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 68.5 54 69 68 64
April 81.6 68 85 88 68
May 81.6 52 88 92 89
June 85.3 76 84 82 93
July 91.8 90 92 86 93
August 89.4 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 78.5 60.7 71.2 84.3 82.5 84.7

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 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 87.7 81 86 97 84
April 93.5 92 92 96 86
May 94.9 89 95 100 97
June 96.6 98 97 93 99
July 97.9 99 98 96 97
August 97.4 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 93.6 89.9 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 12.7 13 8 11 14
April 17.5 17 19 17 12
May 22.4 20 23 24 22
June 26.5 26 26 25 27
July 29.4 31 29 30 29
August 30.1 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 18.9 12.2 20.3 19.5 19.6 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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.8 5 6 3 5 4
February 4.5 7 4 4 4 5
March 5.2 7 2 4 7
April 8.1 9 9 7 6
May 13.3 12 12 14 13
June 18.0 17 18 17 18
July 19.9 20 19 21 20
August 20.5 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 11.0 5.8 12.4 11.5 11.4 12.2

40th 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 24.4 29 9 25 24 29
February 19.0 7 23 22 20 19
March 19.0 21 29 27 20
April 10.6 18 12 11 23
May 6.4 11 2 6 8
June 4.2 4 7 11 2
July 2.4 2 2 3 1
August 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 10.8 17.7 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 9.2 9 9 9 10
April 8.8 8 9 10 15
May 8.9 10 9 9 9
June 9.0 10 10 8 8
July 10.6 10 13 10 13
August 11.4 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 9.4 9.2 9.7 9.8 9.5 9.5

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 051° 026° 344° 224° 029°
February 264° 337° 018° 018° 302°
March 018° 014° 359° 027°
April 325° 360° 012° 043°
May 047° 030° 018° 338°
June 058° 028° 357° 324°
July 052° 039° 031° 041°
August 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.