Álftaver Airport

BIAL · Iceland

Climate Álftaver Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Vestmannaeyjar Airport (BIVM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 63.6 62 71 43 76 66
February 56.0 72 34 54 51 63
March 61.7 72 75 39 53 66
April 51.6 46 54 54 57
May 53.6 38 57 71 69
June 53.5 33 52 51 55
July 51.3 68 54 27 67
August 55.3 58 64 31 47
September 57.0 53 53 57 56
October 61.8 67 62 52 67
November 66.7 75 68 54 68
December 66.9 78 77 51 66
Average 58.5 69.4 56.2 55.1 51.3 61.1

11th best VFR conditions of Iceland

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 82.8 81 84 72 88 91
February 84.7 88 80 82 89 89
March 84.9 87 95 70 76 94
April 76.3 69 75 86 73
May 77.7 64 81 89 85
June 74.8 63 78 71 81
July 74.6 94 72 52 84
August 77.7 81 77 54 68
September 80.0 84 76 78 81
October 87.8 86 88 80 92
November 89.7 92 90 82 89
December 85.8 92 92 77 91
Average 81.2 85.6 80.7 78.3 75.7 83.5

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 3.1 3 3 4 3 3
February 3.7 2 5 2 5 3
March 4.2 6 2 6 5 4
April 6.2 7 7 6 6
May 8.7 10 10 7 11
June 10.7 11 11 10 12
July 12.5 14 12 12 13
August 12.4 13 12 13 12
September 10.4 11 11 10 10
October 7.3 8 7 8 8
November 5.0 6 7 5 5
December 3.3 3 2 4 3
Average 6.9 3.9 7.5 7.7 7.2 7.4

6th highest temperature of Iceland

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 0.9 1 0 1 0 1
February 1.4 0 3 -1 3 1
March 1.7 2 -1 3 3 1
April 4.1 5 5 3 4
May 6.0 6 7 5 6
June 8.5 9 9 8 9
July 10.2 11 10 11 10
August 10.1 11 10 12 10
September 8.0 8 9 8 7
October 5.5 6 5 6 6
November 3.2 4 6 3 3
December 1.4 1 -1 2 2
Average 4.6 1.0 5.1 5.4 5.2 4.9

10th lowest temperature of Iceland

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 24.3 30 18 35 17 18
February 27.9 21 37 34 24 23
March 22.7 23 7 34 28 21
April 25.9 33 18 22 26
May 24.2 46 17 13 17
June 18.1 22 18 26 12
July 15.0 1 26 14 9
August 15.2 7 19 18 24
September 25.3 26 21 23 24
October 17.8 21 20 18 15
November 21.8 9 24 35 19
December 21.2 14 17 30 17
Average 21.7 23.8 20.2 23.4 21.3 18.7

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 18.4 19 17 21 18 21
February 18.6 16 19 21 20 15
March 16.7 18 15 19 14 18
April 16.4 15 15 15 15
May 15.4 18 14 13 15
June 12.2 12 13 13 12
July 11.8 11 12 11 12
August 12.3 11 14 12 12
September 14.0 15 12 15 15
October 16.1 18 14 17 15
November 16.6 16 17 17 15
December 15.3 18 10 15 18
Average 15.3 17.2 15.0 15.0 14.6 14.7

6th highest wind speed of Iceland

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 230° 016° 248° 057° 254°
February 009° 202° 134° 107° 080°
March 084° 060° 169° 237° 194°
April 119° 095° 124° 161°
May 207° 105° 116° 160°
June 255° 172° 155° 123°
July 022° 273° 199° 300°
August 107° 169° 142° 170°
September 116° 087° 214° 215°
October 081° 038° 079° 078°
November 082° 091° 294° 223°
December 077° 067° 128° 054°

Prevailing wind direction

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