Sulaymaniyah International Airport

ORSU · Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

Climate Sulaymaniyah International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sulaymaniyah International Airport (ORSU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.8 74 77 60 90 79
February 79.3 75 88 96 83 72
March 76.8 89 79 80 85 84
April 83.9 92 78 92 93
May 86.7 88 68 98 96
June 92.8 94 81 97 100
July 97.7 99 96 100 100
August 97.2 100 89 98 100
September 98.4 96 97 100 100
October 95.4 98 98 99 99
November 83.6 84 83 98 76
December 76.3 84 87 82 89
Average 86.6 79.9 90.5 84.3 94.2 91.5

1st best VFR conditions of Iraq

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 88.2 91 88 74 98 91
February 89.9 88 93 100 89 88
March 92.6 98 91 91 98 92
April 93.9 97 88 100 98
May 95.0 97 79 100 99
June 97.7 100 92 99 100
July 99.5 100 99 100 100
August 99.4 100 98 100 100
September 99.5 99 98 100 100
October 98.3 99 100 100 99
November 92.9 90 91 100 92
December 89.2 92 98 93 94
Average 94.7 92.5 95.9 92.1 98.3 96.6

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 11.6 13 12 9 15 10
February 13.1 13 12 15 16 12
March 17.4 18 19 16 18 18
April 23.4 22 26 28 22
May 30.4 29 29 35 31
June 37.9 37 39 39 37
July 41.5 42 41 42 42
August 41.4 42 43 41 39
September 37.0 37 38 36 38
October 29.0 29 30 29 31
November 19.4 21 20 21 19
December 14.5 17 15 15 14
Average 25.0 14.6 26.5 27.0 27.9 26.0

5th highest temperature of Iraq

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 -1.6 2 2 -3 -1 1
February 0.7 3 -1 2 1 1
March 4.1 3 6 3 3 6
April 7.4 7 8 7 8
May 12.4 11 13 15 12
June 17.4 17 20 17 17
July 22.2 22 23 23 25
August 22.0 24 24 23 22
September 16.9 18 18 16 19
October 11.7 11 12 12 11
November 6.4 7 6 6 8
December 2.4 3 5 1 2
Average 9.4 2.7 10.4 11.1 10.4 10.8

1st lowest temperature of Iraq

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.9 12 12 19 2 14
February 11.9 13 7 7 8 15
March 10.5 9 12 7 4 11
April 4.1 5 2 0 2
May 1.5 1 1 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 1 0 0
October 1.6 0 3 0 0
November 6.2 8 7 3 8
December 7.7 7 5 6 3
Average 4.9 10.8 3.8 3.7 1.6 3.7

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 6.4 7 9 5 7 7
February 6.5 7 7 7 6 7
March 6.9 7 6 7 7 7
April 7.0 7 7 7 7
May 7.6 8 8 9 8
June 8.0 8 9 8 8
July 8.4 9 9 9 8
August 8.6 9 9 8 9
September 7.5 8 8 7 8
October 7.1 6 7 7 7
November 6.5 8 6 8 6
December 5.8 5 6 6 6
Average 7.3 7.0 7.4 7.4 7.5 7.4

5th highest wind speed of Iraq

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 165° 095° 191° 113° 103°
February 078° 163° 138° 137° 140°
March 191° 177° 206° 200° 119°
April 185° 182° 258° 162°
May 224° 254° 245° 293°
June 285° 279° 277° 284°
July 344° 341° 298° 025°
August 025° 320° 332° 013°
September 307° 298° 270° 356°
October 206° 170° 003° 079°
November 131° 158° 090° 112°
December 153° 082° 154° 101°

Prevailing wind direction

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