Climate Rigshospitalet Helipad 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Copenhagen Kastrup Airport (EKCH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	37.5	44	29	39	42	30
February	52.6	38	55	58	80	47
March	58.2	51	60	76	57	75
April	84.7		87	85	86	88
May	83.8		91	83	80	87
June	88.9		93	84	93	85
July	86.5		88	84	88	86
August	88.1		83	84	83	94
September	79.9		85	86	79	79
October	64.5		59	68	70	69
November	43.8		56	43	37	37
December	36.0		31	44	39	23
Average	69.4	45.1	73.9	74.7	74.4	73.3

4th best VFR conditions of Denmark

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	73.2	81	71	72	71	71
February	80.9	73	79	87	87	87
March	82.1	76	80	84	86	94
April	96.2		97	97	98	98
May	96.3		99	97	97	97
June	98.7		100	99	100	98
July	97.2		96	96	99	98
August	97.3		96	95	98	99
September	95.8		94	100	96	94
October	89.7		89	88	93	93
November	83.4		89	89	87	77
December	75.0		79	74	62	83
Average	89.4	76.0	91.3	92.2	92.2	92.9

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	4.3	3	6	6	3	7
February	4.9	6	6	6	3	7
March	6.9	8	7	8	7	8
April	11.4		11	11	10	12
May	16.0		16	16	14	15
June	21.1		22	20	22	21
July	21.5		21	22	23	19
August	21.6		20	23	20	23
September	18.0		20	17	18	19
October	13.3		13	15	13	13
November	8.4		7	9	9	10
December	5.1		5	2	4	6
Average	11.9	5.5	12.7	13.2	12.2	13.3

6th highest temperature of Denmark

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	0.7	-1	2	2	-1	3
February	0.7	2	1	2	-2	3
March	1.2	3	1	1	1	2
April	3.6		4	3	2	4
May	8.2		8	9	8	7
June	13.2		13	13	14	14
July	14.3		14	14	17	13
August	14.6		14	15	13	16
September	11.9		14	11	12	12
October	8.6		8	10	9	9
November	4.8		3	7	5	6
December	2.0		2	-2	1	4
Average	6.3	1.2	6.9	7.2	6.6	7.6

10th lowest temperature of Denmark

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	23.7	20	33	20	33	27
February	19.9	24	14	20	11	36
March	15.2	9	23	2	12	11
April	7.9		7	13	9	5
May	9.1		2	10	16	13
June	5.1		2	6	2	8
July	11.3		21	7	13	13
August	10.2		15	8	13	6
September	10.1		6	8	12	8
October	13.5		17	3	17	18
November	15.7		26	10	12	12
December	23.0		35	19	27	19
Average	12.8	16.5	14.3	9.1	13.1	12.9

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	11.5	13	12	12	11	12
February	11.9	12	12	14	11	14
March	10.6	10	10	9	11	12
April	10.1		9	10	11	11
May	9.3		9	10	10	10
June	8.6		8	8	8	9
July	9.7		11	11	9	11
August	9.0		9	7	10	8
September	9.7		9	10	9	9
October	11.3		13	10	11	11
November	10.7		11	13	10	11
December	11.4		12	9	10	12
Average	10.2	11.3	10.0	9.8	9.7	10.6

6th highest wind speed of Denmark

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	243°	212°	265°	282°	238°
February	223°	268°	243°	060°	235°
March	122°	225°	127°	254°	235°
April		050°	266°	310°	277°
May		115°	248°	219°	288°
June		096°	237°	274°	106°
July		225°	254°	226°	251°
August		236°	170°	264°	183°
September		199°	162°	208°	246°
October		227°	217°	220°	200°
November		130°	151°	246°	227°
December		227°	024°	168°	154°

Prevailing wind direction

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