Statistics Brussels Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Brussels Airport (EBBR) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	45.8	42	41	55	46	48
February	66.8	55	70	76	63	75
March	75.2	69	92	83	74	71
April	83.7	77	88	84	88	84
May	85.0	82	91	87	98	75
June	85.9		94	80	90	90
July	88.6		95	84	83	89
August	89.2		95	81	92	93
September	83.1		86	85	82	82
October	79.6		90	77	79	76
November	66.2		75	52	72	67
December	50.3		50	42	51	68
Average	76.9	67.6	84.5	76.2	79.6	78.8

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: 8 km or more
• Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	76.3	80	72	79	74	78
February	87.7	83	93	87	92	91
March	92.5	91	96	94	93	95
April	93.7	90	97	96	97	90
May	95.5	91	97	99	100	95
June	96.7		99	93	99	96
July	96.2		99	92	96	97
August	96.7		99	95	98	98
September	93.8		94	93	94	97
October	94.7		98	92	98	93
November	84.5		90	81	87	90
December	76.7		76	68	82	89
Average	91.5	88.0	94.2	90.7	93.7	93.2

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 5 km or more
• Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	6.2	7	7	5	8	5
February	8.5	9	10	8	10	11
March	11.2	11	13	11	11	12
April	14.5	13	14	11	18	15
May	18.6	18	20	15	19	16
June	22.5		22	23	22	23
July	23.7		24	22	22	24
August	23.9		27	21	26	24
September	19.8		19	21	22	20
October	15.8		18	15	14	15
November	10.2		12	9	12	9
December	7.1		4	8	8	8
Average	14.7	11.4	16.2	14.0	15.9	15.1

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	2.0	3	2	1	4	1
February	2.3	3	4	2	4	3
March	3.6	4	3	3	3	5
April	4.7	5	5	2	6	5
May	8.4	8	10	7	7	7
June	12.7		12	13	13	12
July	13.4		13	14	13	14
August	14.0		14	13	16	14
September	10.8		11	12	11	11
October	9.2		11	8	9	10
November	4.8		7	4	6	4
December	2.9		-1	4	4	4
Average	7.0	4.5	7.7	6.8	7.8	7.4

8th lowest temperature of Belgium

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	21.2	32	15	27	15	27
February	19.0	6	29	18	30	11
March	16.7	28	3	14	14	19
April	11.0	16	13	11	5	14
May	10.4	12	8	18	5	15
June	9.1		11	10	13	10
July	8.9		4	18	14	4
August	9.7		4	11	12	9
September	13.9		27	8	9	18
October	14.8		11	17	20	22
November	19.7		19	18	16	23
December	23.2		12	25	28	21
Average	14.1	18.1	11.9	15.3	13.8	14.9

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	8.7	11	8	8	9	8
February	10.1	8	13	9	15	8
March	9.2	10	6	9	10	11
April	7.1	7	8	7	7	7
May	6.8	6	7	9	7	6
June	6.4		6	5	7	6
July	6.5		6	6	8	6
August	6.3		5	7	7	7
September	6.8		7	6	6	8
October	8.3		8	8	10	8
November	7.6		9	6	8	7
December	8.6		5	7	9	10
Average	7.6	8.2	7.1	7.2	8.2	7.5

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	227°	244°	236°	220°	268°
February	264°	235°	174°	230°	222°
March	232°	097°	259°	223°	252°
April	304°	025°	353°	055°	113°
May	012°	268°	237°	359°	302°
June		259°	311°	244°	211°
July		294°	246°	260°	288°
August		021°	268°	233°	236°
September		239°	211°	250°	244°
October		215°	212°	213°	212°
November		199°	240°	207°	198°
December		149°	218°	203°	220°

Prevailing wind direction

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