Climate Kukës International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Priština Adem Jashari International Airport (BKPR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	59.0	77	52	77	81	57
February	82.7	97	81	86	75	87
March	88.3	95	80	95	81	94
April	93.0		87	91	95	91
May	90.9		79	96	100	89
June	88.8		77	95	95	91
July	94.0		97	97	99	92
August	92.2		95	95	96	82
September	92.8		91	89	98	95
October	82.3		94	81	79	81
November	74.4		69	77	87	63
December	67.2		55	71	85	63
Average	85.6	90.0	81.2	89.1	90.2	83.5

1st best VFR conditions of Kosovo

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	74.6	92	84	88	90	68
February	90.4	99	94	89	84	92
March	95.2	98	97	96	87	99
April	98.1		99	97	97	96
May	97.3		97	97	100	97
June	95.8		96	97	99	95
July	97.7		99	99	100	97
August	97.1		99	99	99	91
September	96.6		96	94	99	98
October	90.6		98	88	91	85
November	86.2		92	90	91	74
December	81.3		83	92	89	75
Average	93.0	96.3	95.1	94.5	94.5	90.2

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	3.7	6	7	4	5	5
February	9.0	13	9	9	10	10
March	12.3	15	13	9	9	12
April	16.5		14	16	14	17
May	21.3		20	24	22	21
June	25.8		24	28	26	24
July	28.8		31	30	30	28
August	29.3		29	30	30	27
September	24.3		27	22	24	25
October	19.1		22	20	15	18
November	12.0		12	13	12	11
December	6.6		9	8	6	8
Average	16.6	11.2	17.9	18.0	16.9	17.1

1st highest temperature of Kosovo

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	-3	0	-6	-2	-4
February	-2.6	1	-3	-1	-2	-2
March	1.1	3	2	-2	-1	1
April	4.5		3	5	3	3
May	9.3		10	9	9	9
June	13.7		14	14	13	13
July	15.1		16	15	16	14
August	14.8		15	16	15	15
September	10.9		13	11	10	12
October	5.4		8	5	4	6
November	2.8		4	4	3	1
December	-1.3		0	2	-1	1
Average	5.2	0.5	6.8	6.1	5.6	5.7

1st lowest temperature of Kosovo

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	14.2	10	15	10	20	5
February	8.7	3	1	11	10	8
March	9.9	5	10	9	18	11
April	10.1		14	10	17	11
May	5.9		8	4	4	9
June	4.3		7	1	3	7
July	2.3		0	3	1	1
August	1.9		1	1	2	6
September	3.3		2	8	3	1
October	6.2		4	5	18	4
November	10.8		20	15	9	0
December	11.9		10	17	12	7
Average	6.9	5.6	7.1	6.7	8.9	5.9

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	5.6	7	6	6	6	4
February	7.3	8	8	7	6	8
March	7.7	8	8	7	6	8
April	7.0		8	8	6	7
May	6.7		8	5	8	7
June	5.4		6	6	5	5
July	5.5		6	6	5	6
August	5.4		7	7	6	5
September	6.1		8	6	5	6
October	4.9		6	4	6	5
November	6.0		8	6	6	4
December	5.8		6	8	6	6
Average	6.3	7.5	6.9	6.2	5.8	5.9

1st highest wind speed of Kosovo

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	312°	030°	007°	249°	351°
February	166°	333°	358°	020°	287°
March	200°	307°	008°	346°	015°
April		346°	262°	323°	016°
May		068°	025°	257°	328°
June		359°	006°	336°	281°
July		322°	019°	359°	021°
August		007°	013°	331°	027°
September		019°	298°	357°	016°
October		222°	019°	037°	199°
November		243°	038°	159°	013°
December		340°	150°	298°	163°

Prevailing wind direction

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