Statistics Frankfurt Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Frankfurt Airport (EDDF) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	51.6	51	48	52	54	48
February	75.0	62	72	78	77	85
March	83.3	81	91	91	85	81
April	91.8	80	86	92	98	92
May	93.5	94	99	94	97	85
June	96.2	97	97	93	97	95
July	95.7	94	99	88	98	98
August	94.3	87	99	92	97	97
September	91.1	96	86	93	90	90
October	79.5	85	78	78	78	71
November	59.5	65	66	39	63	63
December	49.2		45	46	44	64
Average	84.1	83.9	85.3	81.9	85.3	83.6

7th 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	85.5	94	85	84	78	88
February	92.9	86	99	86	96	95
March	96.8	94	98	100	99	99
April	98.3	96	98	99	100	99
May	98.7	100	100	99	100	98
June	99.1	99	99	99	99	99
July	99.1	98	100	99	100	100
August	98.5	95	100	99	99	99
September	96.8	97	95	97	97	97
October	92.6	94	91	89	95	89
November	80.6	92	78	77	71	80
December	80.0		78	82	78	88
Average	94.8	95.5	95.1	94.1	94.4	95.2

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	5.5	7	6	5	7	4
February	8.2	8	10	8	10	10
March	12.1	12	14	12	12	13
April	16.2	14	15	13	20	17
May	20.4	21	23	17	20	17
June	26.3	28	27	27	24	28
July	26.7	26	28	24	26	27
August	26.4	25	30	23	28	27
September	22.1	26	20	23	23	21
October	16.3	18	18	15	15	16
November	9.4	10	11	8	10	9
December	5.9		2	7	6	7
Average	16.5	17.7	17.4	14.9	16.6	16.3

6th 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	0.6	3	1	0	1	0
February	0.4	2	2	-1	3	0
March	2.5	4	2	2	3	3
April	5.0	5	5	2	6	7
May	9.3	10	11	7	8	7
June	14.2	15	14	15	13	14
July	14.9	15	15	15	14	15
August	15.3	15	18	13	17	15
September	10.8	13	11	11	11	10
October	7.5	8	9	5	8	8
November	3.5	5	4	3	3	3
December	1.5		-3	2	2	2
Average	7.3	8.5	7.5	6.2	7.3	7.1

41st 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	24.5	19	18	41	16	31
February	16.4	11	24	22	28	8
March	15.9	26	6	14	15	18
April	11.7	15	17	15	4	16
May	12.0	9	6	21	9	17
June	6.6	3	8	7	14	5
July	8.0	11	2	11	6	7
August	10.0	18	6	13	6	8
September	9.1	4	17	5	7	12
October	16.0	20	14	16	22	21
November	18.0	26	13	24	8	19
December	24.5		21	19	26	20
Average	13.1	13.7	11.0	15.9	12.1	14.0

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	8.3	10	8	8	7	9
February	9.0	9	11	7	12	7
March	9.3	10	8	8	11	11
April	8.2	9	9	8	8	9
May	7.9	9	8	9	8	8
June	7.4	8	7	6	7	8
July	7.2	8	7	7	8	7
August	6.8	7	7	7	7	6
September	6.6	6	7	6	6	7
October	7.2	7	6	6	8	8
November	7.0	10	6	6	6	7
December	7.2		6	7	6	7
Average	7.7	8.2	7.5	7.1	7.7	7.7

6th 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	205°	228°	227°	200°	230°
February	248°	219°	053°	222°	216°
March	228°	052°	238°	095°	229°
April	020°	027°	341°	053°	051°
May	023°	279°	223°	015°	327°
June	030°	262°	347°	250°	161°
July	230°	310°	226°	247°	295°
August	229°	032°	236°	222°	214°
September	141°	237°	116°	150°	235°
October	205°	193°	191°	199°	197°
November	206°	197°	202°	185°	167°
December		033°	205°	171°	205°

Prevailing wind direction

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