Climate Sanandaj Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sanandaj Airport (OICS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	84.4	95	56	79	99	90
February	88.1	89	91	92	88	89
March	88.5	95	90	88	87	92
April	90.1		98	86	98	91
May	89.9		93	76	97	92
June	94.9		97	81	98	100
July	98.9		98	99	100	100
August	99.7		100	100	100	100
September	100.0		100	100	100	100
October	96.0		99	98	97	100
November	84.9		91	90	84	63
December	82.2		96	60	89	70
Average	92.0	92.9	93.2	88.3	94.6	92.2

19th 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	94.8	99	88	90	100	97
February	96.2	99	95	97	98	97
March	96.9	99	98	94	97	99
April	98.0		100	97	100	98
May	97.0		99	86	100	99
June	99.4		100	97	100	100
July	99.7		100	100	100	100
August	100.0		100	100	100	100
September	100.0		100	100	100	100
October	98.6		100	100	100	100
November	96.2		97	97	96	84
December	96.3		100	89	99	92
Average	98.0	98.9	98.2	95.7	99.1	97.9

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	7.8	11	4	6	7	8
February	9.7	9	9	11	11	10
March	14.9	15	17	14	14	15
April	20.3		21	24	23	19
May	26.6		26	26	29	27
June	34.3		33	35	36	33
July	37.4		38	38	36	35
August	36.8		38	39	33	34
September	33.0		34	34	32	32
October	24.7		25	27	25	24
November	15.0		18	16	15	12
December	10.8		14	10	12	6
Average	21.4	11.9	22.9	23.7	23.2	21.3

50th 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	-4.3	-2	-5	-7	-5	-2
February	-2.2	-1	-4	-1	-1	-1
March	2.5	1	4	1	4	4
April	6.3		5	7	7	7
May	10.1		9	10	12	12
June	14.4		13	15	14	15
July	19.2		20	19	20	21
August	18.3		18	19	19	18
September	12.8		13	13	12	14
October	7.6		8	8	7	6
November	3.0		4	2	4	5
December	-1.5		-1	1	0	-1
Average	6.5	-1.6	7.0	7.4	8.1	8.2

8th 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	7.8	12	10	13	1	3
February	10.9	15	6	9	11	13
March	9.5	12	10	7	3	10
April	6.0		4	4	1	8
May	1.6		1	1	0	1
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	2.6		6	3	0	0
November	5.9		5	7	5	10
December	7.2		9	1	6	7
Average	4.9	13.0	3.8	3.3	2.0	4.1

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	4.6	4	4	5	4	4
February	5.0	6	6	5	3	6
March	6.5	7	6	8	7	5
April	6.0		6	7	3	6
May	5.2		5	6	5	6
June	4.8		5	5	4	4
July	4.6		5	5	4	4
August	4.8		5	5	3	5
September	4.4		5	5	3	3
October	4.2		5	4	3	2
November	3.6		4	3	4	3
December	3.5		4	3	5	2
Average	4.9	5.6	5.1	5.3	4.0	4.5

50th 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	193°	204°	189°	189°	196°
February	247°	197°	196°	186°	195°
March	199°	193°	194°	189°	204°
April		196°	200°	180°	195°
May		203°	210°	205°	196°
June		239°	215°	206°	251°
July		260°	293°	327°	341°
August		245°	317°	341°	285°
September		235°	220°	190°	299°
October		198°	195°	205°	331°
November		189°	197°	303°	250°
December		188°	328°	185°	350°

Prevailing wind direction

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