Climate Et Cetera 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Chişinău International Airport (LUKK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	55.5	72	37	71	65	65
February	64.1	71	79	89	55	88
March	75.9	67	79	82	74	89
April	85.3		60	93	80	100
May	92.5		100	98	93	88
June	94.2		96	98	92	94
July	96.0		95	100	95	98
August	96.7		98	97	94	100
September	91.5		98	88	96	94
October	82.8		99	94	95	75
November	48.8		75	38	69	50
December	39.2		62	25	44	12
Average	79.1	69.6	83.9	85.8	81.9	83.0

1st best VFR conditions of Moldova

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	75.8	87	63	93	80	87
February	81.9	88	96	97	72	98
March	88.3	83	95	94	91	95
April	94.5		82	98	97	100
May	98.0		100	100	99	99
June	98.6		100	99	98	98
July	99.1		99	100	100	100
August	98.8		98	98	98	100
September	96.9		100	97	100	98
October	90.9		99	99	98	87
November	73.7		91	66	82	75
December	64.4		79	51	67	43
Average	89.9	85.7	93.0	93.7	92.0	92.0

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	3.0	4	6	4	4	6
February	6.4	11	7	9	4	10
March	10.9	12	13	9	9	14
April	16.4		13	16	14	19
May	22.2		23	23	21	20
June	27.5		27	28	25	28
July	29.1		30	30	30	30
August	30.0		32	30	27	31
September	24.3		27	22	21	27
October	18.1		22	18	16	20
November	9.5		11	10	11	8
December	5.1		7	4	4	5
Average	15.9	8.7	18.0	17.1	15.5	18.0

1st highest temperature of Moldova

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	-5.9	-5	0	-3	-3	-3
February	-2.2	2	-2	-2	-4	0
March	0.2	2	1	-3	-1	3
April	4.6		6	5	2	4
May	9.8		10	9	9	9
June	15.5		15	15	15	16
July	16.5		18	16	18	16
August	16.3		18	18	15	16
September	11.1		13	11	8	12
October	6.1		7	5	2	10
November	1.8		2	2	1	2
December	-1.2		-1	-1	-1	1
Average	5.4	-1.5	7.1	6.2	5.1	7.1

1st lowest temperature of Moldova

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	18.4	15	20	19	21	4
February	13.9	3	15	2	17	6
March	11.5	15	4	14	14	4
April	9.4		25	8	10	0
May	5.7		5	2	9	10
June	3.7		4	1	8	3
July	2.8		7	2	2	2
August	1.4		3	2	2	0
September	3.8		1	5	4	1
October	2.9		2	1	3	4
November	12.8		16	12	6	13
December	18.9		3	20	20	27
Average	8.3	11.1	7.9	6.1	8.8	5.3

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	7.9	8	9	10	7	7
February	8.5	9	10	8	8	10
March	9.0	9	9	9	9	10
April	8.9		9	10	7	9
May	7.9		8	7	8	9
June	7.3		7	8	8	6
July	6.7		7	7	6	7
August	6.7		6	7	7	7
September	7.0		7	7	7	7
October	7.4		9	7	7	7
November	7.4		9	7	7	6
December	7.7		7	7	9	8
Average	7.8	8.4	8.1	7.9	7.3	7.7

1st highest wind speed of Moldova

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	310°	113°	327°	253°	331°
February	235°	335°	314°	336°	301°
March	078°	285°	001°	351°	004°
April		008°	321°	316°	316°
May		041°	333°	306°	329°
June		359°	015°	356°	355°
July		319°	338°	351°	357°
August		032°	008°	343°	028°
September		055°	327°	332°	359°
October		279°	326°	043°	165°
November		295°	019°	263°	009°
December		293°	080°	340°	090°

Prevailing wind direction

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