Leipzig/Halle Airport

EDDP · Saxony, Germany

Statistics Leipzig/Halle Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Leipzig/Halle Airport (EDDP) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 56.1 59 43 46 71 53
February 70.9 56 78 67 80 80
March 79.7 75 89 77 89 77
April 85.3 77 84 81 97 84
May 89.6 88 96 90 92 87
June 93.1 95 95 91 91 97
July 92.1 96 91 87 96 93
August 93.2 92 93 84 96 97
September 90.9 97 90 84 96 91
October 83.0 80 94 86 81 81
November 68.2 80 55 78 69
December 61.3 33 54 70 86
Average 83.5 84.0 85.0 78.2 88.5 85.0

8th 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 79.6 82 84 63 88 83
February 91.1 87 97 85 99 91
March 92.7 90 98 90 99 97
April 94.9 91 97 94 100 91
May 95.7 98 99 95 97 93
June 97.7 99 98 97 95 99
July 97.2 100 96 94 99 99
August 97.0 96 97 92 99 99
September 96.8 100 98 94 98 97
October 93.2 90 98 95 92 90
November 84.5 89 87 87 81
December 86.3 55 84 90 98
Average 93.6 94.2 94.7 90.6 96.0 93.9

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 4.4 6 5 3 7 3
February 6.5 7 9 5 9 9
March 9.9 10 11 9 10 11
April 14.2 12 13 11 17 16
May 19.0 19 21 16 18 17
June 25.2 25 26 26 24 28
July 25.4 26 26 25 25 25
August 25.5 24 27 22 27 27
September 20.8 24 19 21 22 20
October 15.8 17 18 15 15 16
November 8.8 10 8 10 9
December 5.4 0 5 6 7
Average 15.4 17.1 15.8 13.7 15.7 15.6

22nd 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 -1.8 2 1 -1 1 -1
February -1.6 0 2 -2 3 1
March 1.4 3 0 2 1 4
April 3.9 4 3 2 4 4
May 8.2 8 10 8 6 7
June 13.7 13 13 15 13 15
July 14.4 15 14 15 13 15
August 14.9 15 16 13 16 16
September 10.9 13 10 12 11 11
October 8.1 9 9 7 8 8
November 3.0 3 3 4 3
December 0.7 -4 0 1 2
Average 6.8 8.1 6.7 6.0 6.7 6.9

31st 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 23.1 19 24 36 12 30
February 13.6 13 15 22 18 5
March 16.6 24 3 15 15 21
April 10.5 15 13 13 3 7
May 9.4 4 8 24 13 12
June 6.4 10 5 7 7 2
July 8.0 10 8 8 10 4
August 9.3 14 6 17 10 5
September 8.3 2 17 6 5 12
October 13.2 18 8 10 18 14
November 12.3 11 17 6 12
December 17.1 24 18 9 10
Average 11.4 12.3 10.4 15.0 10.1 10.0

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 10.9 12 12 9 10 12
February 11.4 11 16 9 15 10
March 10.6 11 8 10 11 13
April 9.5 9 10 10 9 10
May 8.8 9 9 11 8 9
June 8.0 7 8 6 8 8
July 8.4 10 8 8 9 8
August 7.9 8 7 8 8 8
September 7.9 6 8 7 7 10
October 9.9 10 9 9 10 10
November 8.9 9 9 9 9
December 10.0 7 9 9 10
Average 9.2 9.1 9.0 8.7 9.3 9.5

22nd 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 226° 255° 243° 219° 256°
February 260° 238° 194° 234° 231°
March 236° 080° 257° 228° 244°
April 360° 321° 301° 345° 062°
May 038° 276° 246° 308° 310°
June 356° 277° 299° 281° 179°
July 243° 290° 252° 266° 299°
August 239° 006° 258° 237° 227°
September 196° 243° 260° 239° 258°
October 228° 211° 215° 225° 219°
November 181° 231° 212° 191°
December 249° 224° 183° 213°

Prevailing wind direction

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