Chişinău International Airport

LUKK · Chișinău Municipality, Moldova

Climate Chişinău International Airport 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 86 60 93 80 100
May 92.9 96 100 98 93 88
June 94.1 93 96 98 92 94
July 96.1 97 95 100 95 98
August 96.8 98 98 97 94 100
September 91.0 88 98 88 96 94
October 81.8 75 99 94 95 75
November 48.8 75 38 69 50
December 39.2 62 25 44 12
Average 81.1 85.9 83.9 85.8 81.9 83.0

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 94.6 95 82 98 97 100
May 97.9 97 100 100 99 99
June 98.4 97 100 99 98 98
July 99.1 99 99 100 100 100
August 99.0 100 98 98 98 100
September 96.7 95 100 97 100 98
October 91.1 93 99 99 98 87
November 73.7 91 66 82 75
December 64.4 79 51 67 43
Average 90.9 94.2 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 16.9 21 13 16 14 19
May 22.3 23 23 23 21 20
June 27.9 30 27 28 25 28
July 29.6 33 30 30 30 30
August 30.1 31 32 30 27 31
September 24.4 25 27 22 21 27
October 17.9 17 22 18 16 20
November 9.5 11 10 11 8
December 5.1 7 4 4 5
Average 17.4 20.5 18.0 17.1 15.5 18.0

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 4.9 7 6 5 2 4
May 9.7 9 10 9 9 9
June 15.7 17 15 15 15 16
July 16.8 19 18 16 18 16
August 16.5 18 18 18 15 16
September 11.4 14 13 11 8 12
October 6.2 7 7 5 2 10
November 1.8 2 2 1 2
December -1.2 -1 -1 -1 1
Average 6.6 8.8 7.1 6.2 5.1 7.1

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 9.1 7 25 8 10 0
May 5.4 3 5 2 9 10
June 3.4 2 4 1 8 3
July 2.8 3 7 2 2 2
August 1.6 3 3 2 2 0
September 4.9 13 1 5 4 1
October 2.8 3 2 1 3 4
November 12.8 16 12 6 13
December 18.9 3 20 20 27
Average 7.6 6.1 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 8.7 8 9 10 7 9
May 7.9 8 8 7 8 9
June 7.1 6 7 8 8 6
July 6.7 7 7 7 6 7
August 6.7 7 6 7 7 7
September 7.1 8 7 7 7 7
October 7.3 7 9 7 7 7
November 7.4 9 7 7 6
December 7.7 7 7 9 8
Average 7.6 7.4 8.1 7.9 7.3 7.7

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 340° 008° 321° 316° 316°
May 088° 041° 333° 306° 329°
June 319° 359° 015° 356° 355°
July 334° 319° 338° 351° 357°
August 346° 032° 008° 343° 028°
September 064° 055° 327° 332° 359°
October 341° 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.