Statistics Mönchengladbach Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mönchengladbach Airport (EDLN) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	48.8	39	36	51	51	44
February	66.3	52	67	77	69	77
March	75.7	65	89	82	81	68
April	82.0	70	83	78	96	86
May	87.0	86	93	83	97	75
June	89.5	96	96	79	88	93
July	86.0	84	91	77	85	85
August	86.3	78	90	79	92	91
September	84.6	89	88	84	85	86
October	78.7	82	88	79	79	74
November	64.9		79	51	72	65
December	51.8		40	53	59	66
Average	78.3	77.0	82.6	74.8	82.2	78.1

16th 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	77.9	85	67	76	81	70
February	89.8	88	93	90	94	93
March	91.3	88	93	93	97	91
April	94.6	92	96	94	99	96
May	95.8	95	98	95	100	91
June	96.8	98	99	92	97	97
July	96.2	96	98	91	97	97
August	95.6	94	98	93	98	97
September	94.3	96	98	94	95	97
October	94.7	95	97	93	98	92
November	85.7		92	76	91	88
December	77.6		69	76	85	88
Average	92.4	93.3	93.7	89.9	95.1	92.4

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	6.2	8	7	5	8	5
February	8.6	9	10	8	10	11
March	11.4	11	13	11	11	12
April	14.9	14	14	12	18	16
May	19.4	19	21	16	19	17
June	24.1	26	24	24	23	25
July	24.5	24	25	23	23	25
August	24.5	23	27	21	27	25
September	20.8	24	20	21	22	20
October	16.4	17	18	16	15	16
November	10.3		12	9	12	9
December	6.9		3	8	8	8
Average	16.0	17.4	16.5	14.6	16.2	15.8

11th 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	3	2	1	3	1
February	1.9	2	3	1	4	3
March	3.1	4	1	2	3	4
April	4.9	4	5	2	5	5
May	9.0	9	9	6	6	7
June	13.7	13	11	14	13	13
July	14.3	13	13	14	12	13
August	14.4	14	14	13	16	13
September	10.7	12	10	11	10	10
October	8.9	10	9	7	9	9
November	4.2		5	3	5	3
December	2.5		-2	3	2	3
Average	7.7	8.4	7.0	6.2	7.2	7.0

34th 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	15.7	20	15	20	10	24
February	13.3	11	21	17	19	7
March	12.5	23	4	9	9	17
April	6.5	11	9	10	2	6
May	5.8	3	5	12	2	6
June	3.6	1	5	4	5	2
July	5.3	7	3	10	7	3
August	4.7	10	1	8	3	3
September	7.0	4	13	4	7	8
October	10.3	12	7	12	15	16
November	10.7		8	14	3	16
December	18.8		10	12	27	19
Average	8.4	9.1	7.4	10.1	7.7	9.1

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	7.0	8	6	7	7	8
February	8.0	7	11	7	11	6
March	7.6	8	6	8	9	9
April	6.6	7	8	7	6	6
May	6.1	6	5	7	6	6
June	5.7	6	5	5	6	6
July	5.9	6	6	6	6	6
August	5.5	5	5	6	6	6
September	5.2	5	5	5	5	6
October	6.4	6	5	6	7	7
November	6.0		7	5	6	6
December	6.4		5	6	7	7
Average	6.3	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.6	6.3

11th 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	220°	238°	240°	212°	267°
February	260°	226°	136°	228°	197°
March	222°	090°	268°	201°	246°
April	035°	357°	316°	035°	084°
May	006°	265°	232°	352°	306°
June	006°	287°	301°	247°	215°
July	231°	300°	270°	271°	297°
August	249°	341°	270°	234°	234°
September	157°	231°	217°	241°	253°
October	196°	179°	197°	211°	202°
November		177°	227°	192°	176°
December		112°	197°	184°	202°

Prevailing wind direction

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