Beijing Capital International Airport

ZBAA · Beijing, China

Climate Beijing Capital International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Beijing Capital International Airport (ZBAA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 87.0 91 95 83 87 85
February 82.1 94 76 96 76 64
March 75.2 86 75 81 59 87
April 84.1 82 87 94 96
May 85.7 86 97 88 79
June 87.4 96 84 79 94
July 76.1 82 91 82 68
August 83.2 84 85 86 84
September 81.4 75 83 82 88
October 77.5 76 69 86 81
November 80.6 87 76 71 83
December 89.9 85 95 96 97
Average 83.1 90.1 83.4 85.4 82.2 83.6

4th best VFR conditions of China

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 93.7 99 100 90 96 95
February 88.8 98 88 97 80 74
March 85.2 92 84 88 68 94
April 94.0 95 95 99 100
May 94.4 95 100 96 94
June 95.2 99 96 88 99
July 89.8 93 97 95 83
August 94.5 95 94 99 94
September 92.4 89 96 91 95
October 87.8 93 92 89 90
November 88.3 95 88 80 87
December 93.9 91 95 96 100
Average 91.9 95.8 93.2 94.0 89.8 91.9

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 2.9 3 4 2 1 5
February 6.4 6 7 5 10 6
March 14.8 15 17 13 14 15
April 21.6 21 22 21 22
May 27.9 27 28 27 27
June 32.3 35 31 31 33
July 31.9 34 32 31 31
August 30.9 31 31 30 31
September 27.8 28 29 26 27
October 19.6 23 19 19 20
November 10.8 10 12 11 11
December 3.4 2 2 6 3
Average 17.9 8.0 19.9 19.4 18.8 19.2

27th highest temperature of China

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 -10.7 -9 -11 -8 -12 -8
February -7.5 -7 -6 -8 -6 -5
March 1.3 1 2 0 4 1
April 7.9 8 8 7 7
May 14.1 15 13 13 15
June 19.7 20 20 19 20
July 22.9 23 22 23 21
August 21.5 23 21 21 22
September 15.9 17 15 18 16
October 6.6 8 7 7 5
November -1.0 -2 0 0 0
December -9.1 -10 -11 -7 -10
Average 5.7 -5.1 7.2 7.1 7.4 6.9

8th lowest temperature of China

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.4 2 1 9 4 0
February 4.9 3 5 4 5 13
March 3.9 5 0 8 6 2
April 3.5 3 2 5 0
May 3.1 6 3 2 4
June 4.0 3 6 5 1
July 10.0 17 6 14 9
August 6.4 6 9 6 7
September 4.5 7 0 15 7
October 4.8 1 5 8 1
November 3.7 4 4 6 7
December 2.6 9 0 0 0
Average 4.4 3.2 5.1 4.8 6.3 4.1

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 6.6 6 7 5 7 5
February 6.3 6 5 7 6 6
March 7.1 7 7 7 7 8
April 8.0 8 8 8 8
May 7.7 7 7 9 7
June 6.5 7 6 7 7
July 5.1 7 5 5 5
August 5.2 5 6 5 5
September 5.5 5 6 5 6
October 5.8 5 6 5 7
November 6.7 8 6 8 7
December 7.4 6 8 7 8
Average 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.5 6.4

27th highest wind speed of China

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 323° 307° 333° 308° 341°
February 343° 326° 308° 307° 336°
March 279° 262° 289° 254° 285°
April 245° 220° 237° 295°
May 163° 224° 249° 214°
June 193° 118° 241° 177°
July 220° 152° 120° 160°
August 117° 233° 197° 184°
September 165° 210° 017° 319°
October 291° 318° 320° 290°
November 315° 297° 302° 315°
December 316° 302° 303° 307°

Prevailing wind direction

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