London Gatwick Airport

EGKK · England, United Kingdom

Climate London Gatwick Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of London Gatwick Airport (EGKK) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 54.9 53 68 59 58 42
February 58.7 58 43 57 74 59
March 64.1 80 62 53 64 67
April 78.4 75 76 88 87
May 80.4 70 78 89 78
June 79.8 91 83 89 67
July 83.5 77 85 96 76
August 82.1 80 83 87 77
September 79.4 69 83 88 69
October 73.2 69 79 92 75
November 62.0 51 73 68 64
December 48.8 30 44 60 38
Average 72.1 65.4 68.6 73.5 82.3 68.9

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 80.5 80 90 89 89 68
February 82.2 87 73 85 96 80
March 87.1 92 88 81 85 91
April 92.4 93 92 97 98
May 93.3 90 92 97 96
June 94.0 99 93 96 85
July 94.0 91 95 100 91
August 94.3 92 96 97 94
September 93.3 91 96 96 88
October 87.5 86 91 98 89
November 83.6 80 92 84 91
December 77.8 71 79 79 67
Average 89.3 87.2 88.3 90.8 94.2 87.8

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 6.9 8.0 8.3 8.3 6.5
February 9.4 7.9 11.1 9.9 10.6 8.1
March 11.4 13.0 11.6 10.1 12.4 11.0
April 14.2 13.5 13.3 14.5 11.8
May 17.8 18.0 17.5 18.1 15.0
June 21.2 19.8 23.6 20.6 21.1
July 22.8 21.6 20.8 25.0 22.3
August 22.3 22.8 21.3 25.3 20.1
September 19.8 18.6 23.0 19.1 20.8
October 15.7 15.5 16.8 17.1 15.9
November 11.2 10.8 11.0 12.9 10.6
December 9.0 9.5 10.0 5.5 9.5
Average 14.6 9.3 15.1 15.5 16.1 14.4

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 1.7 0.7 1.8 2.5 1.5 1.1
February 3.0 2.1 5.9 2.3 4.0 2.7
March 4.0 2.5 5.2 5.0 3.7 2.5
April 5.0 6.7 4.5 5.0 1.3
May 8.2 10.0 8.1 9.0 6.2
June 11.7 10.3 12.5 10.8 12.5
July 13.6 13.0 13.1 13.8 14.0
August 13.4 13.5 13.4 14.5 12.8
September 10.9 11.0 13.1 11.0 11.9
October 8.4 8.5 9.4 9.0 8.5
November 4.8 5.0 4.5 6.5 4.4
December 3.8 5.2 5.7 -1.6 5.4
Average 6.8 1.7 8.0 7.9 7.6 7.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 15.6 19 11 15 6 29
February 17.3 17 25 4 14 24
March 12.9 2 17 27 10 10
April 7.4 10 14 5 3
May 7.3 11 4 7 14
June 6.9 4 2 5 14
July 7.8 9 12 2 11
August 7.8 7 7 5 8
September 8.1 12 5 8 8
October 13.6 13 12 8 12
November 14.3 9 22 22 6
December 16.7 13 25 9 16
Average 10.6 11.5 10.8 11.3 7.5 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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 7.9 7 9 9 6 8
February 9.2 8 9 7 12 9
March 9.1 7 8 10 8 9
April 8.2 10 8 9 8
May 7.6 7 9 7 9
June 7.5 7 8 7 6
July 7.3 7 9 7 7
August 7.4 8 8 7 8
September 7.4 8 7 7 7
October 7.5 6 7 7 8
November 7.5 7 9 8 7
December 8.2 9 10 6 8
Average 7.8 7.3 7.9 8.1 7.6 7.6

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 232° 261° 248° 263° 273°
February 122° 233° 280° 240° 146°
March 049° 197° 234° 085° 261°
April 251° 056° 028° 035°
May 243° 033° 234° 230°
June 265° 059° 208° 358°
July 235° 233° 241° 232°
August 228° 241° 076° 260°
September 307° 193° 294° 197°
October 188° 215° 209° 228°
November 261° 256° 216° 291°
December 265° 235° 019° 243°

Prevailing wind direction

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