Ardabil Airport

OITL · Ardabīl, Iran

Climate Ardabil Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ardabil Airport (OITL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 76.6 67 66 78 93 67
February 76.5 71 86 78 90 78
March 75.4 84 83 65 71 75
April 81.3 87 83 94 70
May 80.6 82 66 76 87
June 86.8 83 84 84 94
July 85.0 70 87 79 94
August 83.9 85 87 96 73
September 66.0 58 74 64 69
October 67.5 80 67 45 71
November 71.0 96 76 72 51
December 73.0 82 60 83 55
Average 77.3 74.5 80.5 76.6 78.9 75.0

40th 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 84.9 83 78 80 95 80
February 84.9 81 91 89 92 84
March 83.6 91 87 77 85 80
April 87.5 92 91 95 76
May 87.0 90 76 85 90
June 91.6 89 91 91 96
July 90.6 79 93 86 95
August 89.3 92 93 97 82
September 76.8 75 85 74 79
October 77.5 88 81 59 81
November 78.5 98 82 79 68
December 82.0 90 74 86 67
Average 84.8 84.9 87.6 85.3 85.4 82.4

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 4.0 5 2 3 5 2
February 6.4 6 7 7 10 6
March 11.5 12 15 7 10 12
April 16.4 19 19 21 14
May 21.3 21 18 22 22
June 24.8 23 25 26 26
July 25.5 24 24 25 26
August 25.1 27 26 28 21
September 22.1 20 25 22 23
October 18.0 19 19 15 19
November 12.2 17 13 13 10
December 7.7 12 7 8 1
Average 15.2 7.6 17.1 16.2 17.0 15.0

72nd 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 -8.6 -7 -12 -10 -8 -7
February -5.2 -5 -6 -6 -2 -3
March -1.6 -2 1 -4 0 0
April 2.4 3 2 5 3
May 7.6 6 5 8 8
June 10.9 9 11 11 11
July 13.2 12 10 14 13
August 11.3 11 9 13 10
September 9.5 9 10 10 10
October 5.5 4 7 5 4
November 0.5 2 0 -2 2
December -4.2 -3 -5 -3 -9
Average 2.7 -5.1 3.1 2.7 4.2 3.4

1st 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 11.0 6 10 24 2 16
February 11.5 9 8 7 9 17
March 9.3 3 8 15 8 12
April 7.1 3 6 3 15
May 4.6 7 6 5 3
June 1.6 2 0 1 2
July 3.1 5 2 7 3
August 3.4 2 2 1 9
September 5.9 6 4 9 6
October 6.5 3 9 9 7
November 7.7 2 4 8 15
December 7.2 3 11 6 15
Average 6.4 5.9 4.9 5.9 5.4 9.4

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 11.3 12 7 12 12 9
February 11.6 10 14 10 12 15
March 13.1 12 13 14 14 13
April 12.2 13 11 12 12
May 11.9 11 11 12 13
June 13.4 12 13 15 14
July 15.2 15 16 15 15
August 14.4 13 14 14 14
September 12.4 13 12 13 12
October 10.3 9 12 11 9
November 10.5 13 11 9 9
December 10.2 11 9 12 6
Average 12.3 11.5 12.3 12.5 12.7 11.9

72nd 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 189° 177° 214° 220° 219°
February 147° 202° 188° 200° 194°
March 168° 183° 132° 161° 100°
April 196° 086° 072° 086°
May 086° 073° 070° 103°
June 068° 068° 070° 070°
July 067° 067° 067° 067°
August 068° 068° 069° 069°
September 069° 074° 072° 069°
October 058° 077° 069° 069°
November 203° 133° 110° 102°
December 206° 108° 217° 190°

Prevailing wind direction

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