Climate Banja Luka International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Banja Luka International Airport (LQBK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	62.1	64	67	86	74	43
February	77.6	92	84	86	82	96
March	88.0	90	88	94	98	88
April	90.2		93	91	82	98
May	90.0		71	94	97	93
June	95.9		94	97	99	94
July	96.9		95	99	97	94
August	93.1		92	95	94	92
September	90.2		90	88	95	95
October	78.1		93	69	55	81
November	49.6		86	45	35	28
December	56.9		81	24	56	28
Average	83.1	82.7	86.8	84.9	83.0	81.2

2nd best VFR conditions of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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	75.8	81	84	93	85	60
February	88.5	96	95	92	91	99
March	93.9	97	91	97	99	94
April	97.0		98	98	94	100
May	97.3		90	99	99	97
June	99.0		98	99	100	99
July	99.0		97	100	99	99
August	97.7		97	98	98	97
September	96.1		96	95	97	98
October	87.7		96	77	75	93
November	69.8		95	72	59	49
December	74.1		93	47	75	57
Average	91.4	92.2	94.3	92.0	90.9	89.4

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	5.6	8	8	6	7	5
February	10.9	18	10	12	12	13
March	14.1	17	15	12	13	13
April	18.1		16	17	15	20
May	22.0		21	25	21	21
June	27.8		26	29	29	26
July	29.7		30	31	31	28
August	29.7		29	30	29	29
September	24.1		27	23	25	25
October	19.4		23	19	15	19
November	11.1		13	11	9	9
December	7.3		10	5	7	6
Average	17.7	14.0	19.0	18.7	17.7	17.8

2nd highest temperature of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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	-3.4	-2	1	-3	-1	-4
February	-1.7	3	-2	0	0	0
March	1.8	5	3	-2	1	2
April	4.9		5	4	3	3
May	10.2		10	11	9	9
June	14.8		14	15	14	14
July	15.8		16	15	17	15
August	16.0		16	17	14	16
September	11.3		13	11	10	12
October	7.1		9	8	4	8
November	3.6		3	4	3	4
December	-1.8		0	1	0	2
Average	6.2	1.7	7.3	7.0	6.3	6.6

3rd lowest temperature of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	16.8	12	25	8	21	4
February	11.1	9	7	11	4	6
March	10.6	8	16	6	4	15
April	10.4		11	7	19	4
May	10.5		17	3	11	11
June	4.5		6	2	2	7
July	2.8		2	2	4	5
August	3.4		4	2	7	6
September	7.3		6	14	5	1
October	8.0		6	1	20	14
November	20.2		22	22	19	21
December	14.9		8	26	16	24
Average	9.4	9.5	10.2	7.1	10.1	9.1

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	4.2	5	4	4	5	3
February	4.8	5	5	5	5	6
March	5.2	5	6	5	6	5
April	5.2		5	6	5	5
May	4.6		4	4	5	5
June	4.5		4	5	4	6
July	4.5		4	5	5	4
August	4.2		4	5	5	4
September	4.2		5	4	4	4
October	3.8		4	3	4	4
November	3.6		5	3	4	3
December	4.2		4	3	5	4
Average	4.5	4.9	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.5

2nd highest wind speed of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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	284°	305°	306°	209°	358°
February	215°	355°	348°	340°	305°
March	259°	273°	006°	336°	005°
April		351°	335°	332°	040°
May		008°	044°	315°	334°
June		001°	350°	355°	298°
July		332°	356°	359°	345°
August		034°	340°	026°	014°
September		022°	261°	016°	355°
October		194°	040°	023°	274°
November		264°	351°	341°	343°
December		221°	345°	312°	333°

Prevailing wind direction

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