Climate Kittilä Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kittilä Airport (EFKT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	54.5	66	54	67	38	55
February	55.3	31	59	46	65	60
March	70.4	56	74	69	70	76
April	79.9		89	78	83	72
May	80.9		89	81	60	89
June			0	0	0	0
July	75.2		46	69	86	77
August	70.6		68	78	71	80
September	56.8		58	52	62	65
October	45.2		58	53	32	34
November	40.0		50	23	52	47
December	40.4		43	19	48	30
Average	65.3	49.2	68.6	66.3	65.6	70.2

21st best VFR conditions of Finland

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	71.8	79	61	80	65	82
February	70.0	56	68	61	79	65
March	81.7	73	81	79	84	84
April	91.5		93	89	93	91
May	90.3		94	90	77	93
June			0	0	0	0
July	90.3		76	85	98	86
August	86.2		80	88	90	91
September	78.2		70	82	90	77
October	63.2		77	65	57	49
November	46.9		56	31	58	55
December	63.0		81	67	57	40
Average	79.9	68.6	79.7	79.9	82.5	81.0

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	-8.2	-11	-5	-7	-11	-5
February	-8.9	-8	-5	-7	-9	-5
March	-3.9	-1	-5	1	-2	-1
April	3.6		5	4	4	1
May	9.6		12	11	7	8
June	16.6		18	18	19	19
July	19.3		18	19	21	18
August	16.7		18	18	16	17
September	10.8		13	10	9	12
October	2.2		0	4	3	4
November	-4.5		-8	-4	-4	1
December	-7.6		-9	-9	-9	-3
Average	3.1	-7.6	4.4	5.2	3.7	5.4

23rd highest temperature of Finland

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	-17.7	-19	-12	-16	-18	-14
February	-16.4	-13	-13	-15	-16	-15
March	-12.1	-9	-18	-8	-10	-10
April	-6.7		-6	-5	-4	-6
May	0.6		2	1	0	0
June	6.9		6	7	9	9
July	9.4		8	8	11	10
August	7.5		9	7	6	8
September	3.1		5	3	2	3
October	-4.8		-6	-2	-2	1
November	-10.6		-15	-9	-11	-4
December	-14.4		-15	-17	-16	-8
Average	-6.9	-14.4	-5.4	-4.7	-4.0	-3.8

2nd lowest temperature of Finland

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	39.5	26	21	28	66	30
February	33.2	45	31	29	39	29
March	22.3	21	27	12	24	19
April	16.0		10	19	16	25
May	12.5		10	16	25	10
June			0	0	0	0
July	10.0		16	14	9	11
August	12.9		21	11	11	9
September	15.5		22	15	18	11
October	25.5		26	21	40	28
November	34.4		37	47	32	30
December	55.4		71	81	52	45
Average	20.0	29.5	20.0	18.3	22.7	17.3

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	5.4	6	7	7	5	5
February	6.2	7	7	7	7	6
March	7.3	6	5	8	9	9
April	7.1		6	7	8	10
May	7.2		8	8	7	6
June			0	0	0	0
July	6.3		6	6	7	7
August	6.4		5	7	6	6
September	6.9		7	7	7	7
October	6.0		6	6	8	6
November	5.4		4	5	5	9
December	5.6		5	4	5	7
Average	6.6	6.5	6.2	6.9	7.0	7.1

23rd highest wind speed of Finland

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	222°	205°	246°	059°	161°
February	178°	235°	171°	201°	210°
March	231°	344°	250°	256°	250°
April		157°	341°	313°	343°
May		243°	268°	039°	248°
June		360°	360°	360°	360°
July		036°	018°	281°	137°
August		131°	217°	054°	245°
September		215°	030°	220°	208°
October		340°	219°	148°	100°
November		058°	184°	212°	204°
December		166°	045°	059°	187°

Prevailing wind direction

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