Mariehamn Airport

EFMA · Mariehamns stad, Åland

Climate Mariehamn Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mariehamn Airport (EFMA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 40.3 40 37 43 24 63
February 52.7 39 46 55 50 69
March 65.6 48 52 85 68 76
April 81.7 81 86 77 90
May 85.9 93 89 71 85
June 92.0 98 93 95 91
July 85.1 83 82 93 80
August 80.8 65 91 70 88
September 71.4 66 76 71 67
October 56.0 61 61 44 52
November 38.4 32 24 52 43
December 36.3 27 47 54 8
Average 69.0 43.2 69.2 76.5 70.0 74.2

1st best VFR conditions of Åland

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 68.5 60 56 63 65 86
February 74.6 58 70 80 80 82
March 78.9 58 71 97 84 84
April 90.4 86 92 91 96
May 90.5 95 95 78 90
June 94.7 99 95 95 94
July 95.1 95 97 97 94
August 91.5 86 97 90 94
September 88.8 79 98 85 81
October 79.6 86 79 67 76
November 72.9 68 74 88 70
December 68.2 64 79 70 52
Average 83.1 58.6 83.8 90.4 85.0 86.7

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 1.6 -1 3 2 1 6
February 1.3 0 2 2 0 4
March 3.6 4 2 6 5 5
April 7.8 8 7 8 8
May 12.9 13 13 12 11
June 19.1 20 20 20 21
July 20.4 19 20 23 19
August 19.7 19 22 18 21
September 15.4 17 14 14 17
October 9.9 8 12 11 11
November 5.8 3 6 6 8
December 2.2 0 -1 0 5
Average 9.0 0.9 9.5 10.5 9.8 11.2

1st highest temperature of Åland

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 -3.1 -7 -2 -2 -3 2
February -5.8 -3 -4 -2 -9 -2
March -4.6 -2 -7 -4 -2 -1
April -2.9 -1 -2 -1 0
May 3.2 3 3 4 2
June 8.8 7 10 11 9
July 11.1 12 11 12 10
August 11.4 14 13 11 10
September 7.9 10 5 6 9
October 4.2 3 5 6 6
November 1.5 0 3 -1 4
December -3.8 -5 -8 -6 2
Average 2.1 -4.0 2.3 3.0 2.3 4.1

1st lowest temperature of Åland

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 24.4 37 27 28 33 7
February 19.9 30 21 22 20 7
March 15.4 14 29 4 13 11
April 7.5 7 8 12 5
May 7.7 6 8 15 6
June 4.4 4 4 3 3
July 5.6 9 4 5 7
August 7.2 11 4 12 4
September 7.7 6 10 5 6
October 15.5 12 9 15 17
November 20.5 34 21 13 19
December 25.5 31 14 26 32
Average 12.5 24.7 13.2 9.1 12.0 8.3

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 8.4 10 9 10 7 9
February 8.7 9 9 10 7 11
March 8.7 8 8 8 10 11
April 8.4 8 8 9 10
May 7.7 8 8 8 8
June 7.4 7 8 7 7
July 7.3 8 8 7 8
August 8.1 8 8 8 8
September 7.8 9 7 8 8
October 8.5 9 8 11 9
November 7.7 6 8 8 9
December 7.7 7 5 8 9
Average 8.1 8.7 8.0 8.0 8.1 8.7

1st highest wind speed of Åland

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 205° 191° 296° 040° 229°
February 177° 290° 234° 308° 222°
March 138° 283° 255° 290° 231°
April 044° 317° 310° 313°
May 210° 252° 129° 317°
June 309° 200° 197° 149°
July 204° 242° 194° 211°
August 165° 172° 245° 197°
September 202° 047° 140° 220°
October 320° 222° 203° 177°
November 043° 124° 249° 205°
December 017° 027° 313° 159°

Prevailing wind direction

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