4 18 19 18 15
May 22.4 23 22 22 22
June 26.0 26 26 27 26
July 29.3 29 30 31 26
August 30.6 31 30 30 31
September 26.2 28 26 27 25
October 20.2 21 20 22 20
November 14.5 14 16 15 14
December 7.2 8 6 9 7
Average 17.1 9.0 18.7 18.5 18.9 17.8

7th highest temperature of South Korea

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 -2.0 -1 -3 -3 -3 1
February -1.4 2 -1 -3 1 1
March 3.8 4 4 4 5 4
April 8.6 9 9 10 6
May 13.6 14 13 14 14
June 19.2 20 20 20 20
July 23.5 24 24 24 22
August 24.0 24 24 24 25
September 19.0 20 19 20 18
October 11.8 12 11 13 11
November 5.8 6 6 7 6
December -1.4 1 -2 -1 -2
Average 9.5 1.7 10.9 10.8 11.0 10.6

10th lowest temperature of South Korea

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 14.3 21 11 9 22 15
February 14.9 30 4 16 14 14
March 9.7 17 4 9 12 7
April 8.7 13 3 6 9
May 8.6 18 2 11 12
June 9.8 12 8 9 18
July 17.5 31 14 18 29
August 11.2 9 16 16 15
September 13.0 14 10 15 17
October 6.7 2 6 7 3
November 8.7 13 10 12 9
December 16.4 32 16 14 18
Average 12.6 22.4 13.8 9.5 12.9 13.9

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 8.0 8 8 8 8 8
February 8.7 7 8 9 9 8
March 8.5 9 9 8 8 10
April 8.4 8 8 9 10
May 7.7 8 7 8 8
June 7.1 7 8 6 7
July 7.1 8 8 7 6
August 7.6 7 8 7 8
September 7.0 6 8 7 7
October 7.9 7 9 7 8
November 7.9 9 8 7 9
December 7.8 7 8 8 8
Average 7.8 8.0 7.5 8.0 7.5 8.0

7th highest wind speed of South Korea

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 358° 356° 354° 010° 352°
February 357° 352° 346° 343° 338°
March 329° 322° 316° 329° 332°
April 273° 308° 331° 318°
May 216° 295° 274° 234°
June 269° 205° 241° 245°
July 191° 216° 173° 219°
August 329° 226° 212° 197°
September 358° 022° 062° 343°
October 344° 352° 003° 356°
November 346° 009° 327° 004°
December 010° 010° 352° 008°

Prevailing wind direction

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