Climate Podgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci Airbase 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Podgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci Airbase (LYPG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	88.1	87	95	95	90	89
February	90.9	93	96	92	94	93
March	94.4	98	92	96	95	96
April	98.5		99	99	99	100
May	98.7		100	99	100	97
June	99.6		100	99	100	100
July	99.5		100	100	100	100
August	99.5		100	100	99	100
September	98.5		99	96	100	98
October	98.0		97	99	96	96
November	90.6		83	89	90	97
December	83.7		84	71	84	75
Average	95.4	93.0	95.9	95.9	96.2	95.8

2nd best VFR conditions of Montenegro

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	94.2	92	99	98	97	94
February	96.2	97	99	96	98	97
March	98.5	100	98	99	98	100
April	99.8		100	100	100	100
May	99.7		100	100	100	99
June	99.8		100	100	100	100
July	99.9		100	100	100	100
August	99.9		100	100	100	100
September	99.6		100	99	100	100
October	99.4		99	99	99	99
November	97.2		97	97	94	99
December	93.7		94	93	93	88
Average	98.3	96.7	99.0	98.7	98.6	98.2

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	9.9	12	13	10	10	11
February	13.2	16	12	13	14	14
March	16.0	17	16	14	14	16
April	19.7		19	19	17	20
May	24.5		25	27	24	25
June	30.0		29	32	31	28
July	33.5		34	35	34	34
August	33.6		32	34	34	33
September	27.9		30	26	28	30
October	22.6		25	23	21	21
November	16.5		16	17	17	18
December	11.9		13	13	11	13
Average	20.8	15.1	21.9	22.1	21.2	21.7

1st highest temperature of Montenegro

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	1.5	3	3	2	4	1
February	3.7	6	2	3	3	4
March	6.5	8	7	5	5	6
April	9.5		9	9	8	9
May	14.2		15	15	13	14
June	19.3		19	21	19	17
July	21.8		22	23	22	21
August	22.1		22	23	22	21
September	17.5		19	17	17	19
October	11.8		14	11	11	12
November	8.1		8	9	9	6
December	4.4		4	7	4	5
Average	10.9	5.5	12.1	12.1	11.4	11.3

2nd lowest temperature of Montenegro

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	16.3	16	20	7	29	8
February	14.2	11	8	16	16	9
March	12.6	15	14	5	12	15
April	8.0		7	10	12	7
May	8.2		9	4	6	6
June	3.1		5	1	1	5
July	1.1		1	2	0	0
August	1.3		4	1	2	1
September	4.0		3	8	0	5
October	5.9		9	5	7	11
November	18.7		27	20	26	1
December	21.6		16	32	22	31
Average	9.2	13.5	9.2	7.6	9.6	7.5

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	5.4	5	5	7	6	5
February	6.2	5	7	7	6	7
March	6.0	4	6	6	7	5
April	5.7		6	7	5	6
May	5.2		4	4	6	7
June	5.4		5	6	6	5
July	6.2		5	7	6	7
August	5.4		5	6	6	5
September	5.1		5	5	5	5
October	4.0		4	3	5	4
November	4.3		5	4	4	3
December	5.3		4	3	6	4
Average	5.3	4.7	5.1	5.6	5.6	5.4

1st highest wind speed of Montenegro

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	011°	065°	024°	064°	018°
February	102°	003°	020°	060°	025°
March	133°	071°	051°	022°	118°
April		029°	045°	080°	095°
May		141°	152°	144°	026°
June		265°	114°	148°	205°
July		174°	237°	187°	315°
August		271°	213°	186°	051°
September		009°	121°	189°	289°
October		084°	054°	022°	142°
November		039°	087°	078°	032°
December		011°	131°	017°	081°

Prevailing wind direction

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