Gharo Airport

OPKF · Sindh, Pakistan

Climate Gharo Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Jinnah International Airport (OPKC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.6 0 2 4 3 7
February 1.8 0 0 2 3 7
March 2.8 6 2 0 3 4
April 1.9 1 0 1 5
May 0.8 0 0 0 7
June 0.8 1 0 0 2
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.4 0 0 0 0
September 0.2 0 0 0 1
October 1.6 0 0 0 0
November 1.2 1 0 1 2
December 1.4 0 0 1 1
Average 2.1 2.2 0.5 0.4 0.8 2.7

7th 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 50.0 33 59 53 43 68
February 55.5 62 47 53 46 72
March 69.6 77 69 65 57 73
April 81.8 90 76 68 99
May 87.0 88 78 91 99
June 87.8 90 88 77 98
July 73.8 80 70 59 76
August 78.2 85 67 86 71
September 80.5 80 83 68 80
October 62.7 74 58 50 52
November 39.7 29 41 33 42
December 47.5 49 49 40 52
Average 68.4 58.0 71.7 66.7 58.7 73.0

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 23.1 26 25 24 23 22
February 27.2 28 30 29 29 27
March 30.2 31 32 34 32 28
April 33.3 34 36 35 33
May 34.3 35 35 36 34
June 34.5 35 35 34 35
July 32.8 34 33 33 34
August 30.8 31 32 31 33
September 32.9 34 33 34 33
October 33.4 34 35 33 34
November 30.2 32 32 33 29
December 25.6 28 29 26 24
Average 29.9 28.1 32.0 32.3 31.5 30.5

5th 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 12.1 13 10 12 11 12
February 16.6 15 15 16 16 16
March 20.8 19 19 21 23 19
April 25.8 23 25 26 25
May 28.2 25 27 29 29
June 29.1 28 26 30 30
July 24.0 24 17 24 27
August 25.6 23 23 26 28
September 26.7 27 26 25 27
October 23.8 25 21 22 23
November 18.5 17 18 17 16
December 13.9 14 14 13 14
Average 22.1 15.7 20.8 20.6 21.8 22.1

7th 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 0.3 0 0 1 0 1
February 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
March 0.4 1 0 0 0 1
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.6 1 0 0 2
July 7.4 3 16 4 3
August 4.6 1 10 0 9
September 0.9 1 1 3 0
October 0.3 0 0 2 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.3 0 0 1 0
Average 1.0 0.6 0.5 2.7 0.8 1.3

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 7.1 6 8 7 6 10
February 7.1 8 7 7 7 8
March 7.5 8 8 8 7 7
April 9.1 9 10 8 8
May 12.0 12 14 12 11
June 12.8 13 14 14 10
July 11.3 12 10 14 10
August 11.4 14 9 13 10
September 9.3 10 10 9 9
October 7.3 8 7 8 7
November 6.2 6 5 6 7
December 6.7 6 5 7 7
Average 8.5 7.2 9.6 9.2 9.2 8.5

5th 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 116° 038° 022° 019° 036°
February 067° 229° 248° 236° 037°
March 258° 232° 246° 240° 264°
April 239° 247° 236° 250°
May 244° 247° 242° 247°
June 231° 244° 240° 241°
July 246° 247° 242° 246°
August 247° 249° 243° 252°
September 252° 251° 274° 249°
October 241° 249° 241° 276°
November 051° 247° 055° 043°
December 049° 033° 061° 040°

Prevailing wind direction

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