Climate London Gatwick Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of London Gatwick Airport (EGKK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	55.2	68	59	58	42	47
February	58.8	43	57	74	59	65
March	62.1	62	53	64	67	74
April	78.9		76	88	87	83
May	81.9		78	89	78	94
June	78.2		83	89	67	83
July	84.4		85	96	76	81
August	82.4		83	87	77	77
September	80.8		83	88	69	84
October	73.8		79	92	75	69
November	63.7		73	68	64	55
December	51.6		44	60	38	52
Average	71.6	57.7	73.5	82.3	68.9	75.0

13th 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	80.6	90	89	89	68	75
February	81.6	73	85	96	80	85
March	86.4	88	81	85	91	89
April	92.3		92	97	98	93
May	93.8		92	97	96	100
June	93.3		93	96	85	97
July	94.5		95	100	91	92
August	94.7		96	97	94	91
September	93.7		96	96	88	95
October	87.7		91	98	89	83
November	84.0		92	84	91	78
December	79.0		79	79	67	78
Average	89.0	83.8	90.8	94.2	87.8	89.6

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	7.9	8	8	8	7	9
February	9.6	11	10	11	8	10
March	11.2	12	10	12	11	11
April	14.3		13	15	12	17
May	17.7		18	18	15	19
June	21.4		24	21	21	21
July	23.0		21	25	22	22
August	22.3		21	25	20	24
September	19.9		23	19	21	20
October	15.7		17	17	16	14
November	11.2		11	13	11	13
December	8.9		10	6	10	8
Average	14.7	10.2	15.5	16.1	14.4	15.6

12th 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	1.8	2	3	2	1	4
February	3.1	6	2	4	3	4
March	4.2	5	5	4	3	4
April	4.7		5	5	1	6
May	8.0		8	9	6	8
June	11.9		13	11	13	12
July	13.7		13	14	14	13
August	13.4		13	15	13	15
September	10.9		13	11	12	10
October	8.4		9	9	9	8
November	4.8		5	7	4	6
December	3.6		6	0	5	4
Average	7.0	4.2	7.9	7.6	7.0	7.6

54th 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	15.2	11	15	6	29	16
February	17.4	25	4	14	24	26
March	14.2	17	27	10	10	9
April	7.2		14	5	3	5
May	6.8		4	7	14	1
June	7.4		2	5	14	11
July	7.6		12	2	11	8
August	7.9		7	5	8	8
September	7.6		5	8	8	4
October	13.7		12	8	12	28
November	15.1		22	22	6	15
December	17.3		25	9	16	21
Average	11.3	17.5	11.3	7.5	11.9	11.3

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	8.0	9	9	6	8	8
February	9.4	9	7	12	9	12
March	9.3	8	10	8	9	11
April	7.9		8	9	8	8
May	7.7		9	7	9	8
June	7.5		8	7	6	8
July	7.3		9	7	7	8
August	7.3		8	7	8	8
September	7.3		7	7	7	8
October	7.7		7	7	8	8
November	7.5		9	8	7	7
December	8.2		10	6	8	8
Average	8.0	8.7	8.1	7.6	7.6	8.4

12th 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	261°	248°	263°	273°	223°
February	233°	280°	240°	146°	239°
March	197°	234°	085°	261°	009°
April		056°	028°	035°	068°
May		033°	234°	230°	042°
June		059°	208°	358°	213°
July		233°	241°	232°	247°
August		241°	076°	260°	235°
September		193°	294°	197°	291°
October		215°	209°	228°	231°
November		256°	216°	291°	222°
December		235°	019°	243°	222°

Prevailing wind direction

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