Heydar Aliyev International Airport

UBBB · Baki, Azerbaijan

Climate Heydar Aliyev International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Heydar Aliyev International Airport (UBBB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 58.4 59 60 74 46 67
February 58.4 64 62 71 41 62
March 61.1 62 76 59 59 75
April 88.4 86 95 97 82
May 94.4 94 93 94 90
June 98.5 100 100 98 100
July 97.5 97 99 98 99
August 97.4 100 100 97 95
September 94.2 94 94 93 97
October 82.0 81 82 89 89
November 67.1 80 66 70 69
December 49.3 55 41 60 60
Average 79.0 61.7 84.3 84.4 81.2 84.0

7th best VFR conditions of Azerbaijan

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 89.9 95 93 94 85 94
February 87.0 85 90 92 75 94
March 87.3 89 89 88 91 90
April 95.7 97 95 99 92
May 97.9 99 99 98 95
June 99.8 100 100 100 100
July 99.7 100 100 100 100
August 99.6 100 100 99 100
September 99.3 100 99 100 99
October 98.0 98 99 99 98
November 94.2 99 92 96 93
December 90.1 87 91 95 97
Average 94.7 89.2 96.4 96.4 95.4 96.2

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 8.2 9 8 9 9 9
February 9.0 10 9 11 8 10
March 11.6 11 15 9 11 13
April 17.1 19 19 19 15
May 23.8 23 22 24 23
June 29.8 28 30 31 31
July 32.0 31 31 32 33
August 32.1 33 33 35 29
September 27.0 26 28 27 28
October 20.8 22 22 18 22
November 14.6 19 15 14 13
December 10.5 13 9 12 9
Average 18.6 9.8 20.5 20.1 19.9 19.5

7th highest temperature of Azerbaijan

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 2.6 3 2 2 3 3
February 2.9 2 2 4 3 4
March 5.1 5 7 4 4 6
April 8.5 10 10 9 8
May 14.2 16 13 14 14
June 19.6 21 20 20 19
July 22.8 23 22 23 22
August 21.7 25 20 22 20
September 18.3 19 19 19 18
October 13.2 15 16 12 12
November 8.7 13 10 6 8
December 5.8 6 6 6 4
Average 11.0 3.4 13.2 12.2 11.7 11.5

8th lowest temperature of Azerbaijan

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.6 11 10 9 12 16
February 9.6 8 8 2 9 8
March 7.5 9 1 13 10 3
April 3.2 6 1 1 5
May 2.0 4 3 2 3
June 0.5 1 0 0 0
July 0.6 2 1 0 1
August 0.6 0 1 0 3
September 2.4 2 2 5 0
October 4.7 3 4 6 2
November 9.5 4 13 1 15
December 12.0 12 16 9 11
Average 5.2 9.4 3.9 4.3 3.9 4.8

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 11.8 15 9 12 12 11
February 12.2 11 13 12 12 16
March 13.4 12 13 14 13 13
April 13.1 12 14 13 13
May 12.6 12 14 13 15
June 12.1 12 13 13 13
July 12.9 12 13 13 11
August 11.3 11 10 9 13
September 11.4 10 13 12 10
October 11.8 14 12 12 11
November 11.3 15 11 11 10
December 10.7 13 9 11 11
Average 12.2 12.7 12.2 12.5 12.1 12.3

7th highest wind speed of Azerbaijan

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 307° 091° 249° 214° 295°
February 356° 292° 257° 294° 261°
March 357° 307° 331° 299° 313°
April 202° 264° 317° 338°
May 331° 299° 288° 279°
June 352° 335° 345° 338°
July 350° 348° 343° 334°
August 034° 090° 020° 340°
September 012° 072° 349° 101°
October 303° 006° 012° 149°
November 212° 342° 263° 008°
December 221° 055° 197° 024°

Prevailing wind direction

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