Climate Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani International Airport (OIKK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	95.1	100	85	98	98	93
February	92.5	84	94	95	95	91
March	95.4	97	98	92	92	98
April	93.7		98	93	98	91
May	92.2		94	88	91	100
June	97.7		95	99	100	100
July	95.3		93	94	94	99
August	99.3		98	100	100	100
September	99.1		100	100	100	100
October	97.0		91	100	100	98
November	95.2		98	100	86	87
December	94.2		99	89	99	80
Average	95.4	93.6	95.4	95.5	96.0	95.1

5th 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	98.3	100	97	100	100	97
February	96.9	90	99	99	98	96
March	98.5	98	100	98	96	100
April	97.9		99	98	100	96
May	96.6		97	95	96	100
June	99.4		98	100	100	100
July	97.9		99	95	98	100
August	99.9		100	100	100	100
September	99.6		100	100	100	100
October	98.5		94	100	100	100
November	97.6		99	100	92	95
December	97.5		99	96	100	90
Average	98.0	96.0	98.4	98.2	98.3	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	13.7	17	9	14	14	11
February	16.4	15	18	18	19	18
March	20.7	19	21	24	24	17
April	25.5		25	28	27	23
May	29.8		31	31	29	29
June	36.0		36	35	36	36
July	36.0		37	36	36	35
August	34.0		34	32	34	36
September	32.0		33	32	33	29
October	26.3		28	27	26	24
November	19.2		21	20	18	19
December	15.8		18	13	17	13
Average	24.4	16.8	25.8	26.2	26.0	24.2

35th 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	-3.6	0	-3	-2	-6	-2
February	0.4	-2	4	0	0	1
March	4.8	5	5	7	6	2
April	9.4		8	10	10	9
May	12.8		13	13	13	12
June	18.4		20	18	18	18
July	19.5		21	20	20	20
August	16.5		17	14	18	20
September	12.5		15	12	13	11
October	7.7		10	8	8	4
November	2.5		5	4	3	2
December	-2.3		-2	0	-1	-1
Average	7.5	1.0	9.3	9.0	8.5	8.0

17th 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	2.5	0	5	4	0	4
February	3.2	5	4	2	1	0
March	1.5	3	0	0	1	5
April	1.0		0	0	0	6
May	0.2		0	0	0	1
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.2		0	1	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.2		0	0	0	0
November	0.9		0	0	1	3
December	1.5		0	3	1	2
Average	1.1	2.7	0.7	0.5	0.3	1.7

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	6.2	6	5	7	5	6
February	7.3	7	9	7	6	8
March	8.1	8	7	9	10	8
April	7.7		7	8	8	8
May	7.5		8	8	7	7
June	7.7		7	8	8	7
July	7.8		8	8	8	8
August	7.6		8	8	8	7
September	6.4		6	6	6	7
October	5.9		6	6	6	5
November	5.0		5	6	5	5
December	4.6		5	4	5	5
Average	6.9	7.1	7.0	7.2	6.8	6.8

35th 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	249°	280°	244°	288°	244°
February	267°	246°	252°	271°	243°
March	249°	257°	250°	258°	272°
April		264°	262°	305°	254°
May		300°	308°	320°	327°
June		289°	346°	353°	354°
July		023°	021°	013°	028°
August		347°	355°	005°	030°
September		006°	360°	008°	356°
October		297°	341°	327°	339°
November		251°	267°	309°	272°
December		289°	329°	243°	281°

Prevailing wind direction

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