Climate Buzachi Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Aktau Airport (UATE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	53.8	53	70	52	59	57
February	62.3	65	49	69	44	69
March	73.0	72	71	64	75	84
April	88.0		85	91	89	91
May	92.3		88	88	96	93
June	99.0		97	99	99	100
July	98.8		98	99	99	98
August	98.8		97	100	98	98
September	98.0		97	98	99	99
October	89.0		84	86	89	95
November	78.1		71	77	74	86
December	64.3		56	86	56	83
Average	82.8	64.2	82.6	85.7	84.4	89.1

6th best VFR conditions of Kazakhstan

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	84.0	84	87	80	88	93
February	86.6	84	77	87	82	88
March	89.2	91	80	91	91	90
April	95.0		95	98	95	97
May	96.3		93	95	99	97
June	99.4		97	100	99	100
July	99.4		99	100	99	99
August	99.4		98	100	99	100
September	99.3		100	100	100	99
October	97.4		93	96	99	99
November	95.2		95	92	94	97
December	89.6		85	98	85	99
Average	93.9	86.5	92.2	95.2	95.0	96.5

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	3.6	3	3	5	5	5
February	5.7	6	4	10	4	7
March	10.8	9	15	8	8	14
April	18.1		20	22	21	15
May	25.2		24	22	28	24
June	31.6		30	32	33	34
July	33.6		32	32	33	35
August	32.9		33	35	37	29
September	26.6		26	28	25	26
October	18.8		19	19	17	20
November	10.1		15	10	10	8
December	4.3		6	2	6	1
Average	17.0	6.0	18.9	19.2	18.9	18.0

3rd highest temperature of Kazakhstan

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	-4.2	-4	-8	-3	-4	-3
February	-4.7	-3	-3	-1	-4	-2
March	0.9	1	4	-1	-1	2
April	6.4		8	9	9	4
May	13.0		14	12	14	14
June	18.3		18	18	21	19
July	21.3		21	21	21	21
August	19.4		21	21	22	17
September	13.1		13	15	13	13
October	6.7		8	10	4	5
November	0.6		6	2	-1	-1
December	-4.7		-1	-8	-2	-7
Average	6.3	-3.9	8.4	8.4	7.7	6.8

17th lowest temperature of Kazakhstan

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	8	3	6	4	8
February	10.0	12	11	5	17	6
March	5.7	8	2	13	3	4
April	3.3		4	1	1	6
May	3.7		8	4	3	4
June	0.8		0	0	1	0
July	0.9		1	1	0	1
August	0.9		0	1	0	2
September	1.3		3	1	3	0
October	3.0		3	4	3	1
November	3.5		4	3	3	5
December	6.3		11	0	3	7
Average	4.1	9.1	3.9	3.1	2.8	3.4

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	11.8	12	13	13	13	10
February	10.9	12	12	12	11	11
March	12.2	11	12	13	13	12
April	11.8		12	13	12	10
May	11.7		11	12	12	12
June	11.1		11	12	12	11
July	11.4		12	12	12	11
August	10.6		11	11	10	10
September	10.6		10	12	11	10
October	11.5		12	12	12	13
November	12.1		14	12	13	12
December	11.9		13	13	12	13
Average	11.5	11.6	11.7	12.0	11.8	11.1

3rd highest wind speed of Kazakhstan

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	076°	104°	089°	107°	081°
February	080°	082°	124°	034°	104°
March	059°	109°	334°	180°	110°
April		139°	121°	158°	269°
May		276°	276°	236°	241°
June		294°	001°	334°	028°
July		298°	320°	328°	349°
August		317°	114°	272°	296°
September		033°	140°	036°	088°
October		099°	107°	105°	118°
November		105°	062°	108°	093°
December		090°	094°	102°	093°

Prevailing wind direction

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