Climate Faisalabad International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Faisalabad International Airport (OPFA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.3	0	1	0	1
February	1.7	2	5	0	0
March	3.2	3	6	0	5
April	5.3		9	0	8
May	1.4		0	1	5
June	1.2		0	0	4
July	0.3		1	1	0
August	0.3		0	1	0
September	0.7		1	1	0
October	0.8		0	2	0
November	0.4		1	1	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.9	1.5	1.8	0.5	1.9

6th 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	13.3	4	30	9	9
February	31.7	42	41	28	13
March	46.4	57	46	38	47
April	58.7		63	56	58
May	57.6		66	43	66
June	55.7		60	52	56
July	36.4		42	25	44
August	51.8		67	47	41
September	49.3		65	50	31
October	42.9		53	41	35
November	16.4		10	32	6
December	16.8		21	17	8	25
Average	30.4	34.8	48.5	37.7	37.1	24.8

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	15.6	12	18	17	16
February	23.4	22	26	22	24
March	28.9	27	28	32	29
April	35.6		33	40	34
May	38.1		36	41	38
June	39.4		38	42	38
July	36.2		36	36	37
August	37.1		38	36	37
September	35.6		36	36	35
October	32.4		32	33	33
November	26.3		26	27	26
December	20.5		22	24	20	17
Average	24.9	20.5	30.6	32.4	30.5	17.2

4th 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	6.7	7	6	8	7
February	10.2	9	12	9	11
March	16.0	15	15	18	16
April	19.7		19	22	19
May	24.9		23	27	25
June	27.1		27	27	27
July	27.3		28	28	27
August	28.0		29	28	27
September	26.4		26	26	27
October	19.4		20	20	19
November	13.7		15	14	13
December	7.7		8	9	8	6
Average	15.0	10.2	18.9	19.9	18.8	6.0

5th 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	2.9	0	1	8	1
February	0.1	0	0	0	0
March	1.6	1	4	0	2
April	0.5		0	0	2
May	0.4		1	0	0
June	0.3		1	0	0
July	1.9		1	3	1
August	0.2		0	1	0
September	0.3		1	0	0
October	0.2		1	0	0
November	0.1		0	0	0
December	0.1		0	0	0	1
Average	0.6	0.6	0.8	1.0	0.5	0.7

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	1.9	2	2	2	2
February	2.6	3	3	3	2
March	3.3	4	3	3	3
April	3.8		4	3	4
May	4.5		4	5	5
June	4.7		5	4	5
July	4.9		5	5	5
August	4.1		4	4	4
September	3.8		5	4	3
October	2.9		2	3	3
November	1.8		1	2	2
December	1.6		2	1	2	2
Average	2.9	2.9	3.5	3.5	3.5	1.9

4th 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	107°	312°	291°	332°
February	355°	331°	022°	209°
March	322°	075°	301°	007°
April		062°	134°	018°
May		110°	095°	150°
June		156°	155°	151°
July		083°	089°	136°
August		188°	110°	150°
September		120°	133°	099°
October		088°	130°	100°
November		334°	341°	056°
December		312°	259°	307°	322°

Prevailing wind direction

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