Ganja International Airport

UBBG · Samux, Azerbaijan

Climate Ganja International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ganja International Airport (UBBG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 75.2 71 62 95 74 85
February 72.8 64 85 84 75 96
March 79.0 75 80 83 74 73
April 87.2 91 86 97 94 77
May 93.2 85 88 95 93 96
June 97.7 98 94 100 99 99
July 98.8 95 100 100 99 99
August 98.7 99 100 100 100 96
September 95.9 96 92 100 97 92
October 88.1 81 95 88 71 93
November 80.7 95 79 76 72
December 67.7 77 21 85 55
Average 88.1 86.9 88.8 90.5 88.0 87.6

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 90.0 86 91 98 88 98
February 85.9 80 93 96 83 98
March 92.1 88 94 96 95 90
April 96.4 100 96 99 100 96
May 97.3 96 94 97 95 99
June 99.7 100 100 100 100 100
July 99.6 99 100 100 100 100
August 99.3 100 100 100 100 99
September 98.9 100 98 100 100 96
October 96.8 94 99 98 96 99
November 92.8 100 95 90 94
December 86.0 90 61 96 84
Average 95.4 94.9 96.6 96.6 95.8 96.3

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 8.2 9 7 10 8 9
February 10.0 11 9 13 11 11
March 13.5 13 17 10 11 15
April 19.5 23 20 22 22 16
May 24.6 22 24 23 26 25
June 30.8 31 29 30 32 32
July 32.8 31 32 33 33 33
August 32.2 32 34 33 35 29
September 26.8 27 26 29 26 27
October 20.4 20 22 21 17 21
November 14.1 18 16 14 13
December 9.4 12 6 11 7
Average 20.5 21.7 20.7 20.8 20.5 19.8

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 -1.9 1 -1 0 0 0
February 1.5 3 1 3 2 1
March 4.6 5 7 2 3 6
April 9.2 12 10 10 11 8
May 14.1 13 14 13 15 14
June 19.6 20 19 20 20 20
July 21.0 21 21 22 22 22
August 20.2 21 22 20 23 19
September 17.1 17 17 18 17 18
October 11.6 11 13 13 10 12
November 5.9 7 7 5 6
December 2.4 4 2 1 1
Average 10.8 12.3 11.1 10.9 10.8 10.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.4 9 4 0 4 3
February 6.4 5 3 0 9 2
March 4.8 8 3 4 8 5
April 3.8 2 3 2 1 9
May 2.7 5 4 2 2 3
June 1.2 0 1 2 0 1
July 0.6 2 0 0 0 1
August 0.8 0 0 1 0 3
September 1.2 0 2 0 1 3
October 3.3 2 3 4 6 1
November 2.7 1 2 1 2
December 3.1 3 13 0 5
Average 2.7 3.2 2.2 1.9 2.4 3.1

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 6.5 7 5 8 6 6
February 6.9 6 7 8 8 8
March 7.9 7 7 10 8 8
April 8.0 7 8 9 8 8
May 7.9 8 8 9 8 9
June 8.2 8 7 8 9 9
July 8.6 7 9 10 8 9
August 8.1 7 8 9 8 8
September 7.3 7 7 7 8 7
October 6.3 6 7 7 6 6
November 6.0 8 6 5 6
December 5.6 7 4 7 4
Average 7.4 7.0 7.4 8.2 7.6 7.5

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 295° 325° 290° 291° 297°
February 339° 307° 302° 299° 301°
March 352° 333° 010° 301° 349°
April 005° 338° 329° 323° 343°
May 009° 330° 332° 345° 315°
June 350° 001° 359° 041° 003°
July 033° 342° 031° 015° 036°
August 021° 030° 066° 051° 029°
September 060° 041° 349° 338° 060°
October 319° 306° 308° 313° 060°
November 293° 299° 302° 314°
December 291° 310° 293° 320°

Prevailing wind direction

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