Gabala International Airport

UBBQ · Göyçay, Azerbaijan

Climate Gabala International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gabala International Airport (UBBQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 57.0 56 52 82 53 63
February 58.8 59 70 71 57 79
March 64.8 53 76 64 62 68
April 82.6 79 96 92 77
May 90.5 84 82 88 93
June 98.2 99 100 98 99
July 99.3 98 99 100 100
August 98.8 100 100 100 97
September 91.9 86 93 92 98
October 84.6 93 92 69 89
November 66.9 91 68 57 59
December 52.7 71 20 74 37
Average 78.4 56.0 84.8 84.5 80.8 82.4

6th 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 80.2 83 84 91 71 78
February 82.3 79 88 88 79 90
March 89.1 88 95 89 88 88
April 96.1 94 99 98 96
May 98.2 98 98 97 98
June 99.8 100 100 100 100
July 100.0 100 100 100 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 98.2 97 99 98 100
October 96.8 99 98 91 95
November 86.3 99 87 79 90
December 75.4 89 60 85 66
Average 91.9 83.3 95.8 94.3 91.8 93.0

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 7.2 8 7 8 7 8
February 9.2 10 9 12 10 10
March 13.1 12 18 9 11 15
April 18.7 20 22 22 16
May 23.4 25 22 16 25
June 31.2 30 31 34 33
July 30.9 32 33 17 34
August 31.2 34 34 26 29
September 27.0 25 29 27 27
October 20.7 22 22 17 22
November 13.9 18 15 13 13
December 9.0 12 6 10 6
Average 18.5 9.9 20.9 20.7 17.4 19.7

5th 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 -3.0 -2 -3 -6 -3 -3
February -2.5 0 -2 -2 -1 -4
March 2.2 3 4 1 1 3
April 5.5 7 6 7 4
May 10.1 12 10 6 10
June 15.6 17 16 16 15
July 16.3 19 17 5 19
August 16.2 20 16 9 17
September 14.6 15 15 15 16
October 9.0 10 11 8 9
November 3.0 4 3 2 4
December 0.5 1 2 -2 1
Average 6.5 0.2 8.6 7.5 5.1 7.4

1st 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 7.4 13 9 3 6 6
February 10.0 10 10 4 11 7
March 9.7 13 2 17 12 7
April 6.3 5 2 1 11
May 4.9 8 9 6 6
June 1.5 2 0 0 1
July 0.4 1 0 0 0
August 1.0 1 0 1 4
September 3.2 7 0 5 1
October 4.6 2 1 10 5
November 7.8 1 7 10 11
December 6.3 6 18 0 11
Average 5.7 11.7 4.2 4.3 4.8 5.3

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 4.5 6 4 6 3 5
February 6.2 7 8 6 6 6
March 6.1 6 6 8 6 4
April 5.3 6 6 6 5
May 4.6 5 4 4 5
June 5.1 5 5 6 6
July 5.3 6 6 3 6
August 5.3 5 6 5 5
September 4.6 4 5 5 4
October 4.2 5 5 4 4
November 4.2 6 4 4 4
December 3.8 5 2 4 3
Average 5.1 6.2 5.5 5.3 4.7 4.7

5th 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 275° 260° 273° 279° 281°
February 274° 280° 269° 262° 272°
March 234° 257° 282° 249° 208°
April 250° 233° 238° 245°
May 219° 205° 255° 262°
June 230° 258° 165° 196°
July 208° 167° 198° 182°
August 199° 158° 164° 196°
September 237° 209° 233° 207°
October 273° 267° 231° 233°
November 281° 291° 270° 225°
December 288° 278° 284° 234°

Prevailing wind direction

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