Oguzhan Presidential Palace Heliport

TM-0026 · Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Climate Oguzhan Presidential Palace Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ashgabat International Airport (UTAA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 61.5 55 66 64 60 62
February 68.1 71 72 84 86 77
March 78.8 88 96 67 71 83
April 86.8 95 94 98 84
May 96.1 97 97 98 97
June 98.2 97 99 100 99
July 99.1 97 99 100 100
August 98.5 96 100 100 99
September 97.7 100 96 95 100
October 93.7 92 84 92 100
November 83.4 81 87 87 81
December 50.5 72 51 68 26
Average 84.8 72.4 90.0 87.9 89.3 86.5

4th best VFR conditions of Turkmenistan

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 80.1 79 85 85 69 78
February 84.1 85 89 96 95 91
March 93.1 97 98 92 93 93
April 95.2 100 98 100 97
May 97.9 100 100 100 100
June 99.7 100 100 100 100
July 99.8 99 100 100 100
August 99.6 98 100 100 100
September 99.6 100 99 99 100
October 97.5 95 93 98 100
November 95.1 95 99 99 96
December 75.6 98 87 84 61
Average 93.4 87.7 96.8 96.5 95.7 94.2

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 9.1 11 6 10 9 9
February 12.0 11 13 15 15 14
March 17.4 17 24 15 16 17
April 23.7 27 26 28 21
May 30.5 30 27 33 31
June 36.5 37 37 38 37
July 38.7 39 38 39 38
August 35.9 36 36 38 34
September 31.3 30 33 33 30
October 23.4 25 24 20 23
November 15.7 21 18 15 13
December 9.4 13 7 12 2
Average 22.4 13.3 25.1 24.2 24.5 22.2

3rd highest temperature of Turkmenistan

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 -1.5 2 -5 -1 -2 0
February 2.0 2 2 3 2 3
March 7.3 7 11 7 5 7
April 12.3 13 15 14 11
May 18.2 19 17 20 18
June 23.7 25 25 25 23
July 26.2 27 25 27 26
August 22.9 24 22 24 22
September 18.2 18 19 19 17
October 11.0 13 13 8 9
November 4.9 8 6 3 3
December 1.2 2 -1 2 -2
Average 11.2 3.4 13.0 12.8 12.2 11.3

5th lowest temperature of Turkmenistan

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.8 9 7 3 3 14
February 11.9 12 11 9 5 14
March 10.6 5 6 12 9 15
April 6.8 2 2 1 10
May 3.2 5 5 3 2
June 0.4 0 0 0 1
July 0.4 1 0 1 1
August 0.3 2 0 0 0
September 0.2 0 0 0 0
October 2.1 2 2 3 0
November 5.0 1 3 7 6
December 9.3 3 12 5 14
Average 4.8 8.1 3.1 3.4 2.7 5.6

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 6.0 6 6 7 6 6
February 6.4 5 7 7 6 7
March 7.6 8 7 8 9 8
April 8.1 8 8 9 8
May 7.8 8 8 7 8
June 8.2 8 8 8 9
July 8.2 8 8 8 9
August 7.5 8 6 8 8
September 7.3 7 7 8 7
October 6.4 7 6 7 6
November 5.9 6 5 6 6
December 5.7 6 4 7 5
Average 7.1 6.4 7.4 7.0 7.4 7.3

3rd highest wind speed of Turkmenistan

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 027° 088° 069° 082° 062°
February 021° 063° 050° 044° 099°
March 348° 328° 067° 336° 306°
April 035° 305° 086° 002°
May 322° 355° 346° 308°
June 298° 314° 313° 042°
July 318° 318° 311° 302°
August 318° 337° 317° 312°
September 043° 034° 016° 346°
October 011° 063° 085° 084°
November 089° 080° 087° 084°
December 089° 058° 080° 084°

Prevailing wind direction

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