Dresden Airport

EDDC · Saxony, Germany

Climate Dresden Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Dresden Airport (EDDC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 50.5 68 52 40 35 68
February 64.9 55 53 74 54 74
March 77.1 82 74 86 73 82
April 84.7 92 74 82 75 96
May 86.5 89 88 95 83 87
June 89.9 87 93 91 86 87
July 92.0 94 96 92 87 97
August 89.9 93 89 84 81 91
September 86.3 85 95 82 85 91
October 78.7 80 79 90 82 72
November 63.6 67 74 44 73
December 58.2 58 34 52 76
Average 80.3 84.3 79.6 81.5 73.3 84.7

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 76.6 92 72 76 62 90
February 89.2 83 91 95 79 94
March 91.8 95 91 94 85 94
April 93.5 98 88 94 89 100
May 94.9 98 97 98 91 95
June 96.4 95 98 96 95 96
July 97.6 98 100 99 94 99
August 94.9 97 96 91 88 95
September 93.9 92 98 92 93 96
October 92.8 94 93 98 95 88
November 87.9 86 90 82 97
December 81.5 80 55 77 92
Average 92.3 94.7 92.2 92.5 87.4 95.1

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 3.6 4 6 4 2 6
February 6.3 10 6 8 4 9
March 9.6 12 9 10 9 9
April 13.8 16 11 12 10 16
May 18.6 21 19 21 16 17
June 24.3 23 24 25 25 23
July 25.0 26 26 25 24 25
August 25.1 27 24 26 21 26
September 20.2 21 24 18 20 21
October 15.2 15 17 17 14 14
November 8.3 8 9 7 9
December 5.0 6 1 4 6
Average 14.9 17.4 15.0 15.0 13.1 15.0

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 -1.1 -2 2 1 -2 0
February 0.0 4 0 2 -3 3
March 1.7 4 3 0 1 1
April 4.5 7 4 3 2 5
May 8.8 12 8 10 8 7
June 13.7 13 13 14 15 13
July 14.5 15 14 14 15 14
August 15.1 16 16 15 13 16
September 11.1 13 13 10 12 10
October 8.2 8 10 9 6 8
November 3.1 4 3 3 3
December 0.9 2 -3 0 2
Average 6.9 9.0 7.2 6.7 5.9 6.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 26.9 17 24 30 42 16
February 18.0 22 22 20 26 23
March 16.1 8 27 6 17 14
April 11.3 10 17 15 16 2
May 9.2 12 3 4 21 10
June 6.5 9 7 6 6 9
July 7.2 8 8 6 9 8
August 9.4 5 18 8 18 10
September 10.0 13 2 17 7 8
October 13.0 11 17 8 10 19
November 15.6 23 12 24 8
December 23.1 34 19 32 8
Average 12.4 10.6 15.1 11.0 17.0 10.7

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 8.8 10 9 9 7 8
February 9.0 9 8 12 8 11
March 8.7 8 9 8 8 9
April 8.0 8 7 9 8 8
May 7.3 7 7 7 9 7
June 6.3 6 6 6 5 7
July 6.4 6 7 6 6 7
August 6.1 6 6 5 6 6
September 6.6 8 6 6 6 6
October 8.1 8 8 7 9 8
November 8.1 9 8 7 7
December 9.0 9 7 8 10
Average 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.2 7.0 7.6

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 236° 236° 267° 240° 216°
February 240° 263° 248° 157° 239°
March 183° 236° 117° 268° 208°
April 231° 338° 316° 290° 303°
May 136° 073° 279° 244° 308°
June 244° 030° 260° 282° 280°
July 257° 254° 289° 260° 271°
August 276° 249° 359° 271° 241°
September 145° 184° 252° 261° 244°
October 174° 231° 200° 199° 211°
November 234° 170° 225° 196°
December 235° 149° 221° 163°

Prevailing wind direction

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