Sochi International Airport

URSS · Krasnodarskiy, Russia

Climate Sochi International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sochi International Airport (URSS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 86.0 79 96 87 88 85
February 83.7 88 84 88 74 86
March 79.3 85 64 79 83 78
April 81.9 82 76 75 77 91
May 83.9 80 80 81 85 86
June 94.1 96 95 87 92 97
July 93.5 95 97 90 97 95
August 96.1 97 96 97 96 99
September 95.6 96 98 94 93 97
October 94.5 96 99 93 91 96
November 92.8 91 96 93 98
December 90.7 90 86 91 95
Average 89.5 89.6 88.6 87.6 88.5 91.9

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 98.3 98 100 99 97 98
February 97.3 97 99 98 97 98
March 93.0 97 80 96 99 92
April 93.5 96 86 87 92 100
May 93.8 95 94 91 93 93
June 99.2 99 100 99 99 99
July 99.4 100 100 99 99 100
August 99.6 100 100 100 100 100
September 99.6 100 100 99 100 100
October 99.4 99 100 98 100 99
November 99.4 100 99 100 100
December 98.5 99 98 99 100
Average 97.5 97.9 96.1 96.6 97.7 98.0

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 10.4 11 12 9 13 9
February 10.6 13 9 11 10 10
March 12.4 13 13 8 10 15
April 16.9 20 17 17 16 15
May 20.4 20 19 18 21 21
June 25.7 27 25 25 23 27
July 27.7 30 27 26 28 29
August 29.0 29 30 30 29 28
September 25.6 27 26 25 22 28
October 20.7 20 21 20 19 24
November 16.3 18 17 17 15
December 13.2 14 14 13 13
Average 19.3 20.7 19.2 18.4 18.4 19.4

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 3.4 4 3 3 5 3
February 3.6 6 2 4 4 3
March 5.3 6 7 2 3 7
April 8.9 12 9 9 9 7
May 13.0 13 12 11 13 13
June 18.3 19 18 18 17 18
July 20.2 22 19 19 20 21
August 21.1 21 23 22 21 20
September 17.5 19 17 17 16 19
October 12.4 12 13 13 11 14
November 8.3 9 9 9 7
December 6.1 7 8 5 6
Average 11.7 13.3 11.5 11.2 10.9 11.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 20.7 21 4 26 27 20
February 18.6 13 20 23 25 19
March 17.7 12 22 24 17 11
April 12.3 2 28 18 20 4
May 11.7 13 15 15 7 14
June 3.9 0 3 8 6 3
July 3.2 2 5 3 3 1
August 1.1 4 1 0 1 0
September 3.7 3 2 8 10 1
October 7.5 8 7 14 7 3
November 11.4 21 9 11 8
December 17.1 20 20 17 10
Average 9.8 7.0 11.5 12.8 11.5 7.1

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 7.2 7 7 9 7 7
February 7.1 7 9 8 7 8
March 6.8 7 7 7 7 6
April 6.4 6 6 6 7 7
May 5.9 6 5 6 6 7
June 6.5 7 6 6 7 7
July 6.5 7 7 6 7 7
August 6.9 7 7 7 7 8
September 7.0 8 7 7 7 8
October 6.6 6 7 6 7 7
November 6.7 8 6 7 7
December 6.4 7 6 7 6
Average 6.6 6.6 6.7 6.6 6.7 6.9

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 104° 083° 097° 090° 062°
February 121° 115° 105° 118° 133°
March 154° 205° 232° 148° 198°
April 220° 247° 167° 185° 236°
May 253° 239° 203° 205° 243°
June 255° 256° 256° 269° 268°
July 273° 253° 248° 279° 279°
August 295° 272° 285° 290° 269°
September 347° 315° 048° 008° 262°
October 047° 038° 038° 014° 048°
November 087° 075° 050° 028°
December 100° 113° 057° 053°

Prevailing wind direction

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