Climate Zunyi Xinzhou Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport (ZUGY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	44.3	58	68	35	47	50
February	50.5	64	50	61	52	42
March	60.9	80	63	75	62	60
April	67.1		85	79	47	65
May	66.2		73	66	69	80
June	65.9		83	71	71	71
July	77.2		80	90	82	75
August	82.9		84	96	71	86
September	72.7		83	83	95	36
October	58.7		66	81	57	50
November	60.8		65	79	68	63
December	52.9		65	74	62	50
Average	63.9	67.8	72.3	74.6	65.4	61.3

20th 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	82.9	89	93	73	84	88
February	86.9	94	73	88	84	88
March	92.4	97	89	96	91	92
April	95.7		99	98	88	95
May	95.6		99	92	96	97
June	96.3		99	94	95	97
July	98.3		98	99	99	100
August	98.4		98	100	98	100
September	97.2		100	95	99	96
October	94.2		92	98	93	95
November	89.9		90	97	86	96
December	88.5		92	93	89	88
Average	93.1	93.5	93.7	93.7	91.9	94.4

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	9.2	11	11	8	8	11
February	11.4	12	11	7	14	13
March	17.8	20	17	21	18	18
April	21.5		23	20	18	19
May	24.4		26	22	24	27
June	26.3		27	26	27	27
July	29.5		30	31	29	29
August	29.9		29	32	29	31
September	26.3		29	26	29	23
October	20.1		22	22	19	18
November	16.2		19	20	14	16
December	10.0		13	9	11	6
Average	19.5	14.4	21.4	20.7	19.9	19.8

22nd 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	2.7	5	1	3	0	3
February	4.0	3	4	1	7	7
March	8.9	9	8	11	10	9
April	12.2		13	11	12	10
May	16.1		18	14	16	18
June	19.1		20	19	19	20
July	20.9		22	22	21	22
August	20.3		20	21	21	21
September	17.6		19	17	19	17
October	12.7		13	13	13	11
November	7.8		9	10	7	7
December	2.9		4	3	4	2
Average	11.4	5.8	12.5	12.5	12.3	12.2

18th 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	18.4	11	9	26	20	16
February	14.0	10	28	18	13	8
March	9.5	4	13	9	8	7
April	9.6		3	10	22	10
May	12.4		5	23	10	9
June	16.3		13	16	15	11
July	9.2		10	7	6	12
August	7.9		13	2	13	5
September	11.6		4	11	4	33
October	16.6		12	10	27	27
November	10.8		7	4	18	14
December	11.8		7	5	17	15
Average	11.9	8.3	10.0	11.8	14.0	13.8

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	6.3	7	6	6	5	8
February	6.7	9	6	6	6	7
March	7.2	8	6	9	8	7
April	7.6		8	7	6	8
May	7.3		9	6	7	7
June	6.7		7	7	6	8
July	8.4		10	10	8	11
August	7.2		6	10	8	9
September	6.7		8	6	8	6
October	6.6		7	8	7	6
November	6.3		7	7	5	7
December	5.9		6	6	5	6
Average	7.0	8.0	7.2	7.3	6.6	7.3

22nd 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	128°	017°	032°	016°	052°
February	097°	030°	033°	344°	189°
March	180°	036°	189°	181°	088°
April		155°	072°	036°	056°
May		181°	028°	196°	169°
June		172°	196°	190°	198°
July		197°	190°	188°	196°
August		091°	184°	188°	188°
September		159°	029°	190°	029°
October		157°	027°	038°	031°
November		279°	196°	006°	019°
December		121°	023°	027°	024°

Prevailing wind direction

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