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		76	75	77	91
May	84.5		80	81	85	86
June	93.9		95	87	92	97
July	93.4		97	90	97	95
August	96.0		96	97	96	99
September	95.5		98	94	93	97
October	94.3		99	93	91	96
November	92.8		91	96	93	98
December	90.7		90	86	91	95
Average	88.7	83.7	88.6	87.6	88.5	91.9

4th 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	98.3	98	100	99	97	98
February	97.3	97	99	98	97	98
March	93.0	97	80	96	99	92
April	93.3		86	87	92	100
May	93.7		94	91	93	93
June	99.3		100	99	99	99
July	99.4		100	99	99	100
August	99.6		100	100	100	100
September	99.6		100	99	100	100
October	99.4		100	98	100	99
November	99.4		100	99	100	100
December	98.5		99	98	99	100
Average	97.4	97.2	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	16.5		17	17	16	15
May	20.4		19	18	21	21
June	25.5		25	25	23	27
July	27.5		27	26	28	29
August	29.0		30	30	29	28
September	25.4		26	25	22	28
October	20.8		21	20	19	24
November	16.3		18	17	17	15
December	13.2		14	14	13	13
Average	18.2	12.0	19.2	18.4	18.4	19.4

2nd 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	3.4	4	3	3	5	3
February	3.6	6	2	4	4	3
March	5.3	6	7	2	3	7
April	8.4		9	9	9	7
May	13.0		12	11	13	13
June	18.3		18	18	17	18
July	20.0		19	19	20	21
August	21.2		23	22	21	20
September	17.3		17	17	16	19
October	12.4		13	13	11	14
November	8.3		9	9	9	7
December	6.1		7	8	5	6
Average	10.7	5.3	11.5	11.2	10.9	11.4

78th 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	20.7	21	4	26	27	20
February	18.6	13	20	23	25	19
March	17.7	12	22	24	17	11
April	13.9		28	18	20	4
May	11.5		15	15	7	14
June	4.4		3	8	6	3
July	3.3		5	3	3	1
August	0.7		1	0	1	0
September	3.8		2	8	10	1
October	7.4		7	14	7	3
November	11.4		21	9	11	8
December	17.1		20	20	17	10
Average	10.7	14.6	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	6.5		6	6	7	7
May	5.9		5	6	6	7
June	6.5		6	6	7	7
July	6.5		7	6	7	7
August	6.8		7	7	7	8
September	6.9		7	7	7	8
October	6.6		7	6	7	7
November	6.7		8	6	7	7
December	6.4		7	6	7	6
Average	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.6	6.7	6.9

2nd 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	104°	083°	097°	090°	062°
February	121°	115°	105°	118°	133°
March	154°	205°	232°	148°	198°
April		247°	167°	185°	236°
May		239°	203°	205°	243°
June		256°	256°	269°	268°
July		253°	248°	279°	279°
August		272°	285°	290°	269°
September		315°	048°	008°	262°
October		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.