Statistics Makhachkala Uytash International Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Makhachkala Uytash International Airport (URML) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	57.2	53	81	49	68	55
February	60.0	63	68	50	80	53
March	69.4	73	71	77	77	78
April	83.3	65	94	93	89	76
May	92.7	93	95	91	91	93
June	98.8	98	99	99	100	100
July	99.5	99	100	100	100	100
August	99.4	100	100	100	99	99
September	95.9	97	91	92	99	96
October	87.2	88	86	81	88	92
November	61.3		68	69	64	62
December	45.6		33	53	38	51
Average	82.6	84.8	85.9	82.5	85.2	82.2

6th best VFR conditions of Russia

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 8 km or more
• Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	86.8	87	99	85	96	85
February	82.7	81	86	67	95	87
March	86.9	86	90	92	85	95
April	90.7	79	95	99	97	86
May	95.5	94	98	92	96	94
June	99.6	100	100	99	100	100
July	99.9	100	100	100	100	100
August	99.9	100	100	100	100	100
September	99.3	100	97	99	100	100
October	97.4	97	97	96	99	100
November	90.4		92	86	95	93
December	82.4		74	88	82	82
Average	93.5	92.9	95.4	93.1	95.9	94.1

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 5 km or more
• Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	5.6	6	7	6	7	7
February	6.0	5	8	5	8	6
March	9.2	11	7	9	11	10
April	14.7	15	16	16	13	15
May	22.0	23	21	22	21	24
June	27.8	27	28	28	28	30
July	30.6	30	30	30	32	30
August	29.6	32	30	32	28	28
September	24.6	25	25	22	25	23
October	18.5	19	19	15	20	20
November	11.4		13	12	11	11
December	7.5		7	9	6	8
Average	17.4	19.2	17.8	17.2	17.5	17.5

4th highest temperature of Russia

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	-1.7	0	-2	1	1	0
February	-1.3	-3	1	-1	0	1
March	2.7	4	0	2	3	3
April	6.2	8	6	8	4	7
May	12.0	14	10	12	11	14
June	17.6	18	18	19	17	19
July	21.1	21	21	21	21	21
August	20.7	22	21	22	19	19
September	16.2	17	17	16	17	15
October	10.6	11	12	9	12	11
November	4.9		6	4	6	5
December	2.7		4	2	2	2
Average	9.6	11.3	9.6	9.5	9.4	9.7

77th lowest temperature of Russia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	13.6	14	5	9	8	13
February	13.0	13	5	13	6	16
March	8.1	0	14	11	4	9
April	3.9	3	0	2	7	7
May	4.3	6	6	4	6	2
June	2.4	4	2	1	0	3
July	1.6	1	2	1	1	3
August	1.9	1	1	1	4	1
September	4.8	5	7	12	1	5
October	7.6	4	14	15	0	1
November	15.8		7	7	23	17
December	17.2		25	8	26	9
Average	6.8	4.4	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	9.7	11	11	9	9	9
February	10.4	10	10	10	12	10
March	10.9	10	11	11	11	11
April	10.2	9	10	11	10	10
May	10.0	10	10	11	11	10
June	9.6	9	9	11	10	9
July	10.5	10	10	9	11	12
August	10.8	10	13	10	10	11
September	11.0	11	10	10	12	10
October	10.6	11	10	10	13	9
November	10.5		10	11	12	9
December	10.0		12	9	9	8
Average	10.4	10.2	10.5	10.1	10.9	10.1

4th 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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	154°	337°	096°	346°	004°
February	344°	151°	355°	353°	355°
March	100°	350°	065°	141°	042°
April	122°	125°	041°	110°	083°
May	322°	355°	141°	358°	016°
June	094°	046°	087°	112°	111°
July	116°	076°	102°	122°	005°
August	125°	140°	120°	091°	126°
September	149°	091°	012°	137°	122°
October	348°	026°	133°	146°	086°
November		330°	255°	046°	123°
December		155°	340°	135°	008°

Prevailing wind direction

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