Climate Cologne Bonn Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cologne Bonn Airport (EDDK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	53.0	60	45	36	52	58
February	73.2	62	57	68	84	76
March	80.9	76	75	95	83	87
April	88.0		77	88	82	95
May	90.4		86	92	93	98
June	91.6		96	92	86	93
July	89.5		91	90	83	89
August	89.9		83	90	84	96
September	89.3		92	86	94	91
October	80.9		83	88	79	86
November	68.4		62	78	53	80
December	54.8		44	44	57	65
Average	80.2	66.7	77.7	82.8	79.9	86.9

15th best VFR conditions of Germany

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	85.0	89	91	80	84	84
February	96.6	98	91	97	98	98
March	95.6	96	95	100	93	98
April	97.3		95	98	95	99
May	96.9		96	98	98	100
June	97.6		99	98	97	98
July	97.5		99	99	96	97
August	96.4		93	96	95	98
September	96.4		96	95	98	97
October	96.0		95	98	94	99
November	91.7		96	95	84	95
December	87.7		90	80	93	91
Average	95.2	94.7	95.1	95.6	94.3	96.6

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	6.0	6	7	6	5	8
February	9.1	11	9	10	9	10
March	12.2	13	11	14	12	12
April	15.7		14	15	12	19
May	19.9		20	22	17	20
June	25.0		27	25	25	23
July	25.2		25	26	23	24
August	25.1		24	28	22	27
September	21.2		24	20	22	22
October	16.4		17	18	16	15
November	10.2		10	12	9	12
December	7.2		8	3	8	7
Average	15.4	10.2	16.4	17.0	14.9	16.5

7th highest temperature of Germany

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	0	3	2	1	3
February	2.0	6	2	3	1	3
March	3.1	6	4	2	2	3
April	4.2		5	5	1	5
May	8.0		8	9	7	6
June	13.0		13	12	14	12
July	13.5		14	13	14	12
August	13.8		14	14	13	16
September	10.3		13	11	11	10
October	8.6		10	10	7	9
November	4.2		5	6	3	5
December	2.6		4	-2	3	4
Average	6.6	3.9	7.8	7.2	6.3	7.2

38th lowest temperature of Germany

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	25.2	21	26	24	35	15
February	18.4	23	13	28	15	30
March	17.9	18	30	6	14	15
April	13.3		17	14	20	3
May	13.2		11	9	26	6
June	9.6		7	13	9	14
July	12.0		19	6	17	14
August	12.6		18	3	21	10
September	12.5		6	21	7	9
October	16.1		19	10	14	24
November	18.5		31	9	23	7
December	26.0		27	15	19	33
Average	15.9	20.6	17.4	12.2	17.7	13.8

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	8.2	8	9	8	7	8
February	9.2	9	9	12	8	13
March	8.7	8	9	7	8	9
April	7.6		8	8	7	7
May	6.8		6	7	9	7
June	6.4		6	6	6	6
July	6.5		8	7	6	7
August	6.2		7	6	6	7
September	6.2		6	7	5	6
October	7.7		7	7	8	8
November	7.5		10	8	6	7
December	8.0		10	5	7	8
Average	7.4	8.3	7.7	7.0	7.0	7.5

7th 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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	230°	222°	258°	231°	191°
February	202°	277°	237°	133°	230°
March	186°	227°	114°	261°	218°
April		342°	294°	309°	094°
May		005°	273°	230°	337°
June		023°	263°	283°	238°
July		242°	314°	237°	272°
August		254°	345°	279°	219°
September		162°	237°	185°	184°
October		191°	165°	181°	195°
November		216°	171°	221°	166°
December		225°	125°	178°	159°

Prevailing wind direction

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