Plovdiv International Airport

LBPD · Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Climate Plovdiv International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Plovdiv International Airport (LBPD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.8 86 61 84 78 86
February 78.5 90 92 89 73 92
March 82.8 73 84 89 85 81
April 91.6 93 93 84 89
May 95.1 86 96 99 99
June 97.2 97 96 100 99
July 99.4 100 100 100 100
August 99.4 98 100 100 99
September 98.2 99 98 98 100
October 92.5 98 96 76 97
November 68.5 87 77 62 87
December 66.1 74 53 74 42
Average 87.7 81.9 90.2 91.7 87.6 90.9

1st best VFR conditions of Bulgaria

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 83.4 95 82 92 91 90
February 87.8 97 98 97 80 96
March 92.4 87 94 95 95 95
April 97.3 97 99 94 97
May 98.3 95 98 100 100
June 99.0 99 99 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 99.6 100 100 100 100
October 97.8 100 100 92 99
November 85.7 94 91 78 96
December 80.7 89 76 89 65
Average 94.2 92.2 96.0 96.7 94.3 95.7

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 7.1 8 10 8 8 9
February 10.8 15 12 11 11 13
March 14.1 16 15 11 12 15
April 18.6 17 19 17 18
May 23.5 20 25 24 23
June 28.3 27 29 28 27
July 31.6 34 32 33 31
August 32.2 33 32 33 32
September 27.3 28 26 26 29
October 21.1 24 22 16 22
November 13.4 15 16 12 13
December 8.8 11 9 9 9
Average 18.9 12.9 20.5 20.2 19.0 20.1

2nd highest temperature of Bulgaria

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 -2.2 -2 2 -1 -1 -2
February 0.4 3 1 0 0 1
March 2.7 5 3 0 1 4
April 6.1 7 6 5 5
May 11.3 11 10 11 12
June 15.9 16 16 15 15
July 18.2 19 18 19 17
August 17.9 18 19 18 18
September 13.9 16 13 13 15
October 8.3 10 8 7 10
November 4.6 5 6 4 2
December 0.8 1 4 1 2
Average 7.5 2.3 8.9 8.3 7.7 8.2

7th lowest temperature of Bulgaria

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.2 9 13 11 15 3
February 9.3 3 3 14 6 10
March 13.2 12 8 13 17 22
April 10.5 11 12 11 16
May 7.9 14 4 7 8
June 6.7 9 8 5 5
July 2.9 2 1 1 1
August 1.6 3 4 1 1
September 4.2 6 2 4 1
October 6.0 1 1 18 8
November 10.2 7 13 6 7
December 9.7 11 10 17 12
Average 7.7 8.3 7.1 7.2 8.2 7.5

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 7.2 8 7 10 7 7
February 7.3 8 10 7 6 8
March 6.9 6 8 6 8 7
April 7.0 8 7 7 6
May 6.8 5 7 8 8
June 6.6 6 6 7 8
July 6.9 7 7 8 6
August 6.1 7 7 6 6
September 6.3 5 7 7 6
October 5.8 5 6 6 6
November 5.1 8 5 5 4
December 6.5 5 5 8 5
Average 6.6 7.3 6.6 6.7 6.9 6.5

2nd highest wind speed of Bulgaria

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 288° 290° 283° 287° 284°
February 286° 289° 297° 306° 285°
March 290° 296° 319° 295° 286°
April 289° 300° 296° 107°
May 099° 337° 298° 288°
June 103° 303° 293° 280°
July 316° 294° 316° 320°
August 018° 308° 322° 353°
September 059° 294° 300° 355°
October 300° 298° 352° 288°
November 285° 284° 294° 315°
December 291° 088° 288° 316°

Prevailing wind direction

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