Brussels Airport

EBBR · Vlaams-Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

Climate Brussels Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Brussels Airport (EBBR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 47.2 57 42 41 55 46
February 64.1 46 55 70 76 63
March 75.2 69 92 83 74
April 83.7 77 88 84 88
May 85.0 82 91 87 98
June 87.1 94 94 80 90
July 88.1 86 95 84 83
August 88.2 82 95 81 92
September 83.9 89 86 85 82
October 80.0 82 90 77 79
November 65.4 61 75 52 72
December 50.0 48 50 42 51
Average 74.6 51.1 75.4 84.5 76.2 79.6

1st best VFR conditions of Belgium

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 77.7 87 80 72 79 74
February 86.6 79 83 93 87 92
March 92.5 91 96 94 93
April 93.7 90 97 96 97
May 95.5 91 97 99 100
June 96.9 98 99 93 99
July 96.1 96 99 92 96
August 96.4 95 99 95 98
September 94.1 96 94 93 94
October 94.5 94 98 92 98
November 84.8 86 90 81 87
December 77.1 79 76 68 82
Average 90.8 83.0 91.2 94.2 90.7 93.7

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 6.2 6 7 7 5 8
February 8.8 11 9 10 8 10
March 11.2 11 13 11 11
April 14.5 13 14 11 18
May 18.6 18 20 15 19
June 22.8 25 22 23 22
July 23.6 23 24 22 22
August 23.6 22 27 21 26
September 20.3 24 19 21 22
October 15.9 17 18 15 14
November 10.2 10 12 9 12
December 7.3 9 4 8 8
Average 14.4 8.4 15.5 16.2 14.0 15.9

4th highest temperature of Belgium

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 1.9 1 3 2 1 4
February 2.7 6 3 4 2 4
March 3.6 4 3 3 3
April 4.7 5 5 2 6
May 8.4 8 10 7 7
June 12.8 13 12 13 13
July 13.5 14 13 14 13
August 14.0 14 14 13 16
September 11.2 14 11 12 11
October 9.4 11 11 8 9
November 5.0 6 7 4 6
December 3.3 6 -1 4 4
Average 7.1 3.5 8.3 7.7 6.8 7.8

8th lowest temperature of Belgium

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 23 32 15 27 15
February 20.6 32 6 29 18 30
March 16.7 28 3 14 14
April 11.0 16 13 11 5
May 10.4 12 8 18 5
June 8.6 6 11 10 13
July 10.1 17 4 18 14
August 10.5 15 4 11 12
September 13.2 9 27 8 9
October 15.1 17 11 17 20
November 22.5 39 19 18 16
December 25.0 35 12 25 28
Average 15.7 27.3 17.6 11.9 15.3 13.8

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 8.9 10 11 8 8 9
February 10.2 11 8 13 9 15
March 9.2 10 6 9 10
April 7.1 7 8 7 7
May 6.8 6 7 9 7
June 6.3 6 6 5 7
July 6.8 9 6 6 8
August 6.4 7 5 7 7
September 6.7 6 7 6 6
October 8.4 9 8 8 10
November 8.1 11 9 6 8
December 8.9 11 5 7 9
Average 7.9 10.3 8.0 7.1 7.2 8.2

4th highest wind speed of Belgium

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 237° 227° 244° 236° 220°
February 218° 264° 235° 174° 230°
March 232° 097° 259° 223°
April 304° 025° 353° 055°
May 012° 268° 237° 359°
June 031° 259° 311° 244°
July 239° 294° 246° 260°
August 260° 021° 268° 233°
September 202° 239° 211° 250°
October 217° 215° 212° 213°
November 223° 199° 240° 207°
December 230° 149° 218° 203°

Prevailing wind direction

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