Statistics Dresden Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Dresden Airport (EDDC) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	48.1	52	40	35	68	46
February	66.3	53	74	54	74	80
March	76.4	74	86	73	82	79
April	83.7	74	82	75	96	92
May	86.2	88	95	83	87	81
June	90.3	93	91	86	87	96
July	91.8	96	92	87	97	89
August	89.5	89	84	81	91	98
September	85.1		82	85	91	86
October	78.5		90	82	72	79
November	63.1		74	44	73	68
December	58.2		34	52	76	76
Average	79.9	80.6	81.5	73.3	84.7	83.2

19th best VFR conditions of Germany

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	74.4	72	76	62	90	80
February	90.1	91	95	79	94	90
March	91.3	91	94	85	94	94
April	92.9	88	94	89	100	95
May	94.5	97	98	91	95	92
June	96.7	98	96	95	96	99
July	97.5	100	99	94	99	96
August	94.6	96	91	88	95	98
September	93.6		92	93	96	96
October	92.7		98	95	88	90
November	88.2		90	82	97	88
December	81.8		55	77	92	96
Average	92.1	92.9	92.5	87.4	95.1	93.5

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	3.5	6	4	2	6	3
February	5.8	6	8	4	9	8
March	9.2	9	10	9	9	11
April	13.5	11	12	10	16	15
May	18.3	19	21	16	17	15
June	24.4	24	25	25	23	28
July	24.9	26	25	24	25	24
August	24.8	24	26	21	26	26
September	19.4		18	20	21	19
October	15.1		17	14	14	16
November	8.3		9	7	9	9
December	4.8		1	4	6	7
Average	14.6	15.6	15.0	13.1	15.0	15.0

34th highest temperature of Germany

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	-1.2	2	1	-2	0	-2
February	-1.4	0	2	-3	3	0
March	1.4	3	0	1	1	4
April	4.2	4	3	2	5	5
May	8.5	8	10	8	7	7
June	13.8	13	14	15	13	15
July	14.4	14	14	15	14	14
August	15.0	16	15	13	16	15
September	10.6		10	12	10	11
October	7.9		9	6	8	8
November	3.0		3	3	3	4
December	0.7		-3	0	2	2
Average	6.7	7.3	6.7	5.9	6.8	6.9

30th lowest temperature of Germany

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	28.3	24	30	42	16	39
February	17.5	22	20	26	23	14
March	17.4	27	6	17	14	19
April	11.6	17	15	16	2	6
May	8.8	3	4	21	10	18
June	6.2	7	6	6	9	1
July	7.1	8	6	9	8	4
August	10.0	18	8	18	10	4
September	10.9		17	7	8	14
October	12.7		8	10	19	12
November	14.4		12	24	8	14
December	21.3		19	32	8	10
Average	12.6	14.4	11.0	17.0	10.7	11.3

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	8.6	9	9	7	8	10
February	9.0	8	12	8	11	8
March	8.8	9	8	8	9	10
April	7.9	7	9	8	8	8
May	7.3	7	7	9	7	7
June	6.3	6	6	5	7	7
July	6.5	7	6	6	7	7
August	6.1	6	5	6	6	6
September	6.4		6	6	6	7
October	8.1		7	9	8	8
November	7.9		8	7	7	9
December	9.0		7	8	10	9
Average	7.4	7.3	7.2	7.0	7.6	7.6

34th highest wind speed of Germany

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	236°	267°	240°	216°	266°
February	263°	248°	157°	239°	231°
March	236°	117°	268°	208°	252°
April	338°	316°	290°	303°	082°
May	073°	279°	244°	308°	298°
June	030°	260°	282°	280°	151°
July	254°	289°	260°	271°	295°
August	249°	359°	271°	241°	223°
September		252°	261°	244°	253°
October		200°	199°	211°	204°
November		170°	225°	196°	171°
December		149°	221°	163°	201°

Prevailing wind direction

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