Statistics Saarbrücken Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Saarbrücken Airport (EDDR) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	37.0	23	36	35	38	34
February	61.4	59	53	69	64	79
March	73.0	69	85	79	75	67
April	84.2	72	77	87	94	73
May	87.7	88	94	77	95	86
June	90.6	97	90	83	91	95
July	91.2	87	98	82	91	94
August	91.0	85	97	85	96	94
September	83.8		78	90	83	82
October	67.2		72	71	59	65
November	47.7		45	26	62	48
December	32.8		41	29	34	51
Average	75.8	76.4	77.8	71.7	78.0	76.1

32nd 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	64.7	67	60	58	63	65
February	81.4	88	75	81	85	90
March	89.9	89	94	96	91	91
April	94.7	94	88	97	99	88
May	95.2	95	99	93	98	95
June	95.6	100	97	91	94	98
July	96.0	96	100	88	98	98
August	95.5	91	100	92	98	96
September	92.9		90	95	94	93
October	82.0		80	85	80	81
November	66.5		68	46	77	64
December	59.2		62	43	62	81
Average	87.8	91.4	87.9	83.6	89.0	88.9

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	4.1	5	5	3	6	3
February	7.5	8	8	8	9	11
March	10.9	11	13	11	11	12
April	14.8	13	14	12	19	15
May	18.8	19	21	15	19	16
June	24.2	26	25	24	22	26
July	25.0	24	27	22	25	26
August	24.8	23	28	21	26	26
September	20.2		19	21	22	20
October	15.4		18	15	13	15
November	8.5		10	6	10	8
December	5.3		2	6	6	7
Average	15.2	16.2	16.2	13.7	15.5	15.2

15th 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	-1.9	2	0	-1	1	-1
February	0.8	1	2	1	3	1
March	2.4	3	2	2	3	3
April	4.5	4	4	2	6	5
May	8.4	9	10	6	7	7
June	13.0	14	13	14	12	13
July	13.8	14	14	13	13	14
August	14.2	14	16	13	15	14
September	9.9		10	11	11	10
October	7.7		10	6	8	9
November	3.2		5	2	3	3
December	1.3		-2	2	2	2
Average	6.7	7.7	7.2	5.8	7.0	6.6

37th 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	28.5	24	20	44	22	32
February	20.7	10	24	25	30	11
March	18.9	25	9	13	17	24
April	11.7	18	14	13	6	19
May	10.6	9	9	21	5	16
June	6.3	2	7	8	11	5
July	7.2	13	1	12	5	6
August	8.7	17	4	11	6	6
September	10.5		15	4	11	13
October	17.7		19	12	25	25
November	19.3		14	27	7	23
December	29.6		9	29	30	32
Average	14.0	13.8	11.0	16.5	13.0	15.9

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	8.8	11	8	8	9	8
February	9.9	9	13	8	14	8
March	9.5	11	7	8	11	11
April	7.9	9	8	8	8	8
May	7.2	7	7	10	7	7
June	6.5	7	6	6	7	7
July	6.8	9	7	6	7	6
August	6.5	7	7	6	7	6
September	6.8		7	6	6	7
October	7.9		7	7	9	9
November	7.3		7	7	7	8
December	8.2		6	8	8	9
Average	7.6	8.4	7.4	7.3	8.1	7.6

15th 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	238°	247°	240°	220°	254°
February	286°	229°	138°	232°	211°
March	234°	081°	244°	111°	246°
April	329°	067°	016°	078°	068°
May	040°	265°	230°	035°	297°
June	048°	265°	271°	256°	181°
July	243°	320°	243°	265°	309°
August	248°	056°	251°	226°	237°
September		258°	114°	230°	256°
October		212°	202°	216°	210°
November		226°	219°	182°	206°
December		072°	216°	203°	223°

Prevailing wind direction

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