İstanbul Airport

LTFM · Istanbul, Türkiye

Climate İstanbul Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of İstanbul Airport (LTFM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 57.3 52 50 56 68 50
February 62.9 61 68 65 64 72
March 62.6 60 56 55 60 62
April 72.7 63 77 67 76
May 77.9 41 86 86 86
June 75.1 62 63 81 90
July 88.3 94 87 86 83
August 78.6 68 58 92 90
September 77.0 73 77 88 67
October 64.2 73 74 40 74
November 55.4 69 59 48 42
December 55.1 56 50 60 47
Average 65.5 57.8 64.7 68.8 72.0 72.2

65th 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 86.5 86 80 77 87 98
February 85.0 73 85 88 90 98
March 88.8 81 79 92 98 84
April 89.6 80 90 92 96
May 91.6 72 92 100 95
June 95.4 94 90 98 99
July 99.4 100 99 99 99
August 99.5 99 100 100 100
September 99.8 99 100 100 100
October 96.6 97 98 96 96
November 93.1 92 99 83 98
December 86.1 80 81 91 80
Average 91.1 80.2 88.2 92.9 95.2 95.6

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 9.3 10 11 7 11 8
February 10.1 12 10 10 11 10
March 11.3 13 12 8 10 13
April 14.8 15 16 14 15
May 20.2 17 20 22 21
June 24.5 23 24 24 25
July 27.1 29 27 28 26
August 27.5 28 28 28 27
September 24.6 25 25 23 26
October 20.2 22 19 17 23
November 15.9 18 17 15 14
December 11.6 13 14 11 13
Average 16.2 11.7 18.5 17.9 17.8 18.3

55th 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 4.2 5 6 2 4 4
February 4.5 7 4 4 5 5
March 5.2 6 6 3 4 7
April 8.3 9 9 8 8
May 13.6 13 13 14 13
June 19.0 19 19 18 18
July 21.9 22 22 23 22
August 22.9 23 23 23 23
September 19.0 20 18 18 20
October 14.8 16 14 14 15
November 10.9 11 12 10 10
December 6.9 8 9 7 9
Average 10.9 5.9 13.0 12.3 12.2 12.9

51st 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 22.5 26 15 23 28 22
February 17.7 9 21 23 15 13
March 17.8 19 24 23 23 15
April 13.1 19 15 13 13
May 5.3 10 4 5 4
June 4.4 6 7 6 3
July 2.1 1 1 2 0
August 1.3 1 3 0 1
September 3.6 4 5 4 2
October 9.4 8 6 18 9
November 15.1 16 12 12 19
December 25.0 23 32 29 28
Average 13.4 18.2 11.2 10.9 11.7 9.3

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 14.1 16 12 15 14 15
February 14.1 13 16 13 13 15
March 12.8 10 13 14 14 14
April 12.0 11 12 12 15
May 11.0 11 11 11 11
June 10.6 12 12 9 9
July 12.7 12 14 12 15
August 13.9 15 13 13 14
September 14.0 15 13 13 15
October 12.1 12 14 14 10
November 12.9 13 13 12 14
December 13.3 14 15 15 12
Average 12.8 12.5 12.9 12.9 12.4 13.0

55th 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 336° 234° 335° 230° 013°
February 243° 334° 355° 341° 271°
March 288° 023° 011° 018° 028°
April 335° 346° 025° 048°
May 031° 042° 039° 016°
June 035° 025° 011° 033°
July 038° 044° 027° 040°
August 043° 036° 043° 046°
September 051° 030° 046° 042°
October 034° 041° 046° 202°
November 228° 072° 052° 034°
December 247° 197° 251° 278°

Prevailing wind direction

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