Hotan Airport

ZWTN · Xinjiang, China

Climate Hotan Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kashgar Airport (ZWSH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 45.4 77 38 42 38 45
February 57.5 35 64 65 75 66
March 62.5 68 67 63 64 36
April 66.4 52 69 77 58
May 80.9 82 91 71 83
June 94.8 98 99 96 90
July 89.5 94 67 97 96
August 90.7 90 94 89 80
September 89.8 94 83 93 82
October 79.7 99 70 73 80
November 75.3 90 88 28 89
December 31.8 42 3 35 29
Average 72.7 60.2 77.9 73.8 72.8 71.6

23rd 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 79.5 97 74 91 72 68
February 80.5 55 99 72 85 82
March 77.7 94 83 80 76 61
April 80.1 75 82 91 74
May 90.2 91 100 83 91
June 97.3 99 100 99 93
July 94.4 99 81 100 98
August 98.2 96 100 95 98
September 94.8 98 92 97 88
October 90.3 100 88 79 90
November 90.0 100 90 68 93
December 72.5 63 32 95 56
Average 87.3 82.3 90.5 86.7 87.7 84.0

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 -1.9 2 -2 2 0 1
February 6.2 5 6 6 10 9
March 16.0 15 19 17 15 15
April 22.1 21 25 20 22
May 26.6 26 27 27 27
June 30.2 32 31 30 30
July 32.5 33 34 33 31
August 29.9 31 27 30 31
September 27.2 28 28 29 26
October 19.3 22 19 18 18
November 10.3 13 12 8 8
December 1.2 4 0 3 -2
Average 17.2 7.3 19.4 19.6 18.6 18.0

26th 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 -9.4 -6 -11 -7 -9 -7
February -3.7 -3 -1 -3 1 -1
March 6.6 6 9 8 6 6
April 12.3 11 15 10 13
May 16.1 16 17 17 17
June 19.6 21 21 20 19
July 22.3 24 24 23 21
August 20.5 22 19 20 23
September 17.6 19 19 19 17
October 10.0 13 11 8 10
November 1.3 4 3 -1 0
December -7.5 -5 -7 -6 -6
Average 7.9 -1.0 10.0 10.3 9.1 9.2

15th 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 6.0 5 7 0 13 1
February 3.8 9 1 3 2 0
March 1.3 1 0 5 0 0
April 2.3 3 0 5 1
May 1.9 1 3 1 2
June 1.9 1 3 4 1
July 1.4 1 0 2 0
August 2.9 2 8 3 1
September 1.5 0 2 0 1
October 0.7 1 2 0 0
November 1.4 1 0 0 7
December 5.3 0 0 0 20
Average 2.6 4.6 1.4 2.3 2.3 2.4

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 3.8 4 4 4 4 4
February 4.8 5 4 5 5 5
March 6.1 7 6 6 6 6
April 7.1 7 7 7 7
May 8.5 8 9 8 8
June 8.7 9 9 9 9
July 7.7 8 7 8 9
August 6.9 8 7 7 6
September 7.1 7 7 7 7
October 6.1 6 6 7 6
November 5.0 5 6 5 5
December 3.8 4 4 4 4
Average 6.4 5.2 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.4

26th 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 048° 022° 093° 021° 078°
February 067° 130° 078° 063° 064°
March 023° 126° 104° 028° 098°
April 143° 151° 054° 078°
May 203° 311° 115° 331°
June 226° 312° 280° 308°
July 112° 125° 241° 131°
August 158° 131° 115° 072°
September 100° 136° 104° 103°
October 098° 119° 060° 031°
November 008° 052° 066° 015°
December 077° 144° 212° 011°

Prevailing wind direction

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