Essen Mülheim Airport

EDLE · North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Climate Essen Mülheim Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Düsseldorf Airport (EDDL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 48.6 55 40 35 43 48
February 70.4 57 53 67 76 74
March 78.3 67 93 82 82
April 86.2 72 84 82 97
May 89.8 88 96 87 98
June 90.8 95 94 83 91
July 87.6 85 91 83 86
August 87.8 79 91 80 94
September 87.3 92 88 89 86
October 80.3 82 90 83 80
November 68.3 60 77 52 75
December 50.3 40 43 50 63
Average 77.3 56.1 74.6 83.4 76.8 83.9

12th 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 82.0 84 88 75 76 85
February 91.8 90 88 94 91 96
March 93.8 91 97 93 98
April 96.6 95 98 92 99
May 96.8 97 100 97 100
June 98.2 99 100 95 99
July 97.1 96 99 94 97
August 97.0 95 98 95 98
September 96.8 98 97 98 96
October 96.1 98 96 94 98
November 89.2 89 93 76 92
December 80.2 81 71 78 84
Average 93.3 87.0 93.8 95.2 91.3 96.0

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 6.2 6 7 7 5 8
February 9.0 11 9 10 9 10
March 11.7 11 14 11 12
April 15.4 14 15 12 19
May 19.7 20 21 16 20
June 24.6 26 24 25 23
July 24.8 24 25 23 23
August 24.8 23 28 21 28
September 21.0 24 20 21 22
October 16.5 17 18 16 15
November 10.4 10 12 9 12
December 7.2 9 3 8 8
Average 15.1 8.4 16.1 16.8 14.7 16.5

9th 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 1.4 1 3 2 1 3
February 2.3 6 3 3 1 4
March 3.2 4 2 3 3
April 4.5 4 5 2 5
May 8.4 9 10 7 6
June 13.5 14 12 14 13
July 14.2 15 14 15 13
August 14.5 14 15 14 16
September 11.2 14 12 12 11
October 9.3 10 11 8 9
November 4.4 5 6 3 5
December 2.9 5 -1 3 3
Average 7.0 3.3 8.3 7.8 6.7 7.6

42nd 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 24.2 23 21 27 28 21
February 21.1 29 16 30 21 30
March 18.4 30 6 17 15
April 10.9 15 13 18 3
May 11.6 8 9 24 5
June 7.5 4 12 7 11
July 10.9 18 5 15 17
August 11.2 20 2 17 9
September 12.3 6 21 6 11
October 16.3 20 12 18 20
November 17.0 28 11 23 6
December 28.2 32 11 27 33
Average 15.8 25.8 16.7 12.0 17.5 13.9

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.7 11 11 9 9 10
February 11.0 11 9 15 10 15
March 10.2 11 8 9 11
April 8.3 9 10 7 8
May 7.6 8 7 10 8
June 7.5 8 7 6 8
July 7.8 10 7 7 8
August 7.6 8 7 8 8
September 7.6 8 7 6 7
October 9.6 9 9 10 10
November 9.1 11 10 7 9
December 9.8 12 6 9 10
Average 8.9 10.9 9.2 8.3 8.0 8.9

9th 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 221° 214° 235° 218° 196°
February 207° 247° 224° 144° 219°
March 215° 110° 251° 193°
April 074° 006° 319° 031°
May 018° 253° 229° 349°
June 019° 262° 284° 236°
July 229° 288° 243° 249°
August 237° 347° 252° 218°
September 182° 225° 213° 213°
October 203° 185° 191° 197°
November 209° 183° 216° 185°
December 216° 145° 191° 175°

Prevailing wind direction

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