Aral Tarim Airport

ZWAL · Xinjiang, China

Climate Aral Tarim Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tamchy (UCFL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 82.5 39 69 77 93 96
February 83.2 44 83 91 90 87
March 84.6 56 96 59 91 93
April 90.0 80 94 93 87
May 90.9 78 75 94 93
June 90.5 71 88 95 89
July 91.3 74 89 90 94
August 91.1 72 90 93 93
September 92.3 68 95 97 93
October 89.6 77 87 79 94
November 90.1 77 85 86 96
December 86.0 54 99 77 98
Average 84.7 47.0 75.4 85.3 90.2 92.4

1st best VFR conditions of Kyrgyzstan

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 99.5 99 99 100 100 99
February 97.7 100 97 98 99 96
March 99.5 99 100 100 100 99
April 99.8 100 100 100 99
May 99.9 100 100 100 100
June 99.8 100 100 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 100.0 100 100 100 100
October 99.8 100 100 100 100
November 99.8 100 100 100 100
December 99.7 100 100 100 99
Average 99.6 99.0 99.6 99.7 99.8 99.4

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 2.0 4 0 3 2 1
February 3.0 2 4 3 5 3
March 7.6 7 10 7 7 7
April 13.0 13 15 13 14
May 17.5 16 18 19 18
June 21.2 23 22 22 20
July 24.3 25 25 24 23
August 22.6 23 22 22 22
September 19.6 19 22 21 18
October 13.2 15 14 11 12
November 7.7 10 8 6 7
December 3.9 5 4 4 3
Average 12.0 4.3 13.5 13.8 13.0 12.4

3rd highest temperature of Kyrgyzstan

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 -6.0 -3 -9 -5 -6 -7
February -5.8 -5 -3 -5 -3 -3
March -1.8 -1 0 1 -1 -1
April 4.4 3 6 3 6
May 8.6 7 10 10 10
June 12.4 13 13 12 12
July 15.0 16 15 16 14
August 13.7 14 14 13 13
September 10.3 10 12 11 9
October 4.3 6 5 2 3
November -1.1 2 0 -2 -2
December -5.9 -2 -5 -4 -6
Average 3.6 -3.2 4.7 5.3 4.3 3.8

1st lowest temperature of Kyrgyzstan

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.7 3 2 1 1 5
February 3.6 0 6 5 1 6
March 2.0 3 0 4 1 1
April 3.5 1 3 2 6
May 2.7 4 6 1 3
June 3.6 3 3 3 4
July 3.8 2 4 7 5
August 3.4 2 3 5 4
September 1.4 3 0 0 5
October 1.7 1 2 4 1
November 1.1 3 1 0 1
December 0.7 1 0 2 1
Average 2.5 2.0 2.2 2.9 2.3 3.5

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 5.8 6 6 5 9 5
February 6.0 7 6 7 6 5
March 6.4 7 7 6 6 6
April 6.7 7 6 7 6
May 7.3 8 7 7 7
June 7.2 7 7 8 8
July 6.9 7 7 6 7
August 6.9 7 7 7 6
September 7.1 7 6 7 7
October 6.6 6 6 8 7
November 6.6 6 7 7 6
December 5.6 6 7 5 5
Average 6.6 6.2 6.8 6.5 7.1 6.3

3rd highest wind speed of Kyrgyzstan

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 074° 052° 144° 256° 038°
February 155° 144° 170° 167° 090°
March 121° 139° 117° 124° 119°
April 132° 125° 147° 140°
May 159° 131° 134° 123°
June 127° 140° 173° 152°
July 131° 120° 134° 147°
August 136° 122° 135° 149°
September 128° 127° 126° 136°
October 133° 180° 186° 154°
November 096° 247° 243° 233°
December 024° 249° 200° 239°

Prevailing wind direction

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