Brighton City Airport

EGKA · England, United Kingdom

Climate Brighton City Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Brighton City Airport (EGKA) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 58.6 62 70 60 62 61
February 61.1 65 51 57 74 71
March 66.6 69 58 67 78
April 78.2 83 77 88 89
May 81.6 75 86 85 89
June 83.1 95 86 91 66
July 85.0 81 85 96 78
August 82.1 86 83 80 81
September 83.5 79 90 96 78
October 76.9 74 85 94 71
November 68.1 56 75 73 65
December 58.0 48 54 66 48
Average 73.9 63.4 74.2 76.2 82.2 74.4

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 81.6 82 90 84 89 81
February 80.5 91 68 82 88 84
March 85.4 82 86 88 91
April 90.7 94 91 96 98
May 92.9 89 94 94 98
June 93.2 99 92 95 85
July 93.1 90 94 100 90
August 93.4 93 94 89 96
September 93.7 94 98 99 92
October 90.5 89 94 99 88
November 88.2 87 93 86 95
December 79.3 76 81 85 69
Average 88.9 86.3 88.5 90.8 92.6 89.8

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 7.8 6.7 8.1 8.1 8.3 6.7
February 9.0 7.7 10.9 9.5 10.5 7.5
March 10.8 11.8 9.6 11.8 10.5
April 13.3 13.5 12.5 13.9 11.1
May 16.6 17.5 16.8 16.6 14.4
June 19.8 19.5 22.0 19.5 19.0
July 21.3 20.5 20.3 22.6 20.6
August 21.1 21.1 20.6 23.5 19.8
September 19.3 18.6 21.8 18.8 20.5
October 15.9 15.6 17.1 17.6 16.1
November 11.4 10.9 11.5 13.1 10.8
December 9.0 8.9 10.5 5.0 9.5
Average 13.9 7.2 14.8 15.1 15.4 14.0

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 3.6 3.2 4.4 3.9 3.1 3.7
February 5.3 4.9 8.5 4.4 6.5 5.4
March 7.0 8.4 6.5 7.5 7.0
April 8.8 10.0 8.5 8.3 5.7
May 12.4 13.5 12.1 12.8 10.5
June 15.5 14.8 16.1 15.1 14.5
July 17.5 16.1 16.6 19.3 17.0
August 16.4 16.6 15.9 17.6 15.5
September 13.9 13.6 16.0 14.5 14.8
October 11.1 11.4 12.1 13.5 11.3
November 7.5 7.2 7.0 9.9 6.4
December 5.6 6.5 7.7 0.7 6.5
Average 9.8 4.0 10.9 10.6 11.1 9.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 12.5 11 9 13 6 18
February 14.2 10 26 6 14 13
March 12.2 17 20 9 8
April 5.7 9 12 5 2
May 5.8 8 4 10 7
June 5.6 2 3 5 11
July 6.6 13 10 1 6
August 7.6 7 10 4 8
September 7.0 13 4 7 3
October 11.2 13 9 4 10
November 11.1 7 20 17 3
December 16.0 14 25 8 14
Average 9.3 10.0 10.8 10.6 7.2 8.0

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 9.7 9 10 11 8 10
February 11.1 9 11 8 14 11
March 11.3 10 11 10 11
April 10.0 11 10 11 10
May 9.9 9 10 10 12
June 10.3 10 11 11 8
July 10.8 10 13 10 10
August 10.4 11 10 9 11
September 10.0 10 9 8 9
October 10.2 8 9 10 11
November 10.1 8 11 12 8
December 10.6 10 12 9 11
Average 10.3 9.4 9.9 10.4 10.1 10.2

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 242° 261° 251° 279° 285°
February 126° 221° 297° 239° 129°
March 205° 222° 089° 245°
April 254° 163° 011° 025°
May 222° 022° 221° 215°
June 252° 035° 206° 219°
July 235° 221° 210° 218°
August 237° 223° 209° 244°
September 314° 195° 278° 209°
October 192° 209° 210° 223°
November 004° 251° 216° 302°
December 292° 229° 005° 244°

Prevailing wind direction

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