Cologne Bonn Airport

EDDK · North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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 87.1 81 77 88 82 95
May 88.8 78 86 92 93 98
June 90.8 85 96 92 86 93
July 89.4 89 91 90 83 89
August 89.9 89 83 90 84 96
September 88.9 86 92 86 94 91
October 80.1 75 83 88 79 86
November 68.4 62 78 53 80
December 54.8 44 44 57 65
Average 81.8 79.6 77.7 82.8 79.9 86.9

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 97 95 98 95 99
May 96.4 93 96 98 98 100
June 97.6 98 99 98 97 98
July 97.4 97 99 99 96 97
August 96.5 97 93 96 95 98
September 96.3 96 96 95 98 97
October 96.0 96 95 98 94 99
November 91.7 96 95 84 95
December 87.7 90 80 93 91
Average 95.3 95.8 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 15.6 16 14 15 12 19
May 20.0 21 20 22 17 20
June 24.5 22 27 25 25 23
July 25.1 24 25 26 23 24
August 25.3 26 24 28 22 27
September 21.2 21 24 20 22 22
October 16.3 16 17 18 16 15
November 10.2 10 12 9 12
December 7.2 8 3 8 7
Average 16.3 17.6 16.4 17.0 14.9 16.5

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 4.6 7 5 5 1 5
May 8.3 11 8 9 7 6
June 12.8 12 13 12 14 12
July 13.6 14 14 13 14 12
August 13.9 15 14 14 13 16
September 10.4 11 13 11 11 10
October 8.6 9 10 10 7 9
November 4.2 5 6 3 5
December 2.6 4 -2 3 4
Average 7.3 9.0 7.8 7.2 6.3 7.2

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 14.3 21 17 14 20 3
May 13.8 18 11 9 26 6
June 9.7 11 7 13 9 14
July 12.1 13 19 6 17 14
August 11.8 7 18 3 21 10
September 13.1 17 6 21 7 9
October 15.5 11 19 10 14 24
November 18.5 31 9 23 7
December 26.0 27 15 19 33
Average 15.2 15.4 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 7.7 9 8 8 7 7
May 6.7 6 6 7 9 7
June 6.4 7 6 6 6 6
July 6.5 6 8 7 6 7
August 6.2 6 7 6 6 7
September 6.3 7 6 7 5 6
October 7.5 7 7 7 8 8
November 7.5 10 8 6 7
December 8.0 10 5 7 8
Average 7.2 7.0 7.7 7.0 7.0 7.5

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 232° 342° 294° 309° 094°
May 225° 005° 273° 230° 337°
June 264° 023° 263° 283° 238°
July 248° 242° 314° 237° 272°
August 230° 254° 345° 279° 219°
September 186° 162° 237° 185° 184°
October 160° 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.