Climate Raja Bhoj International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Raja Bhoj International Airport (VABP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	2.7	0	3	2	4	1
February	11.7	0	25	25	9	2
March	13.2	0	10	23	11	14
April	12.2		0	17	0	19
May	9.2		1	1	1	53
June	3.3		0	1	5	7
July	1.8		0	0	0	7
August	2.0		0	0	0	1
September	2.0		0	0	0	0
October	4.6		0	0	0	0
November	0.2		0	0	0	0
December	1.0		0	0	0	0
Average	5.0		2.7	5.7	2.2	6.0

15th best VFR conditions of India

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	51.0	41	44	52	40	37
February	83.9	69	98	93	90	73
March	97.8	97	98	100	94	97
April	97.0		98	100	88	99
May	98.9		99	100	98	100
June	92.6		87	98	89	92
July	69.7		69	68	61	94
August	55.3		56	65	36	64
September	61.4		57	72	54	57
October	84.4		94	90	79	73
November	49.5		28	77	34	40
December	43.4		42	47	37	46
Average	73.7	70.7	74.3	81.6	66.0	69.9

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	23.5	23	22	22	25	22
February	28.0	27	29	27	30	27
March	33.0	33	31	34	35	31
April	38.1		35	40	39	37
May	40.0		37	40	38	40
June	36.1		36	37	35	34
July	30.1		30	29	31	32
August	28.4		28	29	28	29
September	30.3		30	30	30	32
October	31.7		33	31	31	32
November	28.7		28	28	28	29
December	24.3		25	26	23	25
Average	30.6	27.6	30.3	31.2	31.1	30.8

41st highest temperature of India

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	10.6	11	10	10	11	11
February	13.5	14	13	13	13	13
March	18.0	18	18	19	18	17
April	23.0		22	24	21	23
May	26.3		24	28	25	25
June	25.4		24	26	24	24
July	23.7		24	23	25	24
August	22.9		22	23	23	23
September	22.8		23	23	24	23
October	19.8		20	19	20	21
November	15.3		17	15	15	14
December	12.0		14	14	12	12
Average	18.9	14.5	19.2	20.0	19.2	19.2

15th lowest temperature of India

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.3	2	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.1	0	1	0	1	0
April	0.2		1	0	0	0
May	0.2		1	0	1	0
June	4.3		5	2	2	11
July	17.1		8	16	16	3
August	19.6		11	18	20	26
September	10.0		14	10	7	6
October	0.7		0	0	1	0
November	0.2		2	0	0	0
December	0.8		0	1	2	3
Average	4.3	0.4	3.7	4.3	4.4	4.7

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	5.1	5	6	5	5	5
February	5.6	6	5	6	6	6
March	6.0	6	5	6	6	6
April	7.2		6	7	6	8
May	8.6		7	8	9	10
June	9.4		10	8	10	9
July	8.3		7	6	9	8
August	8.6		8	7	9	10
September	6.7		7	8	6	6
October	4.7		5	5	4	5
November	4.3		4	4	5	5
December	4.9		5	4	5	5
Average	6.5	5.4	6.4	6.3	6.7	6.6

41st highest wind speed of India

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	008°	009°	330°	063°	011°
February	019°	303°	306°	351°	017°
March	233°	163°	303°	246°	159°
April		228°	266°	242°	266°
May		252°	252°	253°	261°
June		261°	249°	248°	277°
July		303°	249°	246°	239°
August		295°	239°	262°	249°
September		346°	304°	201°	280°
October		012°	020°	359°	026°
November		072°	040°	019°	077°
December		009°	014°	013°	043°

Prevailing wind direction

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