Climate Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (UACC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	52.8	40	53	61	61	39
February	59.4	59	61	52	56	54
March	61.4	46	69	47	54	85
April	87.7		85	92	91	92
May	96.6		97	99	97	96
June	96.0		95	95	99	97
July	94.5		98	94	92	95
August	94.3		91	94	94	95
September	88.9		81	96	89	90
October	80.3		79	84	85	82
November	55.1		53	42	62	52
December	54.9		49	74	52	57
Average	76.9	47.9	79.5	80.8	81.3	81.9

13th best VFR conditions of Kazakhstan

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	71.2	60	74	80	78	59
February	77.0	72	85	65	74	71
March	77.3	74	84	65	72	93
April	95.0		92	97	93	97
May	99.0		100	100	98	100
June	98.2		98	98	100	99
July	97.3		100	98	96	97
August	97.9		97	98	99	98
September	97.1		95	100	95	97
October	92.4		92	95	96	92
November	77.9		76	70	83	78
December	73.7		69	87	72	83
Average	87.7	69.6	90.4	89.4	89.9	90.8

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	-11.4	-9	-11	-9	-14	-7
February	-9.2	-11	-9	-7	-8	-4
March	-3.9	-2	2	-5	-4	-1
April	12.3		12	16	12	16
May	21.5		22	23	25	25
June	25.2		27	27	24	25
July	27.6		31	27	27	27
August	25.5		26	24	27	25
September	17.7		17	21	16	17
October	10.0		12	10	9	9
November	-2.2		5	-4	-2	-4
December	-10.7		-6	-15	-7	-13
Average	7.1	-7.0	10.7	9.9	8.9	9.4

17th highest temperature of Kazakhstan

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	-21.8	-19	-19	-19	-24	-14
February	-19.0	-19	-20	-18	-18	-13
March	-12.4	-10	-8	-13	-15	-10
April	-2.7		-5	0	-2	2
May	6.2		6	7	10	9
June	11.0		11	12	10	11
July	13.7		15	14	13	14
August	11.3		12	10	12	11
September	4.5		7	5	3	4
October	-2.3		-1	-2	-3	-3
November	-10.1		-3	-11	-12	-12
December	-18.3		-14	-24	-15	-21
Average	-5.5	-17.7	-2.5	-3.5	-4.5	-2.0

4th lowest temperature of Kazakhstan

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	33.5	46	28	22	21	57
February	27.5	35	17	25	34	31
March	18.8	32	9	31	32	3
April	6.2		7	3	3	8
May	3.6		3	3	3	1
June	4.5		3	3	4	7
July	3.5		3	4	4	4
August	3.0		5	3	1	3
September	5.9		9	5	8	6
October	10.8		5	7	11	11
November	31.1		25	40	42	30
December	28.5		35	8	23	33
Average	15.0	36.7	10.2	11.3	12.8	13.0

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	10.7	11	12	10	9	14
February	10.7	13	11	9	13	13
March	11.5	11	11	15	13	10
April	10.7		11	10	11	10
May	10.7		10	11	10	9
June	9.7		10	9	11	11
July	9.2		9	9	10	10
August	8.8		9	9	9	10
September	9.2		7	9	10	11
October	10.3		11	8	10	10
November	11.2		12	13	12	10
December	9.9		14	9	10	9
Average	10.3	11.5	10.2	10.2	10.5	10.3

17th highest wind speed of Kazakhstan

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	216°	226°	204°	186°	220°
February	213°	180°	193°	214°	213°
March	224°	198°	206°	227°	224°
April		088°	125°	116°	211°
May		072°	206°	061°	187°
June		229°	275°	042°	358°
July		264°	001°	071°	044°
August		005°	043°	030°	184°
September		275°	216°	236°	245°
October		221°	229°	249°	240°
November		201°	216°	232°	223°
December		220°	104°	207°	211°

Prevailing wind direction

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