Allama Iqbal International Airport

OPLA · Punjab, Pakistan

Climate Allama Iqbal International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Allama Iqbal International Airport (OPLA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.5 0 2 2 0 0
February 5.5 10 1 7 2 8
March 10.1 7 2 7 11 18
April 14.8 10 2 23 38
May 10.0 9 4 7 31
June 4.4 1 5 3 9
July 1.4 3 1 0 2
August 3.0 4 3 0 2
September 3.1 7 0 0 0
October 1.8 1 1 1 0
November 0.3 0 1 0 1
December 0.1 0 0 0 1
Average 4.9 5.6 3.5 2.7 3.8 9.4

4th 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 13.9 2 26 7 5 22
February 39.0 47 43 42 20 42
March 62.4 69 67 58 67 58
April 71.5 74 68 74 85
May 69.4 74 67 72 78
June 63.9 72 60 66 74
July 50.2 55 45 46 57
August 56.6 72 56 47 61
September 57.4 69 44 57 59
October 42.0 53 42 49 42
November 22.1 16 34 8 32
December 9.4 11 19 1 5
Average 46.5 40.5 54.6 47.1 44.0 52.3

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 16.1 13 16 15 16 16
February 22.1 21 25 21 24 22
March 27.4 27 27 31 29 24
April 34.2 33 39 33 32
May 37.1 35 40 37 37
June 37.9 37 40 38 37
July 34.3 33 34 35 36
August 34.8 36 35 36 34
September 33.9 34 34 33 36
October 31.8 31 32 32 33
November 25.1 26 26 27 24
December 20.0 20 23 20 18
Average 28.5 20.2 29.4 31.0 29.9 29.1

6th 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 6.3 6 6 7 5 6
February 10.0 10 12 9 10 10
March 15.1 14 16 17 15 14
April 19.2 19 23 17 17
May 23.2 20 25 20 23
June 24.2 22 28 26 23
July 23.5 25 26 24 26
August 24.1 27 27 24 25
September 24.4 25 26 25 27
October 19.1 19 20 20 19
November 12.4 15 13 13 11
December 7.2 8 9 7 7
Average 16.6 10.0 17.8 19.5 17.2 17.3

4th 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 4.5 0 3 11 1 12
February 1.2 0 1 1 1 1
March 2.9 3 3 1 1 7
April 1.2 1 0 1 3
May 1.0 3 0 1 1
June 1.1 2 1 1 1
July 2.6 5 3 4 2
August 1.3 1 2 1 2
September 1.6 1 3 2 1
October 0.1 1 0 0 0
November 0.6 0 1 0 2
December 1.4 0 0 1 2
Average 1.5 1.0 1.7 1.9 1.0 2.6

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 3.7 2 5 4 3 4
February 5.4 6 7 6 3 6
March 7.1 7 8 9 8 6
April 7.0 8 8 8 6
May 8.2 9 10 8 8
June 7.9 8 9 7 9
July 7.8 9 9 8 9
August 6.2 7 8 6 6
September 4.9 7 5 5 4
October 4.5 4 6 6 3
November 3.6 3 5 4 4
December 2.7 2 4 2 3
Average 5.6 5.0 6.6 7.1 5.7 5.6

6th 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 005° 326° 350° 315° 330°
February 327° 329° 337° 330° 310°
March 326° 015° 330° 332° 063°
April 332° 297° 339° 338°
May 013° 125° 077° 355°
June 245° 219° 161° 084°
July 104° 105° 132° 137°
August 216° 115° 164° 133°
September 103° 116° 090° 191°
October 327° 313° 310° 298°
November 346° 338° 345° 325°
December 315° 314° 334° 328°

Prevailing wind direction

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