Climate Zaqatala International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Zaqatala International Airport (UBBY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	66.2	65	59	88	54	78
February	70.2	64	74	83	71	83
March	77.4	71	82	77	80	73
April	88.6		82	97	99	81
May	94.9		89	93	92	95
June	98.6		95	99	98	100
July	99.2		100	99	97	100
August	99.2		99	100	100	99
September	94.1		90	93	93	95
October	90.1		94	93	79	91
November	78.6		98	83	77	69
December	60.7		73	16	88	42
Average	84.6	67.2	87.4	88.9	87.4	85.9

4th 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	84.9	90	94	95	61	88
February	88.2	85	90	94	89	99
March	94.2	93	96	92	97	90
April	98.2		97	99	99	97
May	99.2		98	99	99	100
June	99.4		99	100	99	100
July	99.8		100	100	100	100
August	99.6		100	100	100	100
September	98.4		98	97	99	99
October	98.0		98	98	97	97
November	92.2		100	97	93	82
December	85.4		95	77	96	75
Average	94.9	89.4	97.1	96.7	95.0	94.8

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	7.3	8	7	9	7	7
February	9.5	10	8	12	11	10
March	13.3	13	17	9	11	16
April	18.8		19	22	22	15
May	24.0		24	22	25	24
June	29.6		28	29	31	32
July	31.8		30	31	31	32
August	31.4		32	33	34	28
September	26.2		25	28	25	26
October	20.0		21	21	16	21
November	13.4		17	15	13	13
December	8.7		12	6	10	6
Average	18.4	10.3	19.9	20.0	19.7	19.1

8th 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	-1.4	1	-1	-2	-1	-1
February	1.0	2	0	2	1	0
March	4.3	5	7	1	2	6
April	8.3		9	10	11	6
May	13.6		13	12	14	13
June	18.5		18	18	19	19
July	20.7		20	20	21	22
August	20.2		22	20	21	19
September	16.6		16	17	16	18
October	10.8		11	12	9	12
November	5.0		7	6	5	6
December	1.9		3	2	1	1
Average	9.2	2.6	10.3	10.2	10.0	9.9

4th 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	9.6	19	11	2	6	5
February	11.4	11	13	4	15	6
March	11.4	12	11	20	12	14
April	6.9		6	3	1	14
May	5.5		8	6	6	6
June	2.3		5	2	1	1
July	1.7		2	2	5	2
August	1.2		1	0	0	2
September	3.8		7	4	5	0
October	5.8		7	4	13	3
November	10.0		1	11	9	11
December	7.5		10	18	0	10
Average	6.8	13.5	6.3	5.4	5.6	5.9

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	4.3	5	4	5	4	4
February	4.9	6	6	5	5	5
March	4.9	5	5	6	6	4
April	4.8		5	5	5	5
May	4.6		5	5	5	5
June	4.8		5	5	5	6
July	4.8		5	5	5	5
August	4.7		4	5	5	5
September	4.7		4	5	5	4
October	4.1		4	5	4	4
November	3.8		4	4	4	4
December	3.9		5	3	4	3
Average	4.6	5.2	4.6	4.8	4.7	4.5

8th 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	271°	231°	322°	279°	234°
February	277°	315°	293°	262°	289°
March	257°	266°	280°	291°	193°
April		289°	301°	283°	210°
May		231°	240°	207°	254°
June		336°	272°	173°	189°
July		272°	136°	247°	166°
August		124°	185°	183°	167°
September		165°	236°	250°	191°
October		304°	276°	201°	226°
November		307°	279°	243°	226°
December		307°	208°	296°	201°

Prevailing wind direction

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