Frankfurt Airport

EDDF · Hesse, Germany

Climate Frankfurt Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Frankfurt Airport (EDDF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 53.2 65 51 48 52 54
February 73.7 65 62 72 78 77
March 82.6 78 81 91 91 85
April 91.9 93 80 86 92 98
May 92.2 84 94 99 94 97
June 95.1 88 97 97 93 97
July 95.5 94 94 99 88 98
August 94.9 99 87 99 92 97
September 91.1 96 86 93 90
October 79.5 85 78 78 78
November 59.5 65 66 39 63
December 48.2 43 45 46 44
Average 83.9 85.1 81.6 85.3 81.9 85.3

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 86.0 89 94 85 84 78
February 92.9 93 86 99 86 96
March 96.4 94 94 98 100 99
April 98.5 100 96 98 99 100
May 98.1 94 100 100 99 100
June 98.9 98 99 99 99 99
July 98.9 98 98 100 99 100
August 98.6 100 95 100 99 99
September 96.8 97 95 97 97
October 92.6 94 91 89 95
November 80.6 92 78 77 71
December 80.1 81 78 82 78
Average 94.9 96.2 94.7 95.1 94.1 94.4

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 5.5 6 7 6 5 7
February 8.6 11 8 10 8 10
March 12.3 14 12 14 12 12
April 16.2 17 14 15 13 20
May 20.5 21 21 23 17 20
June 25.9 23 28 27 27 24
July 26.7 27 26 28 24 26
August 26.6 28 25 30 23 28
September 22.1 26 20 23 23
October 16.3 18 18 15 15
November 9.4 10 11 8 10
December 6.1 8 2 7 6
Average 16.6 18.3 16.8 17.4 14.9 16.6

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 0.5 -1 3 1 0 1
February 1.0 5 2 2 -1 3
March 2.7 4 4 2 2 3
April 5.1 6 5 5 2 6
May 9.6 11 10 11 7 8
June 14.0 13 15 14 15 13
July 14.9 15 15 15 15 14
August 15.3 15 15 18 13 17
September 10.8 13 11 11 11
October 7.5 8 9 5 8
November 3.5 5 4 3 3
December 1.7 3 -3 2 2
Average 7.4 8.4 8.0 7.5 6.2 7.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 23.1 14 19 18 41 16
February 16.4 16 11 24 22 28
March 15.9 16 26 6 14 15
April 12.3 16 15 17 15 4
May 12.6 17 9 6 21 9
June 7.2 11 3 8 7 14
July 8.3 11 11 2 11 6
August 9.2 4 18 6 13 6
September 9.1 4 17 5 7
October 16.0 20 14 16 22
November 18.0 26 13 24 8
December 23.6 19 21 19 26
Average 13.1 12.9 14.0 11.0 15.9 12.1

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 8.4 9 10 8 8 7
February 9.1 9 9 11 7 12
March 9.0 8 10 8 8 11
April 8.3 9 9 9 8 8
May 7.7 7 9 8 9 8
June 7.4 7 8 7 6 7
July 7.1 7 8 7 7 8
August 6.8 7 7 7 7 7
September 6.6 6 7 6 6
October 7.2 7 6 6 8
November 7.0 10 6 6 6
December 7.6 10 6 7 6
Average 7.7 7.6 8.3 7.5 7.1 7.7

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 225° 205° 228° 227° 200°
February 205° 248° 219° 053° 222°
March 208° 228° 052° 238° 095°
April 229° 020° 027° 341° 053°
May 160° 023° 279° 223° 015°
June 249° 030° 262° 347° 250°
July 223° 230° 310° 226° 247°
August 225° 229° 032° 236° 222°
September 141° 237° 116° 150°
October 205° 193° 191° 199°
November 206° 197° 202° 185°
December 214° 033° 205° 171°

Prevailing wind direction

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