Climate Bildudalur Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bildudalur Airport (BIBD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	58.8	27	42	42	88	72
February	55.8	45	13	60	82	71
March	67.5	66	62	62	61	67
April	74.6		53	80	68	82
May	72.1		34	80	86	72
June	57.8		22	77	62	83
July	63.7		68	59	48	87
August	60.5		66	68	39	67
September	56.9		42	59	47	51
October	65.7		58	49	69	77
November	73.1		56	71	64	87
December	64.0		50	61	66	68
Average	64.0	53.2	47.8	65.5	62.5	72.5

7th 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	94.6	82	94	88	97	98
February	92.5	94	85	86	95	98
March	96.3	98	100	86	99	93
April	98.1		100	98	93	99
May	98.8		98	98	100	100
June	99.4		100	100	100	100
July	96.9		93	99	99	98
August	98.6		98	99	97	100
September	98.7		100	100	94	100
October	99.3		100	100	98	100
November	97.2		98	100	96	99
December	97.7		94	98	99	97
Average	97.3	94.2	97.1	96.7	97.3	98.6

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	0.4	0	0	1	-1	1
February	1.5	0	3	-1	3	1
March	1.7	2	-1	2	3	1
April	5.3		6	5	4	5
May	8.2		9	8	7	8
June	11.3		12	11	11	12
July	13.3		14	13	13	12
August	12.9		14	13	14	12
September	9.6		10	11	9	7
October	6.1		6	6	5	7
November	3.3		4	7	2	2
December	1.2		-1	0	2	1
Average	5.6	0.8	6.1	6.6	6.1	5.7

9th 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	-2.7	-1	-3	-2	-2	-1
February	-1.7	-2	0	-3	1	0
March	-1.5	0	-3	0	1	0
April	3.0		3	2	2	3
May	5.6		6	5	4	6
June	8.8		9	9	8	10
July	10.8		10	10	11	10
August	10.5		11	9	12	10
September	7.2		7	8	7	5
October	4.4		4	4	3	5
November	1.8		2	5	1	1
December	-1.8		-2	-1	1	0
Average	3.6	-2.9	3.6	4.2	4.0	4.2

8th 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	21.4	21	21	40	11	13
February	22.3	19	38	24	19	12
March	15.9	6	10	28	22	19
April	15.9		15	13	22	18
May	16.3		30	19	5	21
June	15.1		14	16	20	17
July	11.8		5	10	23	9
August	17.0		9	21	20	25
September	22.2		20	14	38	27
October	18.9		17	19	14	21
November	15.4		15	8	30	9
December	19.8		15	12	20	23
Average	16.7	12.5	16.5	18.0	20.6	18.4

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	10.3	9	10	11	9	14
February	10.3	9	11	11	9	12
March	10.3	11	10	13	11	13
April	7.8		7	7	8	11
May	8.1		9	7	7	9
June	8.4		9	8	9	7
July	6.7		7	6	8	7
August	6.8		6	8	8	7
September	8.0		11	6	11	8
October	8.6		8	8	11	9
November	8.8		7	10	10	9
December	9.7		8	8	9	13
Average	8.6	10.0	8.4	8.1	9.1	9.4

9th 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	197°	145°	205°	023°	027°
February	252°	191°	043°	099°	045°
March	051°	043°	159°	196°	117°
April		056°	067°	150°	170°
May		197°	025°	048°	168°
June		197°	096°	092°	146°
July		024°	094°	190°	026°
August		082°	067°	186°	163°
September		069°	144°	151°	041°
October		056°	079°	031°	054°
November		032°	038°	195°	195°
December		051°	059°	155°	026°

Prevailing wind direction

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