Pulkovo Airport

ULLI · St.-Petersburg, Russia

Climate Pulkovo Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Pulkovo Airport (ULLI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 30.0 46 27 30 29 29
February 36.9 38 37 28 36 48
March 62.3 53 48 77 60 72
April 75.3 56 83 81 76 79
May 87.3 94 95 83 75 89
June 90.1 92 96 88 98 89
July 83.1 74 88 92 98 83
August 81.3 75 86 80 73 85
September 73.6 83 80 63 65 79
October 54.5 48 52 57 69 56
November 28.3 25 22 15 26 34
December 23.0 21 29 30 25
Average 68.9 67.6 70.5 69.3 69.3 71.6

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 66.5 69 62 70 53 77
February 74.9 69 82 81 71 87
March 88.6 91 78 95 87 91
April 92.6 86 95 92 92 98
May 96.4 99 99 97 91 98
June 98.0 98 99 99 100 95
July 95.4 92 97 98 100 98
August 95.6 88 98 96 94 97
September 92.8 93 97 88 95 97
October 84.7 79 87 87 91 80
November 68.0 62 67 58 65 80
December 59.5 54 63 67 57
Average 88.8 87.3 89.2 90.0 88.1 91.2

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 -3.7 -7 -1 -2 -4 3
February -2.2 -2 -1 0 -7 2
March 2.8 6 2 3 2 5
April 9.1 10 12 8 9 7
May 15.9 18 17 14 16 14
June 21.8 23 22 21 25 23
July 22.9 25 22 24 27 21
August 21.9 22 24 25 20 21
September 16.4 21 20 13 13 17
October 9.3 11 8 10 10 11
November 3.3 4 2 2 4 6
December -2.5 -4 -3 -5 0
Average 10.1 11.9 10.1 10.0 9.2 10.8

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 -8.9 -13 -5 -8 -7 -1
February -7.2 -7 -6 -4 -14 -2
March -5.8 -1 -5 -5 -6 -2
April 0.2 2 1 -1 1 0
May 5.5 7 5 5 7 3
June 11.5 12 10 11 15 13
July 13.6 15 13 14 16 13
August 12.8 13 14 14 12 12
September 8.6 11 10 6 7 9
October 3.6 4 2 5 4 5
November -1.5 0 -2 -2 0 1
December -6.8 -7 -8 -12 -3
Average 2.8 3.8 2.5 2.6 1.9 4.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 36.0 40 45 38 36 15
February 32.6 24 34 31 48 21
March 18.3 10 33 11 18 14
April 14.2 18 8 15 15 14
May 7.7 4 4 6 17 9
June 6.4 9 4 8 2 5
July 9.0 15 8 7 3 10
August 9.4 12 6 8 13 10
September 10.0 6 4 17 14 5
October 15.8 17 18 15 7 16
November 24.2 30 40 32 29 15
December 38.6 54 46 47 25
Average 14.9 14.4 16.1 14.8 16.3 11.7

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 8.8 8 10 9 6 12
February 9.2 9 9 10 8 12
March 9.3 8 9 9 10 10
April 8.8 10 8 9 9 10
May 8.1 7 9 10 8 8
June 7.8 8 7 7 7 7
July 7.5 7 9 7 8 8
August 7.4 6 8 7 9 6
September 8.3 7 8 7 10 9
October 8.7 8 10 9 10 6
November 8.8 9 7 9 10 8
December 8.5 8 8 9 8
Average 8.3 7.7 8.5 8.2 8.5 8.4

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 224° 201° 266° 108° 250°
February 173° 244° 219° 294° 238°
March 211° 250° 285° 252° 252°
April 277° 036° 332° 276° 290°
May 344° 295° 298° 160° 326°
June 288° 311° 293° 276° 068°
July 223° 272° 264° 276° 257°
August 254° 134° 174° 187° 286°
September 165° 219° 334° 318° 243°
October 259° 258° 247° 218° 161°
November 243° 113° 128° 255° 216°
December 132° 140° 261° 151°

Prevailing wind direction

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