Climate Kegan Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Almaty International Airport (UAAA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	8.6	17	4	14	13	6
February	22.9	30	19	21	24	34
March	61.0	57	70	54	61	83
April	85.2		92	95	90	79
May	95.5		97	97	96	99
June	97.6		97	98	99	98
July	98.1		96	99	98	99
August	97.6		94	99	100	99
September	96.0		92	99	97	98
October	84.1		81	90	84	89
November	40.7		46	33	41	54
December	10.9		18	16	7	7
Average	67.6	36.8	72.0	74.2	73.2	75.5

19th 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	23.3	39	12	30	20	20
February	43.7	55	36	42	48	52
March	80.4	75	86	78	85	95
April	95.0		99	99	97	95
May	98.3		99	99	99	99
June	99.1		99	99	100	100
July	99.5		99	100	100	99
August	99.0		96	99	100	100
September	98.5		96	99	99	99
October	94.9		93	96	97	98
November	65.4		71	57	71	77
December	27.3		35	34	36	23
Average	78.3	58.0	80.6	82.4	83.4	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	-2.0	1	-5	2	-3	-1
February	1.9	-1	3	2	5	5
March	11.3	10	14	10	10	13
April	18.6		18	23	19	19
May	24.1		24	24	26	25
June	29.3		31	31	30	29
July	33.0		34	33	34	31
August	30.5		31	31	31	31
September	24.8		23	28	27	23
October	16.6		19	17	13	16
November	6.4		12	6	5	5
December	-1.5		2	-3	4	-5
Average	14.7	3.2	17.0	17.6	16.7	15.6

6th 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	-10.0	-7	-14	-4	-13	-8
February	-8.7	-11	-6	-6	-4	-4
March	-1.6	-1	1	1	-2	-2
April	5.5		4	8	4	7
May	10.1		9	12	12	11
June	14.3		17	13	14	13
July	17.3		19	16	19	16
August	15.1		17	13	17	16
September	9.8		11	12	11	8
October	2.9		6	3	1	1
November	-4.3		0	-2	-6	-6
December	-8.3		-7	-11	-4	-11
Average	2.6	-7.6	4.6	5.1	4.0	3.2

14th 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	10.0	13	8	8	6	8
February	12.5	15	9	12	10	15
March	13.9	15	5	24	21	5
April	11.4		7	5	9	14
May	5.0		2	9	4	3
June	3.8		2	4	3	3
July	2.1		3	3	2	3
August	2.8		6	3	2	2
September	3.5		9	1	2	3
October	5.2		11	4	9	3
November	11.3		13	21	6	8
December	10.7		17	9	8	12
Average	8.0	14.4	7.0	8.0	6.3	6.2

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	4.1	4	4	4	4	4
February	4.8	5	5	5	4	5
March	5.9	6	6	7	6	6
April	6.0		7	6	6	5
May	5.6		7	5	5	5
June	5.7		6	6	6	6
July	5.8		7	6	6	6
August	5.7		7	6	6	5
September	5.1		5	6	5	5
October	3.9		4	4	4	4
November	4.2		4	4	5	5
December	3.9		5	4	4	4
Average	5.2	5.1	5.6	5.4	5.2	5.1

6th 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	328°	005°	003°	356°	360°
February	332°	333°	008°	016°	008°
March	003°	358°	026°	008°	323°
April		289°	001°	348°	320°
May		336°	331°	019°	301°
June		358°	327°	351°	279°
July		004°	359°	017°	287°
August		327°	345°	339°	345°
September		340°	345°	350°	308°
October		338°	357°	343°	358°
November		316°	351°	320°	341°
December		284°	009°	328°	021°

Prevailing wind direction

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