London Luton Airport

EGGW · England, United Kingdom

Climate London Luton Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of London Luton Airport (EGGW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 46.1 57 53 56 32 39
February 49.9 36 53 63 52 57
March 51.9 42 59 57 61
April 70.9 63 81 81 78
May 70.9 62 76 66 93
June 68.8 73 84 60 72
July 75.9 76 84 68 69
August 72.4 72 82 55 64
September 69.9 69 75 61 75
October 57.8 59 69 52 51
November 46.4 54 44 46 43
December 39.9 35 43 24 37
Average 60.8 45.7 61.5 71.8 57.2 65.1

78th best VFR conditions of United Kingdom

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 73.1 82 78 84 59 72
February 78.5 65 82 93 81 86
March 78.8 71 74 84 90
April 87.3 87 94 96 92
May 87.8 82 93 88 98
June 85.5 93 91 76 90
July 91.2 92 98 87 90
August 88.5 89 95 85 79
September 88.0 88 89 81 90
October 81.1 79 88 81 78
November 72.9 78 73 82 65
December 65.9 67 61 60 57
Average 82.0 72.7 83.6 88.2 81.4 84.4

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 6.7 7 8 7 5 8
February 8.6 10 9 10 7 9
March 10.3 9 11 10 10
April 13.5 13 14 11 16
May 16.9 16 18 14 18
June 20.8 23 21 20 20
July 22.7 21 25 22 21
August 21.9 21 25 20 23
September 19.2 22 19 20 19
October 14.7 16 16 15 13
November 9.9 10 11 10 11
December 7.5 9 4 9 7
Average 13.7 8.2 14.7 15.4 13.6 14.6

35th highest temperature of United Kingdom

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 1.7 2 2 2 1 4
February 2.7 4 3 4 2 3
March 3.6 4 4 4 3
April 4.2 4 5 1 5
May 7.5 7 9 6 7
June 11.0 11 10 12 11
July 13.1 13 14 13 12
August 12.8 12 14 12 14
September 10.7 13 11 12 10
October 8.2 9 9 9 8
November 4.6 4 6 4 6
December 3.2 5 -1 5 3
Average 6.5 2.8 7.2 7.4 6.7 6.9

49th lowest temperature of United Kingdom

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.9 7 12 9 23 8
February 14.5 19 3 15 16 21
March 14.4 26 13 10 9
April 7.3 12 3 4 9
May 7.9 5 9 16 1
June 7.9 2 7 11 10
July 7.4 13 1 9 8
August 8.0 9 2 7 11
September 7.2 5 7 6 6
October 12.1 10 8 9 24
November 11.6 17 16 7 11
December 15.0 21 7 17 17
Average 10.3 13.6 10.5 7.4 10.5 10.4

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 10.0 11 11 9 10 10
February 11.5 11 10 15 10 16
March 10.9 11 9 11 12
April 9.1 9 10 9 8
May 8.7 9 9 9 9
June 8.6 9 8 8 9
July 8.7 11 9 7 10
August 8.8 9 8 9 9
September 8.9 8 8 8 10
October 9.8 8 9 10 10
November 9.6 11 10 10 9
December 10.3 12 7 10 9
Average 9.6 10.9 9.6 9.1 9.0 10.0

35th highest wind speed of United Kingdom

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 256° 251° 264° 274° 229°
February 235° 268° 246° 166° 240°
March 233° 099° 263° 273°
April 066° 357° 019° 078°
May 023° 248° 234° 314°
June 042° 238° 352° 226°
July 240° 260° 270° 258°
August 251° 329° 269° 258°
September 207° 300° 235° 285°
October 215° 210° 232° 237°
November 262° 216° 285° 221°
December 241° 345° 237° 227°

Prevailing wind direction

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