Pathankot Airport

VIPK · Punjab, India

Climate Pathankot Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kangra Airport (VIGG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.9 0 0 0
February 1.0 0 0 2 0
March 3.1 0 0 0 0 0
April 17.6 0 32 0 0
May 11.0 1 0 0
June 4.7 0 2 0 0
July 3.0 0 0 0 0
August 7.5 0 10 2 0
September 6.6 11 0 0 0
October 7.3 2 5 0 0
November 1.0 0 0 0 0
December 2.2 0 0 0 0
Average 6.3 4.0 2.5 0.1

19th 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 91.9 92 92 87
February 98.6 98 100 99 97
March 99.1 100 97 100 100 100
April 99.2 100 100 90 98
May 99.7 99 100 100
June 99.0 99 100 98 98
July 89.8 85 91 74 98
August 91.2 84 88 87 92
September 96.5 96 97 93 97
October 98.8 99 97 90 100
November 98.6 99 98 94 100
December 98.1 100 100 89 88
Average 97.1 97.3 95.3 97.0 94.8 97.1

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 17.0 18 17 16
February 20.7 19 23 20 22
March 24.8 25 24 24 28 15
April 28.8 30 28 28 25
May 31.9 30 33 29
June 33.2 31 35 30 33
July 29.7 30 26 28 31
August 29.2 30 30 27 28
September 29.5 30 29 28 31
October 28.1 28 27 26 30
November 22.6 24 23 17 22
December 19.2 21 22 15 17
Average 26.0 22.6 26.3 26.9 25.0 27.1

77th 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 8.6 5 7 10
February 10.2 7 10 7 10
March 14.3 12 13 16 14 15
April 19.0 16 14 25 18
May 23.0 18 25 25
June 24.1 22 22 26 27
July 25.0 23 24 26 27
August 24.3 24 23 24 26
September 24.2 21 21 26 27
October 17.9 15 16 23 19
November 12.0 11 10 15 16
December 8.1 7 7 13 11
Average 16.9 9.5 15.4 16.6 19.0 21.5

4th 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 6.1 1 8 7
February 2.9 5 2 4 1
March 3.4 2 11 0 0 0
April 2.7 2 6 0 5
May 3.1 6 4 0
June 1.9 3 1 7 1
July 10.5 14 27 20 3
August 9.8 9 10 7 15
September 4.5 5 6 10 1
October 0.4 2 0 0 0
November 1.6 0 2 0 10
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average 3.3 2.3 5.6 3.5 3.8 3.5

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 1.5 1 1 3
February 2.1 1 1 1 3
March 2.5 1 1 1 4 4
April 2.7 1 1 1 4
May 3.0 1 1 3
June 2.7 1 1 2 4
July 2.5 1 0 3 4
August 2.0 1 1 2 3
September 2.0 1 1 1 4
October 2.0 1 1 1 3
November 1.5 1 1 1 3
December 1.1 1 0 1 2
Average 2.4 1.0 0.8 0.7 3.0 3.2

77th 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 199° 116° 168°
February 127° 147° 143° 158°
March 126° 099° 158° 151° 194°
April 129° 098° 116° 125°
May 105° 140° 117°
June 134° 154° 133° 161°
July 160° 360° 135° 187°
August 159° 138° 161° 201°
September 183° 215° 176° 209°
October 120° 170° 163° 199°
November 171° 147° 143° 160°
December 157° 146° 143° 193°

Prevailing wind direction

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