Guernsey Airport

EGJB · St Peter Port, Guernsey

Climate Guernsey Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Guernsey Airport (EGJB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 56.2 63 57 52 57 52
February 64.1 40 60 63 77 63
March 68.5 76 62 77 84 69
April 80.2 73 87 91 84
May 80.7 75 85 88 86
June 76.8 75 86 67 86
July 80.7 78 89 72 70
August 77.9 73 77 75 81
September 79.9 88 88 78 78
October 74.2 80 77 79 71
November 71.5 66 82 64 78
December 62.5 61 64 54 73
Average 72.8 60.9 71.9 79.4 74.9 75.6

1st best VFR conditions of Guernsey

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 82.7 87 87 82 81 79
February 81.8 68 82 80 93 81
March 85.9 89 90 91 94 83
April 90.5 84 93 100 90
May 87.8 90 91 93 90
June 85.3 83 95 77 91
July 87.1 86 94 80 77
August 87.2 83 86 87 90
September 89.7 96 91 90 91
October 86.1 88 88 89 89
November 90.7 88 96 95 90
December 82.8 89 95 73 88
Average 86.2 81.8 86.9 90.3 87.5 86.6

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 8.9 9 9 9 8 10
February 9.4 11 9 10 9 10
March 10.5 11 11 12 11 10
April 12.6 12 13 11 15
May 15.2 15 16 14 16
June 18.3 20 19 18 18
July 20.2 19 22 20 19
August 19.9 19 22 18 21
September 18.6 21 19 19 19
October 15.6 17 17 16 14
November 12.1 12 13 12 13
December 10.1 11 8 11 10
Average 13.8 10.1 14.6 15.2 13.7 14.5

1st highest temperature of Guernsey

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 5.8 5 6 6 5 7
February 6.1 8 6 7 5 7
March 6.7 7 7 7 6 6
April 7.4 7 7 5 9
May 9.8 10 10 8 10
June 12.6 14 13 12 12
July 14.4 14 15 14 13
August 14.8 15 16 14 15
September 13.8 15 14 14 14
October 11.8 13 13 12 11
November 8.9 9 10 9 10
December 7.2 9 4 8 7
Average 9.5 6.7 10.4 10.4 9.4 10.0

1st lowest temperature of Guernsey

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 19.6 14 21 16 28 18
February 18.0 31 12 19 14 26
March 14.7 12 18 11 9 15
April 9.4 16 8 3 6
May 7.1 6 4 15 4
June 9.5 4 7 13 12
July 6.8 12 2 10 7
August 8.0 12 7 7 5
September 8.5 5 11 4 6
October 15.4 13 10 10 24
November 16.4 25 16 13 14
December 20.4 18 17 16 22
Average 12.5 18.2 12.3 9.2 11.1 11.9

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 12.2 12 13 10 12 13
February 13.6 14 10 16 13 18
March 12.4 12 13 11 11 14
April 10.0 11 11 10 10
May 9.9 10 9 13 10
June 9.5 10 10 7 10
July 9.8 12 9 10 11
August 10.0 11 9 10 11
September 10.5 9 10 9 10
October 12.0 12 12 12 15
November 13.0 15 15 10 13
December 13.9 16 9 15 14
Average 11.3 12.8 11.4 10.6 10.6 11.8

1st highest wind speed of Guernsey

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° 261° 258° 265° 218°
February 242° 351° 248° 146° 245°
March 210° 226° 102° 258° 308°
April 260° 036° 042° 075°
May 027° 274° 244° 037°
June 024° 264° 345° 250°
July 243° 293° 254° 266°
August 261° 001° 266° 252°
September 209° 274° 278° 295°
October 214° 197° 233° 241°
November 266° 231° 321° 214°
December 246° 101° 232° 249°

Prevailing wind direction

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