Climate Kangerlussuaq Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kangerlussuaq Airport (BGSF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	82.9	82	76	87	91	83
February	81.1	91	88	74	79	73
March	85.7	84	91	92	83	89
April	88.4		78	94	85	98
May	89.1		82	92	90	91
June	97.6		100	100	100	0
July	92.6		90	97	97	88
August	92.5		95	88	91	93
September	87.4		83	88	87	87
October	85.2		92	72	93	79
November	84.1		81	68	91	89
December	86.0		90	100	94	90
Average	87.8	85.6	86.3	87.9	89.1	88.6

1st best VFR conditions of Greenland

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	93.6	96	93	97	97	94
February	93.3	99	97	91	97	90
March	96.2	100	100	96	95	97
April	97.8		98	100	95	100
May	98.4		96	99	99	99
June	100.0		100	100	100	0
July	99.2		98	99	100	100
August	99.3		99	99	99	100
September	98.4		99	99	98	97
October	97.1		98	91	99	98
November	94.9		93	87	98	94
December	96.0		100	100	97	99
Average	97.6	98.6	97.7	96.9	97.6	97.7

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	-14.0	-13	-16	-9	-12	-17
February	-17.4	-14	-15	-15	-15	-22
March	-10.0	-7	-5	-10	-10	-13
April	0.0		1	0	1	2
May	8.6		7	6	10	11
June	13.2		10	13	14	13
July	15.8		15	16	16	16
August	14.0		15	13	15	13
September	6.5		6	11	3	5
October	-1.9		0	2	-1	1
November	-7.7		-3	-10	-6	-6
December	-9.5		-10	-4	-6	-7
Average	-2.8	-12.5	0.3	1.2	0.8	-1.7

5th highest temperature of Greenland

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	-23.4	-21	-26	-17	-21	-25
February	-26.3	-24	-26	-24	-23	-29
March	-20.7	-16	-13	-20	-20	-23
April	-9.5		-7	-7	-8	-7
May	-1.8		-1	-3	1	1
June	4.7		3	4	5	5
July	6.0		7	6	6	6
August	4.7		6	5	6	4
September	-1.5		0	5	-5	-2
October	-7.2		-7	-4	-8	-5
November	-14.7		-10	-15	-12	-13
December	-17.6		-17	-12	-15	-15
Average	-10.4	-21.6	-8.5	-7.4	-8.3	-9.5

2nd lowest temperature of Greenland

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	20.3	15	20	15	15	25
February	17.6	7	13	25	21	23
March	13.9	9	8	9	19	11
April	11.5		12	10	12	3
May	9.2		17	10	7	9
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	11.2		15	11	9	18
August	9.1		10	15	11	9
September	12.6		19	18	10	19
October	10.7		9	21	7	22
November	20.1		22	27	24	21
December	15.7		13	5	12	9
Average	12.0	9.2	13.5	14.1	11.8	13.3

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	6.8	6	7	7	7	7
February	6.4	6	7	7	7	6
March	5.6	6	5	6	5	7
April	6.6		6	6	7	8
May	7.8		8	8	9	8
June	9.0		12	9	6	0
July	8.0		7	8	9	7
August	7.4		8	8	8	7
September	6.6		6	7	6	7
October	6.7		7	7	6	7
November	7.4		8	6	7	8
December	7.5		7	8	8	8
Average	6.9	5.8	7.0	7.1	7.2	7.2

5th highest wind speed of Greenland

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	038°	032°	057°	054°	062°
February	039°	031°	063°	061°	058°
March	042°	041°	065°	063°	062°
April		350°	271°	062°	150°
May		013°	244°	134°	044°
June		226°	088°	069°	360°
July		045°	075°	074°	070°
August		057°	069°	072°	071°
September		059°	069°	071°	074°
October		053°	062°	065°	076°
November		048°	021°	064°	067°
December		041°	053°	064°	069°

Prevailing wind direction

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