Climate Peshawar International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Peshawar International Airport (OPPS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	8.6	1	25	21	2	3
February	22.1	42	26	26	4	7
March	25.2	52	22	37	17	9
April	40.7		56	56	31	48
May	39.4		27	50	35	57
June	24.0		17	37	3	3
July	14.2		17	12	11	6
August	9.0		10	31	9	0
September	10.3		21	22	12	4
October	8.1		23	12	7	2
November	8.1		7	19	0	3
December	6.8		6	2	3	2
Average	19.6	32.2	21.5	28.5	11.8	12.5

1st 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	30.3	4	54	48	30	32
February	49.1	68	67	60	11	32
March	64.7	83	73	82	57	44
April	82.7		92	97	83	89
May	83.9		85	93	86	96
June	74.5		94	86	56	73
July	65.9		86	68	52	70
August	62.6		93	73	58	53
September	51.3		72	85	52	36
October	41.3		64	66	54	24
November	29.1		18	51	15	19
December	23.0		18	20	26	23
Average	56.1	52.6	70.3	72.4	50.7	51.1

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	16.7	16	17	16	20	15
February	20.9	20	22	20	24	21
March	25.1	24	25	29	26	21
April	30.9		30	36	30	28
May	35.3		33	37	35	35
June	38.3		37	39	39	37
July	36.1		36	34	37	38
August	35.4		37	34	36	36
September	34.6		35	34	35	34
October	30.2		29	30	31	31
November	23.6		24	23	25	22
December	19.6		21	21	20	19
Average	27.9	19.8	28.7	29.7	29.8	28.2

8th 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	5.8	5	6	6	6	5
February	9.2	8	11	9	11	9
March	13.9	13	13	17	15	12
April	18.3		18	22	17	17
May	22.1		21	23	23	21
June	25.4		25	25	26	26
July	25.5		25	22	26	27
August	25.9		27	24	26	27
September	24.0		24	25	26	23
October	17.7		17	19	18	18
November	11.5		13	13	11	10
December	7.0		8	9	6	7
Average	16.2	8.5	17.4	17.9	17.4	16.8

2nd 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	6.9	2	6	16	0	13
February	5.5	6	4	3	1	8
March	6.3	13	7	1	5	17
April	2.1		1	1	1	4
May	0.7		1	0	0	1
June	0.6		2	1	0	1
July	0.5		0	2	2	0
August	1.1		0	4	1	2
September	0.6		1	0	0	3
October	0.2		1	0	0	1
November	2.5		0	2	0	8
December	1.2		0	0	0	4
Average	2.7	6.9	1.7	2.2	0.9	4.7

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	4.3	2	5	5	4	5
February	5.6	5	6	6	4	6
March	6.4	6	7	5	7	6
April	7.1		6	6	8	7
May	8.3		9	9	8	8
June	8.9		9	9	9	9
July	8.6		9	8	8	8
August	7.7		9	7	8	9
September	6.5		7	6	7	5
October	4.9		5	5	5	5
November	3.7		2	4	3	4
December	3.5		2	4	3	4
Average	6.2	4.2	6.5	6.4	6.5	6.5

8th 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	011°	301°	209°	173°	302°
February	337°	246°	301°	317°	283°
March	303°	037°	357°	293°	304°
April		117°	060°	305°	342°
May		065°	329°	341°	043°
June		036°	356°	353°	042°
July		039°	002°	345°	046°
August		031°	009°	004°	040°
September		035°	005°	353°	056°
October		063°	027°	020°	056°
November		063°	126°	071°	200°
December		168°	143°	113°	175°

Prevailing wind direction

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