Climate Multan International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Multan International Airport (OPMT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	2.6	0	2	7	1	2
February	5.4	3	5	9	1	4
March	10.3	5	6	11	20	16
April	12.5		7	1	17	32
May	3.4		0	0	6	8
June	5.8		4	14	2	7
July	3.9		0	12	3	7
August	3.7		0	7	3	7
September	7.0		3	5	12	24
October	3.8		5	2	5	8
November	3.7		2	3	0	7
December	1.2		0	1	1	2
Average	4.6	2.5	2.8	6.3	6.1	10.6

2nd 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	16.5	0	26	25	6	27
February	24.9	18	18	23	18	23
March	45.7	36	49	39	43	47
April	50.9		42	30	51	74
May	43.1		42	27	53	49
June	37.3		35	37	30	32
July	45.4		40	56	38	56
August	48.5		24	56	48	54
September	51.6		51	47	57	55
October	28.3		23	26	39	36
November	12.8		4	7	0	15
December	6.4		1	6	8	7
Average	34.2	19.2	30.8	33.5	33.9	40.9

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	17.6	14	19	19	19	17
February	23.3	23	27	23	26	24
March	28.0	28	29	33	31	24
April	35.4		34	40	35	34
May	38.3		37	42	39	38
June	39.5		38	40	39	40
July	37.8		38	36	39	39
August	36.8		37	35	38	38
September	36.4		37	37	36	37
October	33.4		33	34	34	34
November	25.8		27	27	27	26
December	20.6		22	24	21	21
Average	29.9	21.7	31.2	32.8	32.0	30.8

3rd 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	7.6	7	6	8	6	7
February	11.5	10	12	11	12	11
March	16.6	15	16	19	18	15
April	22.9		21	26	21	21
May	27.2		24	29	26	26
June	29.0		28	28	29	30
July	29.3		28	28	30	30
August	28.6		28	27	29	29
September	27.0		27	26	26	27
October	21.1		22	21	22	20
November	14.4		16	15	14	13
December	8.6		10	9	8	8
Average	19.2	10.5	19.8	20.8	19.9	19.8

8th 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	2.7	0	2	6	0	4
February	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
March	2.2	1	3	0	0	6
April	0.6		1	0	2	0
May	0.3		1	0	0	0
June	0.3		0	1	0	0
July	0.7		1	4	0	0
August	0.9		0	2	0	3
September	0.1		0	0	0	1
October	0.1		0	0	0	0
November	0.5		0	0	0	1
December	1.0		0	0	0	3
Average	0.9	0.7	0.6	1.0	0.2	1.4

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	2.4	1	3	2	2	3
February	3.2	3	3	3	2	4
March	4.2	5	4	4	4	5
April	4.6		5	5	5	4
May	5.5		5	7	6	4
June	7.2		8	8	8	7
July	6.9		5	6	9	7
August	7.4		9	5	8	7
September	5.3		6	5	5	5
October	3.5		3	4	5	3
November	2.2		1	2	3	2
December	1.8		2	2	2	2
Average	4.5	3.1	4.7	4.6	4.9	4.6

3rd 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	043°	360°	333°	023°	020°
February	287°	075°	070°	162°	089°
March	112°	304°	118°	073°	019°
April		268°	236°	067°	032°
May		227°	189°	210°	027°
June		216°	220°	210°	231°
July		148°	186°	224°	219°
August		214°	145°	217°	210°
September		186°	207°	089°	225°
October		184°	208°	214°	233°
November		047°	013°	153°	031°
December		252°	200°	230°	342°

Prevailing wind direction

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