Climate Vijayawada Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Vijayawada Airport (VOBZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
February	2.6	0	4	0	0	2
March	3.9	0	3	2	4	12
April	8.2		0	13	0	14
May	4.8		1	1	2	20
June	9.9		19	2	3	5
July	4.1		3	0	2	2
August	5.1		0	3	4	1
September	4.6		0	6	0	5
October	2.0		0	0	0	1
November	1.1		0	0	0	0
December	0.8		0	1	1	0
Average	3.5		2.6	2.4	1.3	3.5

20th 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	36.2	34	35	45	24	43
February	63.8	73	67	74	51	61
March	71.5	80	74	75	69	73
April	82.7		80	97	83	98
May	86.4		81	94	98	96
June	90.9		94	94	98	95
July	84.6		83	91	90	87
August	84.2		94	94	89	84
September	80.6		86	75	89	83
October	63.8		58	73	66	67
November	50.6		42	24	65	69
December	39.6		37	29	54	39
Average	69.0	62.7	69.6	74.0	73.8	71.9

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	29.7	30	29	29	30	30
February	32.3	33	33	32	32	32
March	35.3	36	34	36	36	34
April	37.3		37	38	38	32
May	38.5		36	39	38	37
June	37.3		39	38	36	37
July	32.8		32	32	33	33
August	33.0		35	33	33	32
September	32.9		33	32	33	33
October	32.5		33	31	33	32
November	31.1		31	30	30	31
December	29.5		29	30	30	29
Average	33.4	32.6	33.5	33.4	33.4	32.6

8th 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	20.6	22	20	21	21	22
February	21.5	22	22	21	21	22
March	24.1	24	24	24	24	24
April	27.2		27	27	26	31
May	28.6		28	28	28	32
June	27.9		29	28	27	28
July	26.4		27	26	26	26
August	26.1		27	27	27	26
September	26.2		26	26	26	26
October	25.3		25	25	26	26
November	23.5		24	23	24	23
December	21.0		21	23	21	20
Average	24.6	22.7	24.9	25.0	24.7	25.4

64th 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	0.4	0	0	2	0	1
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	1
March	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.3		0	2	0	0
June	3.3		2	3	2	5
July	11.4		16	13	14	9
August	8.5		2	4	7	17
September	4.9		3	7	5	4
October	3.4		0	5	1	8
November	2.7		2	3	7	6
December	1.3		3	3	0	0
Average	2.9		2.5	3.5	3.2	4.9

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	4.0	5	4	5	5	4
February	3.9	5	3	4	5	4
March	3.8	5	4	5	4	3
April	4.3		5	5	4	2
May	4.8		4	7	6	3
June	6.1		7	6	7	5
July	6.6		7	7	7	6
August	6.0		7	6	6	7
September	4.5		5	5	5	5
October	3.5		5	5	4	4
November	4.8		6	5	7	6
December	4.7		6	5	5	6
Average	4.8	5.0	5.4	5.4	5.3	4.9

8th 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	095°	085°	082°	086°	117°
February	122°	115°	095°	108°	138°
March	163°	125°	149°	209°	177°
April		146°	187°	173°	194°
May		104°	235°	227°	162°
June		286°	261°	270°	232°
July		267°	265°	268°	208°
August		280°	262°	264°	221°
September		273°	267°	261°	204°
October		090°	043°	046°	265°
November		078°	056°	071°	066°
December		056°	070°	065°	069°

Prevailing wind direction

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