Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport

LTFJ · Istanbul, Türkiye

Climate Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport 2020-2024

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 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 67.4 52 61 73 76 73
February 66.9 70 59 78 65 84
March 69.0 73 54 69 68 64
April 81.1 78 68 85 88 68
May 80.2 71 52 88 92 89
June 86.5 95 76 84 82 93
July 90.6 82 90 92 86 93
August 90.4 97 78 89 95 96
September 90.6 90 95 94 92
October 80.4 82 85 81 84
November 79.4 71 91 71 86
December 74.4 71 79 77 74
Average 80.7 78.3 71.2 84.3 82.5 84.7

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 90.5 94 92 84 94 96
February 85.9 86 86 95 82 95
March 88.5 94 81 86 97 84
April 93.7 95 92 92 96 86
May 94.3 90 89 95 100 97
June 97.0 100 98 97 93 99
July 97.7 96 99 98 96 97
August 97.7 100 98 98 98 99
September 98.3 99 100 100 99
October 94.8 95 99 94 93
November 94.7 94 99 88 98
December 93.1 85 96 97 92
Average 94.2 94.6 92.6 94.8 94.7 95.2

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 9.7 11 13 8 12 9
February 11.1 14 10 11 12 12
March 13.0 15 13 8 11 14
April 18.0 21 17 19 17 12
May 22.2 21 20 23 24 22
June 27.0 30 26 26 25 27
July 29.7 32 31 29 30 29
August 30.2 31 31 30 31 30
September 26.5 28 26 25 28
October 21.3 23 20 19 24
November 17.2 18 18 17 16
December 12.8 14 15 12 14
Average 20.1 21.8 20.3 19.5 19.6 20.2

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 3.8 5 6 3 5 4
February 4.5 7 4 4 4 5
March 5.4 7 7 2 4 7
April 8.7 12 9 9 7 6
May 13.1 12 12 12 14 13
June 18.3 20 17 18 17 18
July 20.2 22 20 19 21 20
August 20.6 21 22 21 21 20
September 17.2 18 17 16 19
October 13.2 14 13 12 16
November 9.9 11 11 10 8
December 6.9 8 9 7 8
Average 11.9 13.1 12.4 11.5 11.4 12.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 24.4 29 9 25 24 29
February 19.0 7 23 22 20 19
March 18.4 14 21 29 27 20
April 10.3 8 18 12 11 23
May 6.4 7 11 2 6 8
June 3.7 0 4 7 11 2
July 2.3 2 2 2 3 1
August 1.1 1 1 1 0 1
September 4.2 3 6 5 1
October 7.5 7 9 9 8
November 10.8 19 5 9 12
December 19.1 15 19 22 13
Average 9.5 7.5 10.3 10.3 11.2 9.6

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 9.0 10 8 10 8 10
February 9.3 8 11 9 9 10
March 9.0 7 9 9 9 10
April 8.9 9 8 9 10 15
May 9.0 9 10 9 9 9
June 9.3 12 10 10 8 8
July 10.8 12 10 13 10 13
August 11.4 12 12 11 10 11
September 10.3 12 9 11 11
October 8.6 9 10 11 6
November 8.1 8 9 8 7
December 8.4 10 9 9 8
Average 9.5 10.0 9.7 9.8 9.5 9.5

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 051° 026° 344° 224° 029°
February 264° 337° 018° 018° 302°
March 037° 018° 014° 359° 027°
April 055° 325° 360° 012° 043°
May 057° 047° 030° 018° 338°
June 057° 058° 028° 357° 324°
July 048° 052° 039° 031° 041°
August 040° 055° 032° 036° 038°
September 058° 023° 039° 038°
October 051° 038° 036° 284°
November 243° 036° 018° 043°
December 298° 040° 225° 041°

Prevailing wind direction

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