Climate Mangla Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sialkot International Airport (OPST) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.2	0	0	1		0
February	1.4	1	4	0
March	1.4	3	2	0	0
April	2.6		4	0	14
May	0.5		1	0	0	0
June	1.7		0	4	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.2		0	1	0	0
September	0.1		0	0	0	0
October	0.5		1	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.4	1.2	0.9	0.4	0.6

8th 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	5.4	0	2	15		0
February	27.1	35	25	21
March	36.3	42	24	44	0
April	51.7		55	50	35
May	38.9		44	35	14	0
June	40.3		42	38	50
July	24.2		22	27	32	0
August	25.2		10	40	32	0
September	25.4		27	24	100	22
October	31.3		31	23	44
November	11.0		10	16	7
December	4.7		3	3	8	0
Average	31.5	26.6	25.6	29.6	19.5	11.1

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	14.2	12	15	16		8
February	21.9	21	24	21
March	27.7	26	27	30	28
April	35.1		33	38	34
May	36.0		35	40	31	23
June	38.0		36	40	37
July	33.3		34	33	34	34
August	34.1		36	34	31	17
September	33.2		35	33	29	30
October	30.1		30	31	30
November	24.4		25	25	25
December	20.0		20	22	19	13
Average	21.6	19.7	29.0	30.4	26.3	24.8

7th 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	6	6	8		8
February	9.1	8	11	9
March	15.1	14	15	16	28
April	20.3		19	21	23
May	23.3		21	25	27	22
June	26.3		26	27	35
July	25.8		24	27	32	33
August	24.8		23	27	27	16
September	24.8		24	25	29	24
October	18.7		19	20	18
November	12.1		12	13	12
December	7.4		7	8	7	13
Average	15.3	9.2	17.3	18.9	15.7	21.6

3rd 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	6.6	2	4	14		0
February	3.1	6	1	3
March	2.7	4	3	1	0
April	1.7		3	0	7
May	1.2		2	0	0	0
June	1.7		2	2	0
July	5.9		5	7	0	0
August	1.6		0	4	0	0
September	0.5		0	1	0	0
October	0.7		2	0	0
November	0.5		0	2	0
December	1.7		1	2	2	0
Average	8.6	3.6	2.0	2.8	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	2.5	2	3	3		0
February	3.8	4	4	3
March	4.3	5	5	4	8
April	4.5		5	4	4
May	5.6		5	6	6	2
June	4.8		4	6	5
July	4.4		4	5	5	2
August	3.8		4	4	3	6
September	3.4		3	4	1	2
October	3.3		3	4	4
November	2.4		2	3	2
December	1.6		1	2	1	4
Average	4.2	3.4	3.6	4.1	2.4	2.7

7th 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	262°	296°	066°		360°
February	299°	300°	293°
March	276°	280°	301°	270°
April		345°	311°	345°
May		041°	063°	074°	303°
June		087°	333°	180°
July		093°	063°	063°	123°
August		180°	290°	170°	095°
September		188°	091°	123°	125°
October		345°	002°	033°
November		352°	339°	343°
December		280°	302°	287°	270°

Prevailing wind direction

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