Azov Airfield

RU-0103 · Rostov, Russia

Climate Azov Airfield 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Platov International Airport (URRP) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 50.2 37 55 55 53 48
February 61.3 61 65 64 65 64
March 79.5 78 79 79 72 73
April 93.9 100 93 92 88
May 96.6 96 99 94 98 96
June 99.1 99 100 99 100 96
July 99.0 100 99 100 99
August 98.5 98 98 100 97
September 97.6 97 99 97 98
October 89.0 84 96 90 91
November 65.4 63 81 65 70
December 39.7 24 49 65 41
Average 84.9 78.3 84.1 87.0 86.8 83.6

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 67.6 51 70 68 72 70
February 76.3 75 80 74 84 77
March 91.4 84 96 89 90 89
April 97.5 100 97 97 95
May 98.3 98 99 97 99 98
June 99.6 100 100 100 100 98
July 99.5 100 99 100 100
August 99.3 99 99 100 99
September 98.5 97 100 98 100
October 94.9 92 98 97 97
November 81.4 88 94 80 79
December 54.8 40 58 81 54
Average 90.8 84.5 90.5 91.7 93.5 90.3

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 2.0 4.4 1.0 1.3 1.6 1.5
February 2.2 -3.1 4.0 1.8 6.2 1.3
March 9.4 11.4 9.5 11.8 5.7 5.4
April 17.3 22.8 15.8 17.8 14.4
May 22.4 23.1 22.1 20.8 20.1 23.1
June 28.6 27.3 30.8 25.3 29.3 26.6
July 31.1 34.1 29.3 30.5 33.1
August 31.0 31.5 31.3 33.6 31.0
September 24.5 27.3 24.8 22.5 21.3
October 17.3 16.6 17.6 15.3 14.3
November 7.5 6.7 10.5 7.9 8.9
December 2.3 2.5 3.9 2.1 3.2
Average 16.5 12.9 17.4 16.3 16.5 15.4

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -4.2 -1.4 -7.7 -5.2 -5.9 -4.0
February -5.7 -11.0 -2.3 -6.9 0.1 -6.2
March -1.8 1.3 -1.0 2.7 -5.7 -2.1
April 5.9 8.9 7.7 6.7 5.4
May 10.3 10.0 7.7 9.5 8.3 12.0
June 15.6 13.9 16.3 14.0 14.9 16.6
July 17.7 19.3 16.6 16.1 18.1
August 17.3 17.3 17.3 20.3 18.8
September 11.9 15.0 11.5 11.0 9.9
October 6.5 6.4 5.7 6.5 3.7
November 1.0 1.3 3.6 1.9 1.1
December -3.8 -1.0 -1.1 -4.3 -3.9
Average 6.4 2.9 6.9 6.5 6.5 6.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 30.1 21 26 15 50 22
February 22.7 18 15 25 25 21
March 15.1 11 4 12 24 32
April 12.3 3 18 12 23
May 7.8 4 3 14 9 7
June 4.7 8 2 7 2 7
July 2.8 1 2 2 3
August 2.0 1 1 4 3
September 4.5 0 6 8 7
October 8.4 10 8 14 3
November 19.5 17 25 15 20
December 33.9 42 39 14 33
Average 11.5 11.2 8.5 12.5 13.0 13.4

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 10.9 10 9 15 11 10
February 10.2 8 13 10 9 10
March 11.1 10 11 11 12 11
April 10.6 11 12 11 9
May 9.9 12 10 8 11 9
June 9.0 11 9 8 8 9
July 8.3 9 8 8 7
August 9.3 10 7 13 8
September 11.5 18 9 10 8
October 10.4 10 9 10 13
November 11.1 11 11 11 10
December 12.3 13 12 17 10
Average 10.2 10.4 11.1 9.6 10.5 9.4

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 181° 164° 113° 257° 127°
February 030° 121° 288° 251° 259°
March 183° 106° 239° 355° 028°
April 176° 117° 201° 309°
May 165° 086° 052° 282° 258°
June 278° 292° 041° 063° 274°
July 075° 277° 331° 051°
August 095° 055° 095° 100°
September 103° 075° 265° 352°
October 109° 249° 278° 088°
November 285° 187° 106° 133°
December 114° 156° 108° 112°

Prevailing wind direction

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