Volgograd International Airport

URWW · Volgograd Oblast, Russia

Statistics Volgograd International Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Volgograd International Airport (URWW) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 34.1 63 24 23 27 36
February 48.9 54 42 50 47 49
March 66.9 69 64 57 90 67
April 84.0 86 87 77 92 82
May 91.1 92 92 92 85 91
June 97.0 98 100 90 99 100
July 97.1 94 99 100 100 94
August 98.4 100 98 98 99 98
September 93.0 97 84 86 100 95
October 76.1 72 62 92 87 80
November 52.6 39 57 68 52
December 35.9 49 27 51 39
Average 77.9 84.9 75.8 75.3 82.5 77.8

37th 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 53.9 81 47 40 63 50
February 70.0 79 62 71 60 69
March 81.5 86 78 80 94 83
April 93.4 93 96 91 99 91
May 96.9 99 99 97 94 98
June 99.2 100 100 98 99 100
July 99.5 100 100 100 100 99
August 99.4 100 99 99 100 100
September 98.0 99 93 97 100 98
October 89.2 90 84 98 95 89
November 71.5 65 79 78 69
December 51.6 73 44 62 61
Average 87.2 93.9 86.5 86.2 89.5 86.8

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 -3.7 -3 -1 -2 1 -3
February -2.8 -2 2 -2 2 -2
March 5.7 11 2 3 12 7
April 15.4 17 18 15 14 15
May 22.2 22 19 24 20 24
June 28.3 27 29 28 30 31
July 30.6 30 29 33 33 28
August 30.5 32 34 32 28 28
September 22.1 24 20 19 24 21
October 14.3 14 13 13 17 16
November 4.5 5 6 4 4
December -2.7 -3 0 -5 1
Average 14.4 17.1 14.4 14.2 14.9 14.2

13th 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 -9.8 -11 -8 -6 -4 -9
February -8.5 -9 -3 -9 -5 -8
March -3.1 1 -6 -4 0 -1
April 4.1 5 6 5 0 5
May 10.2 11 7 12 9 12
June 15.6 14 15 17 17 17
July 18.2 18 16 20 19 16
August 17.2 18 20 20 14 14
September 10.5 11 11 9 10 9
October 4.8 4 5 2 6 6
November -3.8 -1 -1 -3 -4
December -7.9 -9 -5 -11 -3
Average 4.6 6.5 4.9 5.1 4.3 4.6

64th 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 36.6 24 62 43 32 34
February 31.9 41 29 36 28 25
March 22.1 14 28 34 11 26
April 11.0 7 12 21 15 12
May 7.8 8 11 8 16 4
June 2.2 5 1 2 2 1
July 4.4 5 7 0 1 10
August 1.4 0 2 1 2 3
September 5.9 4 19 10 0 4
October 10.3 15 24 5 2 9
November 15.8 20 23 26 4
December 32.6 28 55 24 21
Average 12.9 10.5 17.2 16.9 11.3 11.3

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 11.5 12 13 11 11 12
February 11.9 12 11 13 11 11
March 12.4 12 13 13 12 12
April 12.0 12 13 11 15 11
May 10.8 10 12 12 11 10
June 9.9 11 9 10 11 10
July 9.6 12 9 9 10 8
August 10.5 9 13 10 10 11
September 10.5 8 11 10 13 10
October 11.1 12 10 11 12 10
November 11.1 12 12 11 11
December 11.2 13 11 11 11
Average 11.0 10.9 11.3 10.8 11.3 10.3

13th 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 121° 219° 165° 259° 158°
February 242° 205° 264° 220° 251°
March 190° 307° 256° 153° 237°
April 097° 186° 170° 257° 079°
May 040° 276° 148° 258° 104°
June 014° 026° 084° 084° 060°
July 274° 319° 037° 100° 281°
August 024° 094° 107° 348° 322°
September 056° 246° 278° 097° 156°
October 239° 230° 111° 130° 197°
November 217° 207° 096° 113°
December 117° 160° 095° 237°

Prevailing wind direction

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