Statistics Sochi International Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sochi International Airport (URSS) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	87.1	96	87	88	85	86
February	83.0	84	88	74	86	77
March	78.5	64	79	83	78	79
April	81.9	76	75	77	91	85
May	84.5	80	81	85	86	89
June	93.9	95	87	92	97	97
July	93.4	97	90	97	95	89
August	96.0	96	97	96	99	91
September	95.5	98	94	93	97	96
October	94.3	99	93	91	96	95
November	93.2		96	93	98	94
December	90.9		86	91	95	96
Average	89.4	88.4	87.6	88.5	91.9	89.6

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: 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	98.3	100	99	97	98	100
February	97.4	99	98	97	98	96
March	92.4	80	96	99	92	93
April	93.3	86	87	92	100	94
May	93.7	94	91	93	93	98
June	99.3	100	99	99	99	100
July	99.4	100	99	99	100	99
August	99.6	100	100	100	100	99
September	99.6	100	99	100	100	100
October	99.4	100	98	100	99	100
November	99.4		99	100	100	100
December	98.5		98	99	100	100
Average	97.4	95.7	96.6	97.7	98.0	98.0

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	10.4	12	9	13	9	12
February	10.3	9	11	10	10	11
March	12.2	13	8	10	15	11
April	16.5	17	17	16	15	16
May	20.4	19	18	21	21	22
June	25.5	25	25	23	27	28
July	27.5	27	26	28	29	26
August	29.0	30	30	29	28	28
September	25.4	26	25	22	28	24
October	20.8	21	20	19	24	22
November	16.1		17	17	15	18
December	13.0		14	13	13	14
Average	19.1	19.9	18.4	18.4	19.4	19.3

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	3.3	3	3	5	3	5
February	3.3	2	4	4	3	4
March	5.2	7	2	3	7	4
April	8.4	9	9	9	7	9
May	13.0	12	11	13	13	15
June	18.3	18	18	17	18	21
July	20.0	19	19	20	21	19
August	21.2	23	22	21	20	20
September	17.3	17	17	16	19	16
October	12.4	13	13	11	14	13
November	8.1		9	9	7	8
December	6.0		8	5	6	6
Average	11.6	12.2	11.2	10.9	11.4	11.7

78th 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	20.7	4	26	27	20	24
February	19.4	20	23	25	19	19
March	18.5	22	24	17	11	22
April	13.9	28	18	20	4	11
May	11.5	15	15	7	14	5
June	4.4	3	8	6	3	2
July	3.3	5	3	3	1	7
August	0.7	1	0	1	0	1
September	3.8	2	8	10	1	3
October	7.4	7	14	7	3	2
November	9.8		9	11	8	4
December	16.7		20	17	10	9
Average	10.0	10.2	12.8	11.5	7.1	8.3

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	7.3	7	9	7	7	8
February	7.2	9	8	7	8	5
March	6.8	7	7	7	6	7
April	6.5	6	6	7	7	6
May	5.9	5	6	6	7	6
June	6.5	6	6	7	7	7
July	6.5	7	6	7	7	6
August	6.8	7	7	7	8	7
September	6.9	7	7	7	8	7
October	6.6	7	6	7	7	7
November	6.5		6	7	7	6
December	6.3		6	7	6	6
Average	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.9	6.6

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	083°	097°	090°	062°	090°
February	115°	105°	118°	133°	149°
March	205°	232°	148°	198°	155°
April	247°	167°	185°	236°	195°
May	239°	203°	205°	243°	216°
June	256°	256°	269°	268°	291°
July	253°	248°	279°	279°	302°
August	272°	285°	290°	269°	272°
September	315°	048°	008°	262°	328°
October	038°	038°	014°	048°	349°
November		075°	050°	028°	077°
December		113°	057°	053°	061°

Prevailing wind direction

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