Payam Karaj International Airport

OIIP · Alborz, Iran

Climate Payam Karaj International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Payam Karaj International Airport (OIIP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 47.0 48 27 52 43 34
February 59.6 59 67 55 57 57
March 56.9 69 57 55 47 47
April 61.9 80 67 39 46 51
May 63.5 61 48 63 57
June 75.6 62 53 69 70
July 74.7 57 52 70 71
August 81.9 66 72 78 72
September 82.0 73 71 77 65
October 70.2 71 67 79 35
November 40.3 48 55 33 16
December 41.5 53 5 39 21
Average 64.3 65.3 59.6 53.6 59.7 51.7

55th 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 78.2 84 59 81 76 65
February 82.7 78 81 85 80 74
March 85.9 87 84 92 78 76
April 89.5 97 94 79 86 77
May 91.3 88 79 95 89
June 95.7 89 87 100 97
July 95.9 93 86 99 95
August 97.4 92 93 100 98
September 98.3 97 96 99 98
October 91.4 94 93 96 83
November 78.0 87 89 66 64
December 71.8 92 43 69 45
Average 88.7 87.2 88.0 85.0 88.3 81.7

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 8.1 11 5 9 10 6
February 9.9 10 9 12 14 10
March 15.6 15 18 15 16 16
April 21.5 24 23 25 25 18
May 27.5 28 26 29 27
June 34.2 34 35 36 33
July 36.5 36 35 37 35
August 34.8 35 34 35 33
September 31.3 31 32 32 30
October 23.3 24 25 22 24
November 14.9 19 16 13 15
December 10.4 14 9 10 6
Average 21.4 14.7 23.0 23.2 23.2 20.9

55th 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 -2.1 0 -4 -2 -3 -3
February -1.6 0 -2 1 1 -1
March 4.4 4 7 3 4 4
April 8.7 8 10 10 11 7
May 13.5 13 11 15 13
June 18.7 17 19 20 17
July 21.0 20 19 20 20
August 19.4 20 19 20 17
September 16.0 16 16 17 15
October 10.3 11 11 9 9
November 4.6 6 5 3 5
December 0.7 2 1 0 -2
Average 8.8 3.0 9.6 9.5 9.6 8.4

21st 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 4 3 2 0 6
February 6.0 11 6 1 9 10
March 4.4 4 5 2 4 3
April 3.5 0 2 1 0 9
May 0.8 1 0 1 1
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.1 0 0 0 1
August 0.0 1 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 2.4 1 0 1 2
November 4.7 2 1 8 10
December 3.5 0 8 2 7
Average 2.5 4.4 1.5 0.8 1.6 3.5

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 8.2 8 8 9 7 7
February 8.9 9 9 10 7 8
March 9.2 8 8 11 9 8
April 9.0 9 9 10 9 8
May 9.6 10 11 9 8
June 9.9 11 10 10 10
July 9.4 9 9 9 9
August 8.3 7 7 8 10
September 8.3 8 8 10 8
October 7.7 8 7 9 6
November 7.4 8 7 8 7
December 7.1 7 6 7 7
Average 8.7 8.7 8.5 8.8 8.7 8.1

55th 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 295° 302° 294° 344° 309°
February 293° 302° 288° 315° 319°
March 299° 310° 292° 315° 302°
April 285° 303° 303° 336° 329°
May 297° 294° 051° 005°
June 297° 297° 064° 009°
July 251° 274° 059° 096°
August 270° 213° 101° 303°
September 278° 262° 096° 099°
October 298° 287° 291° 014°
November 292° 293° 289° 104°
December 285° 297° 284° 303°

Prevailing wind direction

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