Gaziantep International Airport

LTAJ · Gaziantep, Türkiye

Climate Gaziantep International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gaziantep International Airport (LTAJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.1 51 74 59 81 78
February 83.1 69 86 86 91 82
March 86.7 90 90 73 94 86
April 96.0 99 90 97 97 97
May 99.2 100 98 100 100
June 99.6 100 98 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.8 100 100 100 99
September 99.7 100 100 100 99
October 97.5 99 100 100 98
November 84.9 85 82 82 90
December 69.5 63 66 81 83
Average 90.5 78.7 91.8 90.1 94.6 93.6

41st 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 85.3 74 90 76 94 93
February 91.5 85 90 95 95 92
March 96.3 99 100 91 99 98
April 99.2 100 100 100 99 100
May 99.7 100 100 100 100
June 99.9 100 100 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.8 100 100 100 99
September 99.8 100 100 100 99
October 98.8 100 100 100 98
November 91.1 92 88 88 99
December 83.5 77 88 90 97
Average 95.5 90.3 96.3 95.6 97.4 98.1

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 9.1 10 11 7 11 9
February 11.6 13 10 13 14 9
March 15.1 16 16 10 15 16
April 21.3 25 20 24 22 20
May 26.9 26 26 31 27
June 32.0 32 32 32 32
July 36.6 38 36 37 38
August 36.6 39 37 37 36
September 32.8 33 33 31 35
October 25.8 26 26 25 28
November 17.2 18 17 19 16
December 12.2 14 14 11 12
Average 22.2 15.7 23.4 23.1 23.5 23.1

21st 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 0.9 4 1 -1 2 1
February 1.3 4 -1 3 2 0
March 4.4 4 6 1 3 6
April 8.2 11 8 9 9 7
May 12.2 11 13 14 11
June 17.2 18 18 18 16
July 22.0 23 22 23 22
August 21.6 23 21 22 22
September 17.1 18 18 16 18
October 11.4 13 12 11 12
November 6.1 8 8 6 6
December 3.2 4 5 2 3
Average 9.8 5.6 11.0 10.9 10.7 10.3

39th 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 19 8 15 8 7
February 8.0 7 9 5 1 11
March 10.5 11 10 22 11 9
April 3.5 3 6 1 2 4
May 1.6 3 2 0 2
June 0.2 1 1 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.1 1 0 0 0
October 1.0 1 1 1 1
November 6.0 4 9 6 5
December 9.7 5 5 8 2
Average 4.5 9.6 3.5 4.6 2.7 3.0

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 5 4 6 4 6
February 5.3 5 5 6 4 6
March 6.7 7 7 6 6 8
April 5.7 7 6 6 4 4
May 5.9 6 6 5 6
June 7.1 7 7 7 6
July 6.9 8 7 7 5
August 5.6 6 6 4 6
September 4.8 5 5 4 4
October 4.1 4 4 3 3
November 3.6 4 4 1 3
December 4.2 4 3 2 4
Average 5.6 6.0 5.7 5.7 4.5 5.0

21st 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 045° 055° 024° 059° 020°
February 091° 007° 028° 041° 009°
March 239° 280° 292° 248° 053°
April 044° 219° 264° 256° 254°
May 269° 300° 282° 290°
June 268° 261° 267° 265°
July 325° 295° 290° 275°
August 281° 238° 279° 302°
September 237° 249° 267° 250°
October 270° 001° 304° 126°
November 061° 056° 015° 039°
December 069° 075° 071° 045°

Prevailing wind direction

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