Climate Dadu Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Shaheed Benazirabad Airport (OPNH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.3	0	2	0	0	0
February	0.1	3	0	0	0	0
March	1.8	3	4	0	0	2
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.9		6	0	0	0
June	0.5		3	0	0	0
July	1.1		0	7	0	0
August	0.5		0	0	0	0
September	2.0		0		0	2
October	0.0		0		0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.2		0	0	0	2
Average	0.8	1.8	1.6	0.9		0.4

5th best VFR conditions of Pakistan

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	6.2	2	19	0	0	23
February	18.8	47	41	2	14	23
March	49.0	88	79	46	50	47
April	59.1		92	85	56	45
May	49.9		99	49	45	50
June	59.2		96	83	58	63
July	57.5		99	84	7	60
August	53.4		98	78	0	22
September	61.9		84		67	84
October	39.8		53		28	70
November	10.4		9	0	1	25
December	1.9		1	0	0	7
Average	40.3	42.0	70.1	51.0	28.5	44.7

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	22.8	22	22	22	24	22
February	28.9	28	31	29	31	29
March	34.9	33	34	38	38	33
April	41.1		38	44	41	41
May	43.7		42	45	43	45
June	42.6		41	44	42	44
July	40.2		40	37	40	42
August	37.9		39	34	33	39
September	38.6		39		37	39
October	37.7		38		37	38
November	30.5		31	29	31	30
December	25.1		29	27	24	25
Average	34.3	27.2	35.2	35.7	34.6	35.3

1st highest temperature of Pakistan

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	8.5	11	9	9	6	7
February	12.5	15	15	13	12	11
March	17.5	21	18	19	19	14
April	22.7		22	23	22	23
May	25.8		25	27	26	27
June	28.3		28	28	29	29
July	27.5		28	27	30	28
August	27.2		31	27	27	28
September	25.4		31		28	25
October	21.0		25		21	20
November	15.1		21	19	12	14
December	10.2		14	15	10	9
Average	19.4	15.5	21.9	20.8	18.6	19.6

9th lowest temperature of Pakistan

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.5	0	0	2	0	0
February	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
March	0.4	0	0	0	0	1
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	1.3		2	3	1	1
August	3.9		0	15	0	6
September	0.1		1		1	0
October	0.1		0		1	0
November	0.2		0	0	0	1
December	0.1		0	0	0	0
Average	0.5	0.2	0.2	2.1	0.1	0.8

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	5.3	6	6	4	5	6
February	6.0	20	4	5	4	6
March	5.7	6	7	5	5	6
April	6.0		6	5	6	6
May	6.7		7	6	7	6
June	9.4		9	9	10	10
July	7.9		7	7	8	8
August	8.2		9	8	8	7
September	6.5		7		6	6
October	5.7		9		6	6
November	4.9		6	5	4	5
December	5.1		5	4	4	5
Average	6.9	10.4	6.8	6.0	5.8	6.4

1st highest wind speed of Pakistan

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	343°	342°	350°	341°	339°
February	009°	318°	294°	330°	325°
March	316°	301°	272°	275°	289°
April		218°	181°	131°	259°
May		183°	172°	155°	188°
June		150°	175°	165°	163°
July		153°	146°	154°	158°
August		162°	132°	151°	144°
September		135°		057°	142°
October		230°		017°	074°
November		329°	331°	337°	340°
December		339°	326°	331°	336°

Prevailing wind direction

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