Climate Cengiz Topel Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cengiz Topel Airport (LTBQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	53.7	56	53	49	73	49
February	53.5	62	48	56	57	69
March	52.4	57	36	46	57	52
April	66.3		60	73	62	66
May	63.9		29	80	85	71
June	69.5		49	66	73	84
July	80.7		81	87	79	75
August	79.5		62	79	90	88
September	78.3		81	82	78	74
October	61.3		61	58	68	72
November	59.5		62	67	57	67
December	57.9		53	55	71	56
Average	64.8	57.9	56.1	68.2	71.9	69.6

66th 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	87.0	94	86	83	89	85
February	85.1	92	78	90	82	91
March	84.5	85	79	81	94	81
April	90.6		90	91	91	92
May	91.3		87	97	97	92
June	92.9		90	96	93	97
July	96.2		98	98	95	97
August	95.4		91	94	98	98
September	95.9		98	97	95	97
October	86.2		86	87	87	91
November	86.5		88	90	82	88
December	85.6		76	81	97	79
Average	90.2	89.8	87.8	91.3	92.2	91.5

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	10.4	11	14	9	13	9
February	12.4	15	11	12	12	13
March	14.3	17	14	9	12	15
April	18.7		18	20	17	18
May	23.1		20	24	25	23
June	27.0		26	27	26	27
July	29.2		30	29	30	29
August	30.0		31	30	31	30
September	26.8		28	27	24	29
October	21.9		23	20	20	25
November	17.6		19	18	18	15
December	13.7		15	16	14	15
Average	19.7	14.4	20.7	20.0	20.1	20.7

32nd 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	-1.8	1	1	-2	1	-1
February	0.4	2	-1	0	0	1
March	1.8	2	3	-1	1	3
April	4.2		7	4	6	2
May	9.0		10	6	9	8
June	13.4		13	14	12	13
July	15.2		14	14	18	16
August	16.4		18	17	16	15
September	12.2		12	11	11	16
October	8.3		8	8	7	11
November	5.1		6	5	6	3
December	3.0		3	6	3	5
Average	6.7	1.5	7.9	6.9	7.4	7.6

22nd 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	27.1	27	14	35	24	23
February	21.5	9	31	26	21	16
March	23.1	19	35	35	29	19
April	13.3		16	18	20	12
May	9.7		13	4	9	9
June	7.4		11	10	11	6
July	3.8		4	2	7	1
August	2.3		6	3	1	0
September	6.7		4	12	10	5
October	10.0		12	15	9	6
November	12.8		23	8	10	7
December	21.7		16	22	22	13
Average	13.2	18.4	14.6	14.6	13.5	9.0

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	3.7	4	4	4	4	3
February	4.3	4	5	4	4	4
March	4.5	4	4	5	5	5
April	4.6		5	5	5	5
May	4.3		5	5	5	4
June	4.2		4	5	4	4
July	4.6		4	5	4	5
August	4.7		4	4	4	5
September	4.2		5	4	4	5
October	3.2		3	4	3	3
November	3.0		4	3	4	3
December	3.1		2	4	5	2
Average	4.1	3.8	4.2	4.6	4.2	4.1

32nd 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	331°	031°	286°	263°	350°
February	287°	289°	304°	288°	289°
March	303°	352°	302°	290°	005°
April		287°	310°	321°	027°
May		026°	009°	338°	330°
June		028°	360°	327°	359°
July		028°	045°	020°	038°
August		040°	047°	053°	033°
September		046°	358°	044°	032°
October		311°	046°	051°	268°
November		256°	049°	252°	064°
December		299°	058°	290°	042°

Prevailing wind direction

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