Climate London Biggin Hill Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of London Biggin Hill Airport (EGKB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	53.5	61	60	59	38	45
February	61.6	49	62	74	60	68
March	61.8	64	50	64	63	73
April	79.4		79	87	85	84
May	80.4		76	86	80	94
June	80.1		83	90	65	83
July	85.8		87	96	81	79
August	82.7		82	88	76	76
September	80.5		78	86	71	85
October	73.0		78	91	72	67
November	62.7		70	65	61	63
December	53.5		46	53	41	48
Average	71.7	58.5	72.8	81.0	68.4	74.6

29th 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	74.7	85	80	82	54	70
February	79.0	70	86	94	73	82
March	80.6	81	76	74	88	88
April	89.6		90	95	97	93
May	91.2		88	94	96	99
June	90.6		94	93	79	93
July	93.4		94	99	91	89
August	91.6		92	92	93	86
September	90.6		90	91	87	93
October	84.1		83	95	87	81
November	78.9		82	76	90	78
December	72.4		71	70	66	65
Average	85.2	78.5	86.5	89.8	84.9	86.3

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	6.6	6	7	7	5	8
February	8.3	10	9	9	7	9
March	9.9	11	9	11	10	9
April	12.9		12	13	10	15
May	16.5		16	17	14	18
June	20.3		22	20	20	19
July	22.0		20	24	21	20
August	21.1		20	24	19	22
September	18.6		22	18	20	19
October	14.4		16	16	15	13
November	9.9		10	12	9	11
December	7.6		9	4	8	7
Average	13.4	8.9	14.3	14.9	13.0	14.0

48th 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	2.8	3	3	3	2	5
February	3.9	6	4	5	3	4
March	4.9	6	5	5	5	3
April	5.9		6	6	3	6
May	9.6		9	11	8	10
June	13.2		14	13	14	13
July	14.9		14	16	15	14
August	14.3		14	16	13	15
September	11.8		14	12	13	11
October	9.1		10	11	10	8
November	5.8		6	8	5	6
December	4.3		6	1	5	4
Average	8.0	4.8	8.7	9.0	7.9	8.1

73rd 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	14.6	10	16	8	27	16
February	17.9	25	9	13	20	25
March	14.0	16	27	10	10	8
April	6.9		13	4	4	5
May	6.8		5	8	12	1
June	7.3		3	5	12	10
July	7.3		12	2	9	8
August	7.9		9	5	8	9
September	6.2		6	9	4	3
October	11.9		10	8	9	25
November	15.0		22	20	7	11
December	16.3		24	8	17	17
Average	11.0	17.2	12.2	7.6	10.7	10.5

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	9.4	10	11	8	9	11
February	11.0	10	8	13	11	15
March	10.4	9	11	9	10	12
April	8.8		9	9	9	9
May	8.5		9	8	10	9
June	8.5		9	9	7	9
July	8.4		10	8	8	9
August	8.3		8	8	9	9
September	8.3		7	8	8	9
October	9.5		8	10	10	10
November	9.1		9	11	8	9
December	9.9		10	7	10	10
Average	9.1	9.6	8.9	8.9	8.9	9.8

48th 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	237°	237°	248°	251°	217°
February	222°	257°	232°	168°	230°
March	190°	222°	106°	249°	195°
April		130°	046°	037°	079°
May		033°	226°	216°	045°
June		076°	199°	019°	202°
July		226°	225°	212°	243°
August		231°	120°	245°	218°
September		193°	247°	189°	261°
October		205°	200°	215°	216°
November		245°	206°	283°	207°
December		225°	054°	222°	208°

Prevailing wind direction

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