Pleiku Airport

VVPK · Gia Lai, Vietnam

Climate Pleiku Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Da Nang International Airport (VVDN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 61.3 87 81 77 53 69
February 64.9 80 71 92 73 65
March 66.3 91 87 90 72 58
April 76.0 84 91 87 69
May 94.2 100 97 100 94
June 98.2 99 99 98 100
July 96.6 99 99 99 97
August 97.4 99 97 100 99
September 92.6 96 93 85 96
October 65.9 79 80 67 52
November 59.5 84 91 78 45
December 51.1 76 62 67 52
Average 78.2 86.1 88.2 89.9 81.9 75.1

3rd best VFR conditions of Vietnam

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 89.1 97 91 93 88 97
February 92.7 94 88 97 97 94
March 95.5 98 98 99 97 97
April 96.7 98 97 99 96
May 99.5 100 99 100 100
June 99.5 100 100 99 100
July 98.9 99 100 100 98
August 98.7 100 97 100 99
September 97.1 99 97 91 98
October 88.5 89 91 89 75
November 87.8 95 98 87 80
December 84.3 87 84 85 82
Average 94.4 96.3 95.3 96.2 94.5 93.1

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 25.3 26 24 27 23 27
February 26.4 27 26 25 26 28
March 29.2 30 28 29 29 31
April 30.8 32 29 31 30
May 33.9 34 32 34 35
June 36.0 36 36 37 36
July 34.9 35 34 36 35
August 35.0 36 34 36 35
September 32.9 33 32 32 35
October 29.8 29 29 30 29
November 28.2 28 29 28 28
December 25.3 26 25 25 25
Average 30.3 27.4 30.4 30.3 30.6 30.9

5th highest temperature of Vietnam

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 19.8 20 19 21 18 21
February 20.4 22 21 20 19 21
March 22.7 23 22 23 23 24
April 24.1 26 23 25 24
May 25.9 26 25 26 26
June 26.5 27 26 27 27
July 26.4 27 26 28 26
August 26.4 26 26 27 26
September 25.0 25 25 25 26
October 24.1 25 24 24 24
November 22.6 22 24 22 23
December 20.7 22 21 20 21
Average 23.5 21.9 23.8 23.7 23.7 24.0

4th lowest temperature of Vietnam

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 17.5 14 26 16 13 7
February 7.6 6 18 5 7 3
March 2.6 1 2 4 3 1
April 3.8 2 10 1 5
May 2.1 2 6 0 1
June 2.0 3 1 4 1
July 5.3 1 5 4 4
August 4.2 2 7 2 3
September 8.8 6 15 19 5
October 25.3 36 21 32 39
November 26.9 26 11 24 35
December 31.7 28 50 31 30
Average 10.7 7.1 12.2 11.1 11.2 10.8

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 4.8 5 5 5 5 5
February 5.5 5 6 5 6 6
March 5.9 6 6 5 6 6
April 6.1 6 7 6 6
May 5.8 6 6 7 5
June 5.2 5 6 5 6
July 5.2 5 5 6 6
August 5.1 6 5 6 5
September 5.5 5 6 5 5
October 5.8 5 7 6 6
November 6.1 6 6 6 8
December 5.2 5 6 6 5
Average 5.5 5.4 5.6 5.6 5.8 5.7

5th highest wind speed of Vietnam

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 085° 356° 047° 001° 097°
February 102° 068° 015° 071° 084°
March 090° 075° 080° 101° 113°
April 096° 057° 099° 060°
May 067° 026° 109° 106°
June 090° 112° 110° 123°
July 096° 095° 116° 103°
August 312° 062° 108° 078°
September 019° 025° 077° 060°
October 359° 006° 019° 016°
November 026° 043° 017° 021°
December 035° 004° 005° 021°

Prevailing wind direction

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