Statistics Gagarin International Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gagarin International Airport (UWSG) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	40.5	76	35	24	27
February	54.3	53	44	57	63
March	69.8	63	65	76	77
April	85.2	95	81	79	87
May	93.9	94	93	95	94
June	93.9	93	97	90	96
July	96.6	91	98	98	100
August	96.6	95	100	100	93	97
September	91.8	98	80	88	98	96
October	77.9	67	63	94	93	70
November	49.7		31	54	71	44
December	47.2		58	41	55	39
Average	78.7	84.6	76.3	79.6	83.4	69.5

35th 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	69.9	92	55	56	77
February	78.1	86	68	77	81
March	87.2	89	82	89	88
April	94.8	99	92	90	98
May	99.4	99	100	100	99
June	98.5	99	99	97	99
July	99.8	100	100	100	100
August	99.6	100	100	100	99	100
September	97.8	100	92	97	100	100
October	92.2	91	84	99	99	89
November	79.2		72	81	88	76
December	75.4		83	73	73	75
Average	91.5	96.4	88.7	90.9	93.6	88.0

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	-4.6	-6	-4	-4	0
February	-3.2	-4	0	-8	1
March	4.6	9	1	1	9
April	15.0	17	16	15	13
May	20.9	22	17	25	20
June	25.6	23	27	27	26
July	28.7	28	27	30	31
August	28.5	29	31	31	25	23
September	19.7	23	18	18	21	19
October	13.0	12	12	12	15	15
November	3.2		3	5	2	3
December	-4.3		-4	-3	-7	-1
Average	12.6	15.2	12.4	12.4	13.0	10.0

16th 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	-11.6	-15	-12	-11	-4
February	-10.5	-11	-6	-17	-5
March	-5.8	0	-7	-8	-2
April	3.1	3	6	2	1
May	8.1	10	4	11	8
June	13.3	12	13	16	13
July	15.9	16	15	17	16
August	14.6	16	16	16	12	11
September	7.4	9	8	7	7	6
October	3.0	2	4	1	3	5
November	-3.2		-1	-2	-4	-5
December	-10.1		-10	-10	-15	-5
Average	2.6	4.2	2.9	2.1	2.5	1.1

57th 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	32.4	9	58	37	26
February	25.4	30	25	31	16
March	14.1	8	23	14	12
April	8.3	6	9	10	8
May	5.9	6	6	4	8
June	6.0	8	4	8	4
July	3.8	7	6	1	1
August	1.5	1	1	0	4	1
September	5.0	3	10	9	1	3
October	8.7	10	23	2	3	7
November	11.0		18	7	8	11
December	23.5		15	32	26	18
Average	9.7	7.8	13.7	10.7	8.3	8.0

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	8.5	7	8	9	10
February	8.7	9	9	9	8
March	9.7	9	11	10	10
April	10.2	9	9	10	13
May	9.1	8	10	8	10
June	8.2	10	9	7	8
July	7.7	8	7	8	7
August	8.1	8	8	7	9	9
September	8.1	6	8	9	10	7
October	8.2	11	8	8	7	8
November	9.0		10	11	8	7
December	7.5		8	8	6	9
Average	8.4	8.4	8.8	8.4	8.9	7.7

16th 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	177°	161°	146°	263°
February	246°	213°	276°	220°
March	182°	336°	302°	204°
April	076°	143°	102°	259°
May	034°	282°	125°	278°
June	023°	328°	049°	056°
July	281°	034°	344°	311°
August	357°	076°	052°	332°	353°
September	012°	293°	303°	321°	270°
October	250°	188°	277°	147°	231°
November		302°	240°	313°	157°
December		127°	174°	086°	265°

Prevailing wind direction

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