Karshi-Khanabad Air Base

UTSL · Qashqadaryo, Uzbekistan

Climate Karshi-Khanabad Air Base 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Karshi Airport (UTSK) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 64.6 69 71 54 64 67
February 75.8 57 64 92 94 86
March 88.1 90 85 95 78 84
April 92.4 98 95 94 99
May 97.0 95 95 98 99 100
June 98.8 97 98 98 99 100
July 97.1 97 95 95 98
August 98.5 100 98 94 100
September 97.2 95 97 98 94
October 93.0 89 91 93 97
November 76.9 76 75 78 69
December 59.6 65 62 66 61
Average 88.0 83.8 87.7 89.1 89.3 89.5

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 82.3 90 92 75 81 76
February 89.4 83 86 98 98 98
March 95.8 96 96 99 92 96
April 97.2 100 98 99 100
May 99.0 97 99 100 100 100
June 99.7 100 100 99 100 100
July 99.1 99 98 99 99
August 99.7 100 100 99 100
September 99.0 99 100 99 96
October 97.4 97 98 96 100
November 90.6 90 92 92 86
December 79.0 81 83 81 81
Average 94.8 94.1 95.5 95.4 95.6 94.9

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 9.1 8.9 12.5 4.2 11.3 8.5
February 12.4 10.5 11.4 13.6 14.3 16.1
March 19.0 18.8 16.6 24.8 17.8 17.8
April 24.6 24.1 27.1 28.8 26.1
May 31.5 34.2 28.6 31.3 30.6 33.3
June 36.7 36.5 37.2 38.2 37.0 38.2
July 39.1 37.5 39.5 39.0 39.2
August 35.7 37.0 35.7 35.1 36.5
September 30.8 30.0 30.0 32.8 33.0
October 23.2 23.1 24.5 23.6 20.6
November 15.7 17.6 21.3 16.3 13.9
December 10.1 8.3 12.5 7.7 13.4
Average 23.8 21.9 23.7 25.3 25.0 24.7

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 -1.0 -1.4 2.2 -8.5 1.6 -3.2
February 1.8 0.2 2.0 3.2 2.7 3.2
March 6.7 6.2 6.5 11.3 5.7 4.7
April 11.3 11.5 12.1 14.5 10.5
May 16.6 18.3 15.5 16.5 16.3 18.1
June 20.3 20.5 21.5 21.6 20.6 20.8
July 22.8 22.1 23.1 23.1 21.8
August 19.2 20.8 20.0 18.3 20.1
September 14.1 13.9 14.0 15.1 15.1
October 8.5 10.3 10.8 9.4 5.5
November 3.7 6.0 8.0 5.2 2.0
December 0.1 -2.3 2.2 -2.1 1.8
Average 10.2 9.0 10.9 11.3 11.3 10.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 6.6 6 8 2 7 5
February 9.0 6 16 5 2 1
March 6.1 7 11 1 9 10
April 3.4 2 0 1 1
May 1.5 0 5 0 1 1
June 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.6 2 0 0 0
October 1.8 1 1 3 1
November 3.9 4 6 4 2
December 3.1 2 3 1 3
Average 2.8 3.3 3.8 1.1 2.1 1.8

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 5.4 5 6 4 6 5
February 6.4 5 7 7 6 6
March 6.6 6 7 7 7 8
April 6.3 6 7 6 6
May 6.8 7 7 7 8 7
June 7.4 8 7 8 8 7
July 9.0 7 10 10 9
August 7.3 8 8 6 7
September 5.9 6 6 6 6
October 5.3 5 6 5 5
November 4.7 4 5 5 4
December 4.8 5 6 4 6
Average 6.5 6.1 6.3 6.9 6.4 6.4

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 226° 198° 166° 160° 155°
February 294° 202° 223° 223° 203°
March 293° 142° 184° 330° 214°
April 281° 314° 296° 313°
May 311° 319° 320° 326° 322°
June 324° 333° 337° 330° 334°
July 320° 335° 339° 340°
August 324° 330° 308° 307°
September 303° 296° 304° 320°
October 336° 329° 320° 314°
November 331° 169° 191° 206°
December 287° 183° 351° 154°

Prevailing wind direction

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