Climate Zhukovsky International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Zhukovsky International Airport (UUBW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	31.7	51	34	33	19	26
February	44.0	48	28	57	53	53
March	65.8	74	50	82	69	64
April	79.4		88	67	80	86
May	86.2		90	94	85	82
June	87.7		89	97	85	83
July	84.0		84	95	92	80
August	86.9		84	94	90	88
September	76.4		85	61	62	92
October	58.5		42	55	70	74
November	29.2		28	21	32	28
December	22.4		9	33	33	44
Average	67.5	59.7	66.9	73.4	70.4	71.9

45th 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	73.7	87	84	71	54	77
February	81.3	81	87	90	81	78
March	87.1	94	79	96	87	87
April	92.9		95	86	92	100
May	96.7		97	100	97	98
June	97.0		97	99	97	94
July	97.6		99	99	98	97
August	96.5		96	98	96	97
September	93.4		95	87	90	100
October	89.8		85	90	94	93
November	73.5		83	62	84	72
December	59.5		76	60	65	69
Average	89.1	87.9	91.3	90.3	89.0	91.1

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	-4.1	-7	-3	-4	-5	2
February	-3.6	-3	-2	1	-8	2
March	3.4	5	4	3	1	8
April	11.7		15	10	12	10
May	18.4		18	15	19	17
June	23.3		22	24	25	24
July	24.5		23	26	28	24
August	24.7		25	29	25	23
September	17.4		21	14	13	19
October	10.1		8	10	10	13
November	2.5		3	1	4	3
December	-3.8		-3	-4	-5	-3
Average	9.0	-2.1	10.8	10.8	10.2	11.7

24th 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	-9.5	-15	-7	-8	-8	-1
February	-9.7	-9	-7	-5	-16	-4
March	-5.4	-5	-3	-6	-6	-1
April	1.6		3	2	2	0
May	7.3		6	5	8	7
June	12.1		10	13	15	13
July	14.8		14	15	17	14
August	13.4		15	16	15	11
September	8.0		8	6	7	8
October	3.2		3	4	2	4
November	-2.2		-2	-3	0	0
December	-7.6		-7	-9	-10	-8
Average	1.1	-10.5	2.7	2.8	2.1	3.7

56th 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	40.2	28	29	59	50	29
February	31.4	30	38	20	40	28
March	18.2	5	31	13	24	11
April	11.8		5	16	16	12
May	9.5		6	12	11	15
June	6.8		4	3	6	10
July	7.1		10	3	3	7
August	4.7		4	0	10	3
September	8.5		2	13	17	7
October	13.8		26	10	5	10
November	21.9		42	20	25	21
December	40.5		52	45	45	21
Average	15.7	19.1	16.4	13.5	17.2	12.7

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	7.5	7	8	8	7	8
February	7.9	8	8	7	7	8
March	7.8	6	8	8	7	9
April	8.1		7	8	9	10
May	7.3		6	8	8	8
June	6.5		7	6	6	7
July	6.5		8	6	5	6
August	6.1		6	6	5	6
September	7.0		7	7	8	8
October	7.2		9	7	7	6
November	7.7		8	7	9	8
December	6.9		8	6	6	7
Average	7.1	7.0	7.3	7.0	6.9	7.5

24th 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	261°	158°	180°	118°	250°
February	143°	265°	217°	309°	213°
March	117°	193°	311°	254°	249°
April		066°	024°	175°	282°
May		313°	290°	159°	288°
June		022°	306°	043°	084°
July		275°	328°	309°	236°
August		093°	104°	130°	303°
September		263°	246°	296°	210°
October		232°	228°	227°	154°
November		152°	351°	234°	197°
December		157°	119°	227°	129°

Prevailing wind direction

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