Climate İzmir Air Ambulance Center 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Adnan Menderes International Airport (LTBJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	81.4	80	74	91	84	93
February	87.2	92	87	91	89	85
March	92.8	96	89	95	92	94
April	97.1		92	99	100	98
May	98.3		96	100	99	99
June	98.8		95	100	100	98
July	99.9		100	100	100	100
August	99.5		100	99	99	100
September	99.5		100	99	100	100
October	95.3		92	100	98	97
November	88.1		84	86	85	99
December	79.8		71	66	94	76
Average	93.5	89.8	90.8	95.3	95.5	95.5

15th best VFR conditions of Türkiye

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	92.6	93	90	98	94	96
February	95.1	100	96	97	93	94
March	97.4	99	97	98	97	98
April	99.5		100	100	100	100
May	99.7		100	100	100	100
June	99.8		100	100	100	100
July	100.0		100	100	100	100
August	99.9		100	100	100	100
September	99.9		100	100	100	100
October	97.8		95	100	100	99
November	95.4		96	95	94	100
December	92.3		91	84	99	92
Average	97.7	97.4	97.3	98.3	98.2	98.3

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	11.8	13	15	10	13	12
February	14.1	16	13	14	15	14
March	16.5	18	17	12	15	17
April	21.1		19	22	21	21
May	26.6		24	27	28	26
June	30.6		30	31	30	29
July	34.7		36	35	35	35
August	34.6		35	34	36	35
September	30.6		32	30	30	33
October	24.9		27	25	23	27
November	19.4		21	20	20	19
December	14.2		16	16	13	15
Average	22.4	15.8	23.6	23.2	23.2	23.5

19th highest temperature of Türkiye

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	3.0	5	4	2	5	2
February	4.1	5	2	3	5	4
March	5.5	6	6	2	4	7
April	8.6		8	9	9	9
May	13.5		13	14	14	13
June	18.6		18	21	18	17
July	22.5		23	23	23	23
August	22.7		22	23	23	22
September	18.0		20	17	18	19
October	12.9		14	14	12	13
November	8.6		11	9	10	7
December	5.8		7	8	6	7
Average	11.2	5.1	12.3	12.1	12.1	11.8

48th lowest temperature of Türkiye

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	13.0	13	10	13	13	4
February	7.2	1	2	9	5	9
March	6.5	3	9	7	8	7
April	4.5		5	3	7	4
May	2.4		4	2	1	5
June	1.4		4	1	1	2
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	1	0	0
September	0.6		2	0	0	0
October	1.8		2	0	2	5
November	8.4		13	10	4	3
December	13.0		10	20	17	13
Average	4.6	5.4	4.6	4.4	4.3	3.9

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	9.4	11	8	10	8	12
February	10.3	10	11	10	12	11
March	9.8	8	10	12	11	10
April	9.1		9	9	10	10
May	9.0		9	10	9	9
June	10.4		10	13	11	9
July	14.3		13	17	14	15
August	13.1		11	12	13	14
September	12.0		13	11	13	12
October	9.9		9	13	10	7
November	8.4		8	9	10	11
December	8.2		7	7	9	8
Average	10.3	9.2	9.8	11.4	10.8	10.6

19th highest wind speed of Türkiye

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	360°	103°	013°	164°	359°
February	347°	008°	010°	001°	003°
March	309°	349°	004°	357°	359°
April		322°	326°	318°	352°
May		345°	351°	334°	335°
June		352°	350°	346°	315°
July		353°	355°	350°	349°
August		348°	346°	348°	350°
September		352°	342°	352°	347°
October		356°	356°	352°	325°
November		181°	352°	346°	354°
December		113°	142°	120°	041°

Prevailing wind direction

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