Esenboğa International Airport

LTAC · Ankara, Türkiye

Climate Esenboğa International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Esenboğa International Airport (LTAC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 67.0 66 74 70 61 82
February 82.9 91 85 74 79 84
March 90.0 88 77 94 88 94
April 96.8 93 100 97 99
May 97.3 91 99 100 99
June 97.8 96 98 97 99
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.7 100 99 100 100
September 98.4 96 98 98 99
October 97.7 99 97 100 100
November 85.4 76 95 83 98
December 63.6 54 65 74 67
Average 90.3 82.1 88.2 93.0 91.5 94.5

26th best VFR conditions of Türkiye

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 87 88 86 78 91
February 93.1 97 95 92 89 95
March 97.7 97 95 97 97 99
April 99.3 100 100 98 100
May 99.3 98 100 100 100
June 99.0 99 99 98 100
July 100.0 100 100 100 100
August 99.8 100 99 100 100
September 99.7 100 100 99 100
October 99.3 100 99 100 100
November 94.3 92 99 91 99
December 78.6 76 79 89 79
Average 96.0 94.2 96.0 96.9 95.7 97.5

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 4.5 6 9 3 6 4
February 8.0 12 6 7 9 7
March 11.4 13 12 6 9 14
April 17.0 15 19 16 16
May 21.9 20 21 24 22
June 25.1 24 25 23 25
July 29.6 31 28 30 31
August 30.8 34 31 31 31
September 26.3 26 26 23 29
October 20.2 21 18 18 24
November 13.6 14 15 14 12
December 7.8 10 10 7 9
Average 17.0 10.2 18.5 17.6 17.5 18.5

58th highest temperature of Türkiye

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 -5.7 -2 -5 -7 -4 -4
February -3.1 -2 -5 -2 -5 -2
March -1.4 0 1 -5 -2 1
April 3.0 4 4 5 2
May 7.8 8 7 8 7
June 12.2 12 13 11 12
July 14.5 15 14 15 16
August 16.2 18 17 16 15
September 11.0 12 10 10 13
October 5.3 6 6 3 7
November 0.2 4 0 0 -3
December -2.7 0 1 -2 -2
Average 4.3 -2.8 6.0 5.0 4.5 5.2

11th lowest temperature of Türkiye

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.1 12 1 16 11 13
February 8.6 2 9 14 7 16
March 9.5 7 13 8 18 5
April 5.6 5 3 12 5
May 4.9 4 5 3 5
June 2.2 2 3 4 3
July 0.3 1 0 0 0
August 0.3 0 1 1 0
September 1.1 3 0 2 1
October 2.3 0 4 2 2
November 5.1 11 1 6 0
December 11.1 10 7 12 7
Average 5.1 6.9 4.5 4.6 5.8 4.2

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 5.3 7 4 6 5 6
February 6.1 5 7 6 6 6
March 6.9 6 7 7 7 7
April 7.2 8 8 8 8
May 6.3 6 6 7 6
June 6.1 6 8 6 6
July 7.3 7 8 8 8
August 7.3 7 7 6 7
September 6.6 7 6 7 7
October 5.3 5 6 6 5
November 4.9 7 4 5 5
December 4.1 5 3 5 3
Average 6.2 6.0 6.4 6.5 6.3 6.3

58th highest wind speed of Türkiye

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 011° 218° 272° 218° 339°
February 238° 246° 009° 263° 270°
March 258° 247° 330° 265° 038°
April 232° 248° 251° 033°
May 026° 347° 263° 261°
June 008° 358° 317° 278°
July 012° 031° 005° 023°
August 061° 016° 012° 021°
September 066° 259° 016° 041°
October 277° 038° 005° 225°
November 236° 265° 215° 039°
December 239° 195° 235° 011°

Prevailing wind direction

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