Climate Luzhou Yunlong Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport (ZUCK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	25.2	21	16	29	20	45
February	49.7	58	43	68	49	47
March	67.6	68	61	72	73	78
April	73.6		79	86	63	62
May	70.3		71	74	64	75
June	67.1		69	68	73	62
July	84.3		90	94	86	66
August	90.5		88	98	84	96
September	69.3		74	56	89	67
October	54.5		59	60	63	48
November	40.1		56	29	22	58
December	25.3		28	30	28	25
Average	59.5	49.2	62.0	65.7	60.5	61.4

31st 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	54.1	53	46	70	47	71
February	75.6	85	76	93	74	73
March	85.7	89	81	92	88	92
April	89.1		93	96	89	81
May	86.0		87	87	80	93
June	84.3		88	88	89	77
July	93.8		98	98	94	85
August	98.0		98	100	97	99
September	87.8		94	77	97	85
October	78.7		82	89	82	70
November	65.7		79	64	48	80
December	52.2		56	66	63	52
Average	79.4	75.7	81.9	86.0	79.8	80.4

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	10.3	11	11	11	9	11
February	13.0	13	14	11	17	13
March	18.6	20	18	22	18	19
April	22.9		24	23	20	21
May	25.7		26	25	25	28
June	28.3		28	29	29	29
July	32.8		32	35	32	30
August	34.4		34	39	31	35
September	27.3		30	27	31	25
October	20.5		22	23	21	19
November	16.5		19	19	14	18
December	10.8		12	10	12	9
Average	20.9	14.4	22.3	23.3	21.6	21.2

11th 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	5.8	7	4	6	4	7
February	7.2	7	8	5	10	8
March	11.9	12	11	14	12	12
April	15.6		16	15	15	14
May	18.8		19	18	19	20
June	22.2		21	23	23	23
July	25.4		25	27	25	24
August	26.0		25	29	25	26
September	21.3		23	21	23	20
October	15.8		17	16	16	15
November	11.3		13	13	9	12
December	6.7		7	6	7	6
Average	14.9	8.8	15.8	16.5	15.6	15.5

30th 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	14.4	19	16	11	15	15
February	11.4	13	11	12	11	11
March	14.1	8	21	16	14	4
April	15.6		13	14	14	22
May	13.8		7	23	12	8
June	17.4		18	14	11	21
July	9.3		13	3	11	20
August	6.1		5	3	17	2
September	18.4		14	22	6	29
October	21.7		23	10	19	30
November	12.6		8	6	20	11
December	11.8		5	3	12	18
Average	13.7	12.8	12.9	11.6	13.2	15.7

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	4.2	4	4	5	4	4
February	4.7	5	5	5	5	4
March	5.4	5	5	7	6	6
April	5.6		6	6	5	5
May	5.3		6	5	5	5
June	5.1		5	5	5	5
July	5.6		5	6	5	5
August	5.9		6	7	5	7
September	5.4		6	5	6	5
October	4.7		5	5	5	4
November	4.4		5	5	4	4
December	4.1		4	4	4	4
Average	5.0	4.8	5.2	5.4	5.0	4.9

11th 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	037°	080°	051°	062°	044°
February	040°	047°	055°	031°	051°
March	037°	031°	038°	041°	035°
April		024°	046°	032°	046°
May		042°	070°	063°	066°
June		084°	150°	036°	127°
July		086°	130°	063°	069°
August		051°	139°	062°	117°
September		029°	356°	105°	054°
October		026°	016°	010°	034°
November		036°	019°	028°	084°
December		040°	069°	060°	078°

Prevailing wind direction

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