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.