Mönchengladbach Airport

EDLN · North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Climate Mönchengladbach Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mönchengladbach Airport (EDLN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 49.7 56 39 36 51 51
February 65.3 59 52 67 77 69
March 75.4 73 65 89 82 81
April 82.0 82 70 83 78 96
May 85.4 75 86 93 83 97
June 88.7 83 96 96 79 88
July 86.1 87 84 91 77 85
August 86.3 86 78 90 79 92
September 84.6 89 88 84 85
October 78.7 82 88 79 79
November 65.0 65 79 51 72
December 50.1 42 40 53 59
Average 77.8 77.2 74.3 82.6 74.8 82.2

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 78.9 85 85 67 76 81
February 89.8 89 88 93 90 94
March 91.4 92 88 93 93 97
April 95.0 98 92 96 94 99
May 94.7 87 95 98 95 100
June 96.4 94 98 99 92 97
July 96.3 97 96 98 91 97
August 95.4 95 94 98 93 98
September 94.3 96 98 94 95
October 94.7 95 97 93 98
November 86.2 89 92 76 91
December 77.2 75 69 76 85
Average 92.2 92.7 92.0 93.7 89.9 95.1

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 8 7 5 8
February 8.9 11 9 10 8 10
March 11.6 13 11 13 11 11
April 15.0 15 14 14 12 18
May 19.5 21 19 21 16 19
June 23.8 21 26 24 24 23
July 24.4 24 24 25 23 23
August 24.6 25 23 27 21 27
September 20.8 24 20 21 22
October 16.4 17 18 16 15
November 10.3 10 12 9 12
December 7.2 9 3 8 8
Average 16.0 17.1 16.1 16.5 14.6 16.2

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 1.8 1 3 2 1 3
February 2.4 6 2 3 1 4
March 3.5 6 4 1 2 3
April 5.2 7 4 5 2 5
May 9.3 11 9 9 6 6
June 13.4 12 13 11 14 13
July 14.3 14 13 13 14 12
August 14.4 15 14 14 13 16
September 10.7 12 10 11 10
October 8.9 10 9 7 9
November 4.4 5 5 3 5
December 2.8 5 -2 3 2
Average 7.7 9.0 7.8 7.0 6.2 7.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 15.8 16 20 15 20 10
February 14.1 20 11 21 17 19
March 12.4 11 23 4 9 9
April 7.4 13 11 9 10 2
May 6.4 10 3 5 12 2
June 4.0 7 1 5 4 5
July 5.5 7 7 3 10 7
August 4.6 4 10 1 8 3
September 7.0 4 13 4 7
October 10.3 12 7 12 15
November 12.2 21 8 14 3
December 19.0 20 10 12 27
Average 8.8 10.0 10.4 7.4 10.1 7.7

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 7.0 7 8 6 7 7
February 7.9 7 7 11 7 11
March 7.5 7 8 6 8 9
April 6.7 7 7 8 7 6
May 5.9 5 6 5 7 6
June 5.7 5 6 5 5 6
July 5.8 5 6 6 6 6
August 5.4 5 5 5 6 6
September 5.2 5 5 5 5
October 6.4 6 5 6 7
November 6.2 7 7 5 6
December 6.7 8 5 6 7
Average 6.3 5.9 6.4 6.1 6.1 6.6

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 227° 220° 238° 240° 212°
February 207° 260° 226° 136° 228°
March 181° 222° 090° 268° 201°
April 235° 035° 357° 316° 035°
May 241° 006° 265° 232° 352°
June 270° 006° 287° 301° 247°
July 238° 231° 300° 270° 271°
August 229° 249° 341° 270° 234°
September 157° 231° 217° 241°
October 196° 179° 197° 211°
November 210° 177° 227° 192°
December 219° 112° 197° 184°

Prevailing wind direction

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