Climate Volgograd International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Volgograd International Airport (URWW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	35.5	46	63	24	23	27
February	48.8	48	54	42	50	47
March	66.4	63	69	64	57	90
April	84.0		86	87	77	92
May	91.1		92	92	92	85
June	97.0		98	100	90	99
July	97.1		94	99	100	100
August	98.4		100	98	98	99
September	93.0		97	84	86	100
October	76.1		72	62	92	87
November	50.1		35	39	57	68
December	35.8		36	49	27	51
Average	74.0	53.2	78.8	75.8	75.3	82.5

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 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	54.4	58	81	47	40	63
February	69.8	69	79	62	71	60
March	80.8	76	86	78	80	94
April	93.4		93	96	91	99
May	96.9		99	99	97	94
June	99.2		100	100	98	99
July	99.5		100	100	100	100
August	99.4		100	99	99	100
September	98.0		99	93	97	100
October	89.2		90	84	98	95
November	69.4		57	65	79	78
December	52.6		58	73	44	62
Average	84.3	68.5	89.4	86.5	86.2	89.5

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	-3.8	-2	-3	-1	-2	1
February	-2.8	-1	-2	2	-2	2
March	5.5	5	11	2	3	12
April	15.4		17	18	15	14
May	22.2		22	19	24	20
June	28.3		27	29	28	30
July	30.6		30	29	33	33
August	30.5		32	34	32	28
September	22.1		24	20	19	24
October	14.3		14	13	13	17
November	5.0		8	5	6	4
December	-1.1		1	-3	0	-5
Average	12.4	0.5	15.0	14.4	14.2	14.9

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	-9.6	-10	-11	-8	-6	-4
February	-8.6	-7	-9	-3	-9	-5
March	-3.1	-3	1	-6	-4	0
April	4.1		5	6	5	0
May	10.2		11	7	12	9
June	15.6		14	15	17	17
July	18.2		18	16	20	19
August	17.2		18	20	20	14
September	10.5		11	11	9	10
October	4.8		4	5	2	6
November	-2.3		2	-1	-1	-3
December	-6.2		-4	-9	-5	-11
Average	3.1	-7.2	5.2	4.9	5.1	4.3

64th 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	37.0	40	24	62	43	32
February	31.7	30	41	29	36	28
March	22.3	24	14	28	34	11
April	11.0		7	12	21	15
May	7.8		8	11	8	16
June	2.2		5	1	2	2
July	4.4		5	7	0	1
August	1.4		0	2	1	2
September	5.9		4	19	10	0
October	10.3		15	24	5	2
November	17.4		27	20	23	26
December	34.3		44	28	55	24
Average	15.5	30.5	13.7	17.2	16.9	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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	11.6	13	12	13	11	11
February	12.0	13	12	11	13	11
March	12.1	10	12	13	13	12
April	12.0		12	13	11	15
May	10.8		10	12	12	11
June	9.9		11	9	10	11
July	9.6		12	9	9	10
August	10.5		9	13	10	10
September	10.5		8	11	10	13
October	11.1		12	10	11	12
November	11.3		13	12	12	11
December	11.8		15	13	11	11
Average	11.1	11.8	11.2	11.3	10.8	11.3

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	204°	121°	219°	165°	259°
February	135°	242°	205°	264°	220°
March	062°	190°	307°	256°	153°
April		097°	186°	170°	257°
May		040°	276°	148°	258°
June		014°	026°	084°	084°
July		274°	319°	037°	100°
August		024°	094°	107°	348°
September		056°	246°	278°	097°
October		239°	230°	111°	130°
November		211°	217°	207°	096°
December		192°	117°	160°	095°

Prevailing wind direction

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