Mianwali Air Base

OPMI · Punjab, Pakistan

Climate Mianwali Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Islamabad International Airport (OPIS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.3 1 0 0 0
February 4.5 4 0 9 0 0
March 7.2 10 1 11 0 0
April 3.4 5 1 50 0
May 7.4 12 1 0
June 4.2 5 4 0 0
July 1.7 1 2 0 0
August 3.1 1 5 0 0
September 3.2 1 5 0 0
October 5.8 2 13 0 0
November 0.4 0 0 2 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average 4.6 4.9 2.6 4.4 0.6

3rd 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 43.2 9 67 55 0
February 79.1 84 86 68 0 0
March 83.5 84 77 91 0 0
April 93.4 94 93 50 0
May 92.1 96 88 100
June 87.5 92 83 100 67
July 69.4 77 62 100 0
August 83.3 85 83 100 20
September 78.7 80 78 0 67
October 82.0 78 83 88 100
November 59.4 56 75 44 0
December 49.6 48 51 51 0
Average 66.5 59.8 79.1 77.1 58.0 52.9

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 17 16 15 9
February 19.5 19 22 19 5 4
March 25.0 24 25 28 0 11
April 31.1 30 35 19 12
May 34.3 35 38 24
June 34.9 36 39 33 24
July 32.2 34 32 33 17
August 32.5 35 34 26 27
September 31.5 34 33 24 25
October 27.7 29 29 27 24
November 22.8 24 23 24 9
December 19.2 21 21 19 5
Average 24.3 20.0 28.3 29.0 23.1 19.7

9th 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 5.2 4 4 6 9
February 6.7 5 8 7 5 4
March 12.1 10 12 14 0 11
April 16.9 15 19 19 12
May 20.9 19 22 24
June 24.0 22 23 32 24
July 24.7 24 24 33 17
August 24.6 24 24 25 25
September 23.1 22 22 24 25
October 16.2 15 15 16 24
November 10.2 11 10 9 9
December 6.1 6 7 5 5
Average 16.9 6.4 15.2 16.2 14.0 19.4

1st 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 7.0 1 4 16 0
February 3.2 2 4 4 0 0
March 3.2 5 4 1 0 100
April 0.7 1 0 50 0
May 0.4 1 0 0
June 2.2 3 1 0 0
July 2.3 2 3 0 0
August 1.4 0 3 0 0
September 0.3 0 0 0 33
October 0.3 1 0 0 0
November 0.5 0 2 0 0
December 0.2 0 0 1 0
Average 5.6 2.5 1.6 2.3 0.4 11.7

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 7.6 5 10 8 6
February 8.8 8 10 9 0 0
March 8.6 8 8 10 0 6
April 7.8 7 8 16 0
May 8.9 9 9 5
June 7.9 7 9 7 6
July 8.3 8 8 9 0
August 6.7 6 7 0 9
September 6.1 6 6 4 8
October 6.8 6 7 7 5
November 6.4 6 7 6 0
December 6.8 7 7 7 0
Average 7.2 7.2 7.5 8.0 6.7 6.9

9th 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 271° 291° 288° 180°
February 291° 292° 298° 360° 360°
March 292° 302° 300° 360° 126°
April 302° 298° 331° 360°
May 352° 075° 090°
June 134° 250° 080° 118°
July 120° 116° 141° 360°
August 131° 304° 360° 142°
September 107° 124° 090° 299°
October 292° 306° 307° 315°
November 277° 288° 292° 360°
December 277° 277° 288° 360°

Prevailing wind direction

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