Climate Zhezkazgan National Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Zhezkazgan National Airport (UAKD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	41.1	53	66	39		28
February	44.8	58	44	57		52
March	58.1	50	70	41		90
April	87.8		90	94		80
May	95.2		97	94		90
June	87.3		100	99		26
July	98.5		99	99		99
August	96.9		98	98		99
September	92.1		91	97		90
October	85.6		83	87		80
November	47.9		54	35
December	39.7		42	72	38
Average	60.1	53.3	81.4	78.8	38.2	74.7

16th 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	70.2	65	84	64		47
February	71.9	70	72	68		68
March	75.8	74	77	71		96
April	97.3		99	98		95
May	99.0		100	98		98
June	99.8		100	99		100
July	99.9		100	100		100
August	99.6		100	99		100
September	99.1		99	100		99
October	97.1		97	98		94
November	76.7		84	63
December	67.2		63	88	55
Average	81.0	70.3	91.3	88.9	55.1	91.0

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	-9	-9	-6		-7
February	-8.4	-10	-8	-5		-4
March	2.0	0	7	0		4
April	16.9		18	20		18
May	23.7		24	24		26
June	29.3		30	31		29
July	32.6		33	31		32
August	28.2		28	28		28
September	21.4		20	24		21
October	13.5		13	13		12
November	0.9		7	0
December	-7.0		-5	-13	-5
Average	6.1	-7.8	13.3	13.1	-5.1	16.0

10th 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	-16.2	-16	-17	-13		-12
February	-16.8	-19	-15	-13		-10
March	-7.2	-8	-4	-7		-8
April	3.6		2	6		6
May	10.1		11	11		14
June	15.7		14	18		18
July	18.8		19	18		20
August	15.0		15	15		16
September	7.7		9	9		7
October	0.9		2	0		0
November	-7.4		-1	-5
December	-14.6		-11	-20	-11
Average	-4.7	-15.8	2.1	2.2	-11.4	5.4

11th 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	28.8	26	19	29		51
February	29.0	30	42	35		24
March	13.9	11	11	27		1
April	5.2		3	5		5
May	1.9		2	4		3
June	1.5		2	0		1
July	1.5		2	2		2
August	2.1		3	1		2
September	2.0		3	2		1
October	3.6		4	4		6
November	20.5		10	35
December	25.1		21	28	19
Average	14.2	21.5	8.7	11.9	19.3	8.4

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	10.4	11	11	9		11
February	10.5	12	10	11		10
March	10.9	10	11	12		10
April	12.2		13	10		11
May	12.0		12	11		12
June	11.2		12	10		13
July	11.5		11	11		12
August	10.7		10	11		12
September	10.6		10	11		13
October	10.6		11	11		12
November	10.8		12	12
December	9.9		14	7	9
Average	10.7	11.1	11.3	10.8	9.0	11.6

10th 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	193°	233°	123°		204°
February	113°	098°	088°		150°
March	109°	079°	233°		056°
April		093°	074°		201°
May		070°	244°		113°
June		324°	296°		033°
July		318°	345°		021°
August		310°	041°		022°
September		309°	071°		010°
October		218°	124°		048°
November		169°	194°
December		181°	048°	099°

Prevailing wind direction

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