Elista Airport

URWI · Kalmykiya Republic, Russia

Climate Elista Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Elista Airport (URWI) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 41.8 29 63 55 51 33
February 57.5 50 59 54 57 60
March 75.1 69 77 78 67
April 91.8 97 91 95 86
May 96.3 98 95 98 96
June 99.0 100 96 100 98
July 98.6 99 99 97 99
August 99.7 100 100 100 100
September 96.2 92 99 98 98
October 84.9 77 98 87 93
November 56.0 41 67 60 70
December 35.8 23 45 53 36
Average 76.5 38.7 79.5 84.5 85.3 81.7

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 56.2 43 75 74 58 43
February 71.8 59 76 68 77 68
March 86.8 85 88 93 82
April 96.2 99 96 99 95
May 99.1 100 99 100 100
June 99.5 100 98 100 99
July 99.3 100 100 98 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 97.6 94 100 99 100
October 92.2 88 98 97 95
November 71.4 57 75 71 87
December 48.4 30 58 72 48
Average 83.5 50.8 85.6 90.1 91.4 87.7

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 0.6 3.5 0.4 1.0 1.5 0.7
February 1.4 -2.0 4.2 0.1 5.7 -1.7
March 8.2 8.1 12.5 4.7 5.0
April 16.9 23.1 17.3 18.3 15.1
May 23.1 22.3 21.5 20.1 25.3
June 30.9 31.6 27.0 31.0 30.3
July 32.3 35.0 30.8 29.8 33.7
August 32.3 32.5 33.8 35.0 33.6
September 24.6 26.8 25.3 24.3 20.6
October 16.4 15.3 18.1 15.9 13.8
November 6.8 6.7 10.5 7.2 8.5
December 1.6 0.7 3.5 0.5 3.1
Average 14.2 0.8 17.2 16.9 16.7 15.9

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -5.4 -1.3 -7.0 -8.7 -5.9 -4.5
February -5.1 -9.6 -3.3 -7.5 -1.6 -7.7
March -1.3 -1.1 3.1 -4.5 -2.1
April 5.9 9.5 6.2 6.9 7.0
May 10.8 8.5 11.8 9.1 12.3
June 17.4 19.1 15.9 17.3 17.6
July 19.3 20.1 18.6 15.8 20.8
August 18.5 18.3 20.1 19.6 20.3
September 11.8 12.1 13.0 12.9 10.9
October 6.3 6.2 7.5 6.7 2.7
November 0.2 2.1 3.7 0.8 0.5
December -4.9 -3.5 -2.1 -7.2 -2.0
Average 4.9 -5.6 6.9 7.1 6.6 6.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 23.3 20 22 17 24 18
February 21.3 23 18 24 13 28
March 12.2 6 8 19 16
April 5.0 3 5 2 10
May 5.7 1 4 8 4
June 1.7 2 3 1 3
July 2.1 0 1 5 1
August 0.8 0 0 0 2
September 3.5 0 2 5 8
October 7.1 10 3 11 10
November 13.9 18 13 12 8
December 23.2 18 15 8 29
Average 10.3 21.4 6.9 6.6 8.1 9.8

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 11.2 11 12 14 11 11
February 11.9 11 13 13 12 13
March 12.5 11 11 13 14
April 12.6 12 13 13 12
May 11.3 10 10 12 13
June 10.3 11 10 9 11
July 10.3 10 11 10 8
August 11.0 12 10 14 9
September 11.7 17 10 11 9
October 11.5 12 12 13 11
November 11.6 13 13 13 11
December 12.0 13 14 14 11
Average 11.4 11.1 12.1 11.4 11.9 11.0

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 222° 227° 124° 242° 160°
February 008° 145° 246° 230° 256°
March 089° 206° 302° 248°
April 156° 112° 193° 302°
May 079° 360° 295° 200°
June 308° 328° 064° 137°
July 060° 271° 325° 081°
August 063° 058° 116° 090°
September 107° 078° 279° 238°
October 301° 242° 258° 110°
November 279° 223° 190° 201°
December 147° 216° 118° 197°

Prevailing wind direction

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