Climate Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani International Airport (OIAW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	47.2	61	9	37	57	56
February	66.4	69	77	64	81	64
March	72.3	81	66	65	69	81
April	78.3		92	67	73	87
May	67.3		75	56	74	81
June	77.7		93	61	87	94
July	66.5		89	39	84	79
August	64.2		72	43	72	90
September	64.6		72	55	86	62
October	62.7		81	35	83	68
November	47.9		41	50	61	47
December	40.0		43	38	45	45
Average	65.7	70.4	70.9	50.9	73.6	72.9

57th best VFR conditions of Iran

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	72.0	85	24	67	83	85
February	87.8	92	93	89	95	85
March	91.9	93	94	85	89	95
April	93.6		100	87	95	97
May	88.2		96	74	97	96
June	93.5		100	89	97	100
July	86.7		99	68	96	96
August	89.2		93	80	97	96
September	87.2		89	81	97	89
October	88.7		93	76	98	88
November	80.2		69	84	98	75
December	70.1		71	74	87	67
Average	87.4	89.8	87.9	79.2	94.3	90.1

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	19.6	22	16	19	22	19
February	22.1	22	21	23	24	22
March	26.9	26	27	26	28	26
April	33.8		34	36	37	33
May	40.7		40	39	43	42
June	46.3		46	47	47	45
July	47.6		48	47	48	48
August	46.7		47	47	47	45
September	44.0		45	44	43	44
October	37.1		37	39	38	37
November	27.1		28	29	29	27
December	21.6		23	24	22	20
Average	33.2	23.3	34.3	35.2	35.7	34.0

4th highest temperature of Iran

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	8.2	10	9	7	7	8
February	9.6	10	9	11	10	9
March	13.6	13	14	13	14	13
April	19.1		18	20	20	19
May	24.8		25	24	26	24
June	29.1		30	29	29	29
July	31.1		31	31	32	31
August	30.5		31	32	31	29
September	26.3		27	26	26	26
October	20.8		23	21	21	17
November	14.7		16	16	15	15
December	10.4		11	12	11	10
Average	18.8	10.7	20.1	20.3	20.1	19.2

55th lowest temperature of Iran

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	3.8	3	10	4	1	2
February	3.2	6	5	3	2	2
March	4.0	8	8	1	1	4
April	1.1		2	1	0	1
May	0.1		1	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.5		2	0	0	0
November	2.7		2	2	0	7
December	2.6		2	3	4	4
Average	1.8	5.4	2.7	0.7	0.5	1.4

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	4.3	5	4	4	4	4
February	4.9	5	5	5	5	5
March	5.1	5	5	6	5	5
April	5.0		5	5	5	5
May	5.3		6	6	5	5
June	6.0		6	6	7	6
July	5.5		5	5	6	5
August	5.2		5	5	5	6
September	4.4		5	4	5	4
October	4.0		5	4	5	3
November	3.9		4	4	4	4
December	4.0		3	4	5	4
Average	4.9	4.7	4.9	4.8	5.0	4.7

4th highest wind speed of Iran

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	248°	204°	268°	271°	221°
February	265°	265°	252°	254°	206°
March	215°	153°	263°	243°	157°
April		254°	255°	236°	177°
May		268°	285°	247°	257°
June		288°	277°	286°	282°
July		272°	240°	257°	232°
August		251°	214°	241°	270°
September		264°	230°	281°	199°
October		296°	221°	277°	276°
November		252°	203°	265°	183°
December		258°	296°	210°	272°

Prevailing wind direction

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