Climate Biju Patnaik International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Biju Patnaik International Airport (VEBS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.2		0	0	0	1
May	3.0		0	0	5	3
June	1.1		0	0	0	0
July	0.1		0	0	0	0
August	0.7		0	2	0	0
September	0.7		0	0	0	0
October	1.0		0	2	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.5			0.2	0.4	0.3

34th 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	8.0	4	5	17	6	13
February	38.5	32	23	45	64	28
March	49.4	37	23	47	65	66
April	70.0		28	78	86	76
May	69.3		45	53	80	83
June	59.3		41	48	73	69
July	56.4		36	38	75	81
August	52.1		34	43	58	67
September	49.1		18	43	53	70
October	31.2		4	23	37	39
November	16.2		12	0	10	37
December	8.0		7	0	18	4
Average	41.4	24.5	23.9	38.1	53.3	54.0

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	28.1	27	29	27	30	27
February	31.6	31	33	30	33	28
March	34.5	33	34	35	37	33
April	36.3		37	36	36	36
May	35.8		37	35	35	35
June	34.4		36	34	33	34
July	31.9		32	31	32	33
August	31.7		32	31	33	32
September	32.0		32	32	31	33
October	31.4		32	31	32	30
November	30.1		30	30	29	31
December	27.5		27	29	26	29
Average	31.9	30.1	32.4	31.6	32.3	31.7

31st 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	15.7	17	17	15	18	16
February	17.9	20	19	18	18	17
March	23.1	23	22	23	23	23
April	25.6		25	27	26	25
May	26.2		26	26	26	26
June	26.5		27	27	26	27
July	25.9		26	26	26	26
August	26.0		26	26	26	26
September	25.6		26	26	26	27
October	24.0		23	24	25	25
November	19.8		20	19	21	20
December	16.0		16	17	16	16
Average	22.3	19.8	22.9	22.9	23.0	22.7

44th 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	1.3	2	0	4	0	4
February	1.3	1	0	1	1	8
March	1.1	4	1	0	0	3
April	0.2		1	0	0	1
May	3.0		2	2	8	6
June	7.0		7	3	10	6
July	15.8		16	20	15	8
August	15.3		13	24	11	16
September	12.3		9	15	16	10
October	7.8		1	9	10	10
November	2.8		2	0	7	1
December	2.7		3	0	8	0
Average	5.6	2.2	4.8	6.9	7.1	6.1

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	3.4	4	4	4	4	3
February	4.3	5	5	5	4	3
March	5.3	6	5	6	6	3
April	7.9		5	10	8	6
May	8.4		6	7	9	7
June	6.3		6	7	5	8
July	5.5		6	5	4	7
August	5.0		5	6	3	7
September	4.8		5	5	3	6
October	4.0		4	5	3	5
November	4.0		4	4	3	5
December	3.5		4	4	5	2
Average	5.2	4.9	4.9	5.8	4.9	5.2

31st 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	055°	032°	022°	042°	005°
February	150°	218°	189°	075°	358°
March	180°	167°	172°	165°	152°
April		210°	184°	168°	176°
May		180°	186°	182°	174°
June		189°	189°	210°	176°
July		155°	166°	212°	179°
August		253°	200°	219°	199°
September		208°	179°	177°	163°
October		332°	022°	005°	016°
November		016°	011°	031°	013°
December		011°	025°	016°	021°

Prevailing wind direction

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