İstanbul Atatürk Airport

LTBA · Istanbul, Türkiye

Climate İstanbul Atatürk Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of İstanbul Atatürk Airport (LTBA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.3 69 67 77 81 77
February 69.7 76 74 69 75 82
March 71.8 62 70 80 72
April 85.6 75 87 85 90
May 87.1 65 92 93 94
June 92.3 85 90 91 98
July 96.0 98 97 94 96
August 94.2 88 92 97 96
September 95.5 92 97 98 98
October 85.2 84 91 75 90
November 82.0 79 85 68 88
December 75.5 67 78 76 73
Average 83.5 72.2 78.6 86.6 85.7 88.9

48th 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 94.5 97 91 90 97 97
February 92.2 98 91 93 87 99
March 94.8 94 91 99 99
April 97.9 97 96 100 99
May 98.5 98 99 100 99
June 99.5 100 100 100 100
July 100.0 100 100 100 100
August 99.8 100 100 100 100
September 99.7 100 100 100 100
October 98.6 99 99 100 97
November 96.6 92 98 89 100
December 96.9 93 97 98 96
Average 97.6 97.5 96.6 97.1 97.9 98.8

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 9.6 11 12 8 11 9
February 10.5 13 10 10 11 11
March 12.2 12 8 11 14
April 17.0 16 18 16 15
May 22.0 20 23 23 21
June 26.8 26 27 25 26
July 30.0 31 30 31 29
August 30.3 31 30 31 30
September 26.3 28 25 25 27
October 21.1 23 21 18 23
November 17.0 18 18 16 15
December 12.6 13 14 12 14
Average 18.7 11.6 20.0 19.5 19.0 19.6

40th 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 4.7 5 7 3 6 4
February 4.9 7 4 4 4 5
March 6.0 8 3 4 7
April 9.0 10 9 8 8
May 14.3 14 13 14 13
June 19.4 19 19 18 18
July 22.1 23 21 23 22
August 22.6 24 21 23 22
September 19.1 20 18 17 21
October 14.5 16 14 13 16
November 11.2 12 12 10 9
December 7.7 8 10 7 9
Average 12.1 6.1 13.7 12.2 12.3 12.9

49th 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 19.2 19 9 15 23 18
February 13.6 5 15 18 12 12
March 12.0 14 19 18 6
April 7.1 16 7 10 7
May 4.5 6 2 4 6
June 3.4 3 5 5 3
July 1.1 0 1 2 0
August 0.6 0 1 0 1
September 1.9 1 3 2 0
October 5.1 6 2 8 5
November 7.7 13 3 7 7
December 15.3 16 10 21 12
Average 7.5 11.9 7.5 6.6 8.5 5.7

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.4 11 9 11 10 11
February 9.7 7 12 9 9 11
March 9.4 9 10 9 10
April 8.4 9 8 8 11
May 8.5 10 9 8 8
June 8.7 10 10 7 7
July 10.2 10 12 10 12
August 11.4 13 11 10 11
September 10.2 13 9 11 11
October 9.0 9 11 11 7
November 9.1 10 9 9 10
December 10.0 10 11 10 9
Average 9.5 9.4 10.2 9.8 9.2 9.6

40th 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 357° 013° 335° 232° 359°
February 279° 325° 014° 014° 303°
March 016° 017° 017° 016°
April 345° 003° 020° 028°
May 028° 039° 026° 344°
June 029° 033° 309° 315°
July 035° 046° 032° 026°
August 034° 041° 045° 027°
September 041° 027° 046° 022°
October 009° 032° 043° 296°
November 230° 038° 040° 038°
December 300° 034° 272° 049°

Prevailing wind direction

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