Statistics Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (LTFJ) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	69.7	61	73	76	73	74
February	66.5	59	78	65	84	45
March	68.5	54	69	68	64	89
April	81.6	68	85	88	68	87
May	81.6	52	88	92	89	94
June	85.3	76	84	82	93	89
July	91.8	90	92	86	93	97
August	89.4	78	89	95	96	87
September	90.6	90	95	94	92	91
October	80.4	82	85	81	84	72
November	79.4	71	91	71	86	88
December	74.9		79	77	74	76
Average	81.0	71.2	84.3	82.5	84.7	84.0

54th best VFR conditions of Türkiye

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 8 km or more
• Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	90.0	92	84	94	96	94
February	85.9	86	95	82	95	67
March	87.7	81	86	97	84	99
April	93.5	92	92	96	86	96
May	94.9	89	95	100	97	97
June	96.6	98	97	93	99	97
July	97.9	99	98	96	97	100
August	97.4	98	98	98	99	98
September	98.3	99	100	100	99	100
October	94.8	95	99	94	93	92
November	94.7	94	99	88	98	97
December	94.7		96	97	92	98
Average	94.2	93.1	94.8	94.7	95.2	95.2

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 5 km or more
• Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	9.6	13	8	12	9	10
February	10.7	10	11	12	12	10
March	12.7	13	8	11	14	14
April	17.5	17	19	17	12	17
May	22.4	20	23	24	22	24
June	26.5	26	26	25	27	28
July	29.4	31	29	30	29	29
August	30.1	31	30	31	30	29
September	26.5	28	26	25	28	26
October	21.3	23	20	19	24	22
November	17.2	18	18	17	16	21
December	12.5		15	12	14	13
Average	19.9	20.8	19.5	19.6	20.2	20.2

39th highest temperature of Türkiye

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	3.7	6	3	5	4	4
February	4.1	4	4	4	5	4
March	5.2	7	2	4	7	5
April	8.1	9	9	7	6	8
May	13.3	12	12	14	13	15
June	18.0	17	18	17	18	20
July	19.9	20	19	21	20	19
August	20.5	22	21	21	20	20
September	17.2	18	17	16	19	16
October	13.2	14	13	12	16	14
November	9.9	11	11	10	8	12
December	6.7		9	7	8	6
Average	11.8	12.8	11.5	11.4	12.2	11.9

40th lowest temperature of Türkiye

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	23.8	9	25	24	29	27
February	20.8	23	22	20	19	28
March	19.0	21	29	27	20	6
April	10.6	18	12	11	23	11
May	6.4	11	2	6	8	4
June	4.2	4	7	11	2	2
July	2.4	2	2	3	1	5
August	1.1	1	1	0	1	2
September	4.2	3	6	5	1	3
October	7.5	7	9	9	8	6
November	10.8	19	5	9	12	4
December	19.9		19	22	13	22
Average	9.8	10.0	10.3	11.2	9.6	8.7

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	8.8	8	10	8	10	9
February	9.5	11	9	9	10	10
March	9.2	9	9	9	10	11
April	8.8	8	9	10	15	8
May	8.9	10	9	9	9	8
June	9.0	10	10	8	8	9
July	10.6	10	13	10	13	11
August	11.4	12	11	10	11	12
September	10.3	12	9	11	11	11
October	8.6	9	10	11	6	8
November	8.1	8	9	8	7	7
December	8.2		9	9	8	8
Average	9.4	9.7	9.8	9.5	9.5	9.4

39th 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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	026°	344°	224°	029°	070°
February	337°	018°	018°	302°	019°
March	018°	014°	359°	027°	012°
April	325°	360°	012°	043°	014°
May	047°	030°	018°	338°	282°
June	058°	028°	357°	324°	032°
July	052°	039°	031°	041°	034°
August	055°	032°	036°	038°	036°
September	058°	023°	039°	038°	040°
October	051°	038°	036°	284°	033°
November	243°	036°	018°	043°	032°
December		040°	225°	041°	039°

Prevailing wind direction

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