Gaziantep International Airport

LTAJ · Gaziantep, Türkiye

Climate Gaziantep International Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gaziantep International Airport (LTAJ) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 72.0 87 51 74 59 81
February 83.3 85 69 86 86 91
March 87.9 97 90 90 73 94
April 96.0 99 90 97 97
May 99.3 100 100 98 100
June 99.6 100 100 98 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.8 100 100 100 100
September 99.7 100 100 100 100
October 97.8 100 99 100 100
November 85.5 89 85 82 82
December 69.7 71 63 66 81
Average 91.7 90.1 90.5 91.8 90.1 94.6

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 86.7 98 74 90 76 94
February 91.9 95 85 90 95 95
March 96.7 100 99 100 91 99
April 99.2 100 100 100 99
May 99.7 100 100 100 100
June 99.9 100 100 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 99.8 100 100 100 100
October 98.9 100 100 100 100
November 91.5 95 92 88 88
December 83.8 86 77 88 90
Average 96.4 97.6 95.6 96.3 95.6 97.4

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 9.5 12.4 9.9 10.5 6.7 10.9
February 11.3 9.0 12.8 10.0 12.8 13.8
March 15.5 19.5 15.5 16.3 10.0 14.5
April 21.3 25.0 19.5 23.8 22.3
May 26.7 25.5 25.8 25.5 30.5
June 32.6 37.1 31.5 32.1 31.5
July 36.7 37.0 37.5 36.3 36.7
August 36.6 37.2 38.5 36.5 36.6
September 32.6 31.6 33.0 32.8 30.6
October 25.7 25.3 26.0 25.8 25.1
November 17.1 16.1 18.1 16.8 18.8
December 12.1 11.0 13.6 14.0 10.9
Average 22.2 13.7 23.6 23.4 23.1 23.5

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 0.8 0.2 3.7 0.7 -1.0 2.0
February 1.0 -1.1 3.6 -1.0 2.6 2.2
March 4.5 5.5 4.4 6.2 1.3 3.3
April 8.2 10.6 7.7 9.3 8.8
May 12.2 12.5 10.9 12.6 14.1
June 17.7 21.3 17.8 17.6 17.5
July 22.3 23.8 23.3 22.3 23.1
August 21.7 22.6 23.3 21.1 21.8
September 17.1 17.6 17.8 17.6 15.9
October 11.2 9.9 12.9 12.4 10.9
November 5.9 4.7 7.5 7.5 6.2
December 3.1 2.0 3.7 5.2 2.2
Average 9.6 1.7 11.4 11.0 10.9 10.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 10.9 1 19 8 15 8
February 8.1 9 7 9 5 1
March 9.7 3 11 10 22 11
April 3.5 3 6 1 2
May 1.7 3 3 2 0
June 0.1 0 1 1 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.1 0 1 0 0
October 0.9 0 1 1 1
November 5.8 4 4 9 6
December 9.5 8 5 5 8
Average 3.9 4.3 4.1 3.5 4.6 2.7

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 5.3 5 5 4 6 4
February 5.5 7 5 5 6 4
March 6.7 7 7 7 6 6
April 5.7 7 6 6 4
May 6.2 8 6 6 5
June 7.1 7 7 7 7
July 7.2 9 8 7 7
August 5.9 7 6 6 4
September 5.0 6 5 5 4
October 4.3 6 4 4 3
November 3.7 5 4 4 1
December 4.4 6 4 3 2
Average 5.7 6.2 6.6 5.7 5.7 4.5

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 023° 045° 055° 024° 059°
February 011° 091° 007° 028° 041°
March 086° 239° 280° 292° 248°
April 044° 219° 264° 256°
May 263° 269° 300° 282°
June 317° 268° 261° 267°
July 299° 325° 295° 290°
August 278° 281° 238° 279°
September 249° 237° 249° 267°
October 316° 270° 001° 304°
November 064° 061° 056° 015°
December 046° 069° 075° 071°

Prevailing wind direction

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