Şanlıurfa GAP Airport

LTCS · Şanlıurfa, Türkiye

Climate Şanlıurfa GAP Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Şanlıurfa GAP Airport (LTCS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.5 61 78 62 84 78
February 84.6 68 78 96 95 84
March 84.2 83 73 82 93 85
April 95.8 95 95 98 100 97
May 98.9 100 97 100 100
June 99.7 100 99 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 99.8 100 100 100 99
October 98.4 100 100 100 100
November 85.9 83 76 88 95
December 75.6 67 79 90 88
Average 91.0 78.0 90.4 92.0 96.3 94.5

34th 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 83.4 74 89 71 92 91
February 90.9 82 81 98 99 91
March 92.9 93 89 90 97 95
April 98.7 98 99 100 100 99
May 99.6 100 99 100 100
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 99
October 99.5 100 100 100 100
November 92.4 92 83 94 100
December 83.9 74 94 92 96
Average 94.9 87.5 94.3 95.1 98.1 97.9

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 7.8 9 10 5 10 8
February 10.3 11 8 12 12 8
March 13.9 14 15 9 13 15
April 20.1 24 18 23 22 19
May 26.0 25 24 30 25
June 32.4 32 33 32 32
July 36.6 37 36 37 37
August 36.6 38 37 36 36
September 32.5 33 33 30 35
October 25.1 25 25 24 28
November 16.3 17 16 18 16
December 10.9 13 13 10 11
Average 21.4 14.3 22.5 22.4 22.8 22.4

22nd 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 1.0 3 1 0 2 1
February 2.0 4 -1 3 3 1
March 5.1 5 7 2 4 7
April 9.6 13 8 11 10 9
May 13.8 13 13 16 14
June 19.2 19 20 19 19
July 23.1 23 24 23 24
August 23.6 25 24 24 23
September 20.2 21 21 19 22
October 14.6 15 15 14 17
November 7.9 9 8 9 7
December 3.9 5 6 2 3
Average 11.3 6.1 12.1 12.2 11.9 12.1

50th 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 10.6 18 7 18 11 9
February 6.6 7 11 4 2 6
March 8.9 11 14 13 10 8
April 2.6 3 3 0 1 2
May 1.7 1 6 0 2
June 0.1 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 1.9 1 1 1 0
November 8.0 7 12 6 9
December 9.3 7 3 7 5
Average 4.3 9.5 3.9 4.3 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 8.1 7 7 8 9 9
February 7.7 7 8 8 8 10
March 8.8 7 10 8 9 10
April 7.7 7 8 9 8 7
May 8.3 9 8 9 9
June 8.5 8 9 9 8
July 8.3 8 8 9 9
August 7.6 8 7 8 8
September 7.4 7 8 7 7
October 7.3 7 7 7 6
November 7.0 8 7 6 7
December 7.6 7 5 8 7
Average 7.8 7.1 7.9 7.9 8.1 8.1

22nd 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 105° 066° 084° 074° 032°
February 123° 039° 090° 008° 023°
March 214° 188° 319° 262° 074°
April 072° 223° 282° 239° 321°
May 178° 010° 259° 294°
June 301° 278° 239° 261°
July 005° 350° 278° 312°
August 340° 242° 277° 301°
September 305° 305° 249° 250°
October 043° 048° 315° 001°
November 160° 105° 011° 017°
December 105° 072° 050° 020°

Prevailing wind direction

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