Chita-Kadala International Airport

UIAA · Transbaikal Territory, Russia

Climate Chita-Kadala International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Chita-Kadala International Airport (UIAA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 77.8 77 74 71 84 66
February 93.6 89 96 95 91 90
March 98.5 100 98 99 98 98
April 96.8 91 97 98 98
May 97.1 98 99 93 96
June 97.4 97 96 98 95
July 93.5 92 96 94 97
August 92.2 91 100 85 93
September 94.0 91 93 94 96
October 96.7 99 97 97 89
November 96.7 97 99 95 92
December 83.3 56 94 91 91
Average 93.3 89.6 90.9 95.4 93.4 92.4

1st best VFR conditions of Russia

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 92.4 94 87 94 93 92
February 98.7 98 98 99 98 99
March 99.2 100 99 99 100 99
April 98.7 96 99 100 99
May 100.0 100 100 100 100
June 99.8 100 100 100 100
July 99.2 99 100 100 99
August 97.7 97 100 96 98
September 98.8 98 100 99 98
October 99.5 99 100 99 100
November 99.1 98 100 100 97
December 94.7 82 100 98 99
Average 98.3 97.6 96.6 99.2 98.5 98.5

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 -16.2 -15 -16 -16 -17 -15
February -10.7 -12 -6 -10 -11 -7
March 1.5 2 4 -1 1 2
April 9.1 6 8 8 12
May 17.1 17 18 14 17
June 23.9 23 25 24 23
July 25.3 26 25 25 27
August 22.5 24 22 23 22
September 16.9 18 17 15 18
October 7.4 11 6 8 5
November -6.9 -6 -5 -4 -3
December -15.8 -18 -13 -11 -13
Average 4.7 -9.9 6.8 6.9 6.2 7.2

63rd highest temperature of Russia

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 -29.3 -30 -28 -30 -28 -29
February -26.7 -27 -23 -28 -26 -24
March -14.4 -15 -11 -16 -14 -12
April -5.5 -7 -4 -5 -4
May 3.1 2 4 2 4
June 9.8 8 10 11 10
July 13.0 13 13 13 13
August 10.2 10 7 11 12
September 3.9 4 3 4 4
October -6.1 -5 -7 -7 -5
November -18.8 -19 -18 -16 -15
December -26.9 -30 -21 -23 -23
Average -9.1 -24.0 -8.9 -7.3 -7.6 -6.3

7th lowest temperature of Russia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.8 2 5 8 8 2
February 3.5 1 5 4 14 3
March 2.2 1 5 2 3 3
April 3.5 8 3 2 0
May 4.1 5 3 7 6
June 6.0 8 6 8 9
July 8.1 8 6 7 4
August 5.9 6 1 5 9
September 6.1 6 7 6 6
October 3.2 1 1 4 11
November 2.9 8 2 4 0
December 5.1 9 3 2 3
Average 4.3 1.1 5.9 3.7 5.7 4.9

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 4.2 3 5 2 6 2
February 5.1 5 5 4 6 4
March 7.9 8 10 7 7 12
April 9.8 9 10 10 8
May 10.0 9 10 11 10
June 6.5 7 5 7 6
July 5.5 5 5 5 6
August 5.6 5 7 5 5
September 6.7 5 8 6 6
October 6.6 7 6 5 7
November 6.1 5 5 6 6
December 5.7 4 8 6 7
Average 6.7 5.3 6.4 6.6 6.6 6.7

63rd highest wind speed of Russia

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 280° 269° 339° 264° 332°
February 268° 267° 274° 271° 312°
March 293° 287° 280° 295° 283°
April 292° 287° 314° 332°
May 297° 310° 322° 306°
June 315° 340° 027° 309°
July 024° 151° 006° 245°
August 241° 270° 302° 029°
September 284° 292° 273° 301°
October 278° 280° 265° 289°
November 265° 266° 270° 273°
December 284° 261° 240° 246°

Prevailing wind direction

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