Climate London City Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of London City Airport (EGLC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	54.8	64	56	64	41	47
February	59.6	44	57	75	63	68
March	60.6	56	55	62	65	71
April	79.1		74	90	88	84
May	80.0		71	84	78	93
June	77.2		78	90	65	83
July	83.3		83	93	77	79
August	81.5		79	87	73	77
September	78.8		76	87	68	81
October	70.1		75	84	65	66
November	62.1		70	63	65	54
December	54.1		48	63	43	49
Average	70.4	54.6	70.6	81.2	68.0	74.1

28th 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	87.7	97	95	93	73	84
February	90.1	89	91	100	85	97
March	91.1	89	91	85	93	94
April	93.8		95	98	98	95
May	95.7		94	98	96	99
June	94.5		98	97	86	98
July	97.8		98	100	96	97
August	96.5		97	96	97	93
September	95.2		94	96	91	96
October	93.6		93	98	95	96
November	88.6		94	86	96	82
December	85.5		84	83	79	85
Average	93.1	91.4	94.2	95.0	91.3	93.9

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	8.5	9	9	9	7	10
February	10.3	12	10	11	9	11
March	11.8	12	11	12	11	12
April	14.5		14	15	12	17
May	18.2		18	19	15	20
June	22.3		24	22	22	22
July	23.9		22	26	23	23
August	23.2		23	26	21	24
September	20.6		24	20	21	21
October	16.4		18	18	16	15
November	11.7		11	13	11	13
December	9.5		11	6	10	9
Average	15.3	10.9	16.0	16.6	14.8	16.4

3rd 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	3.9	4	4	4	3	6
February	5.0	7	5	6	4	6
March	6.0	7	6	6	5	6
April	6.9		6	7	4	8
May	10.2		10	11	8	10
June	13.8		14	13	14	14
July	16.0		15	16	16	15
August	15.6		15	17	14	17
September	13.3		15	13	14	13
October	10.6		11	12	11	10
November	7.0		7	9	6	8
December	5.3		7	2	6	5
Average	9.0	5.9	9.5	9.7	8.8	9.7

78th 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	12.0	6	11	6	27	9
February	14.5	16	4	11	22	20
March	13.6	12	22	13	11	9
April	7.7		12	4	4	6
May	7.9		5	11	15	2
June	7.9		3	5	15	11
July	6.6		10	0	9	8
August	8.1		7	3	10	11
September	6.7		5	8	6	4
October	13.9		10	10	10	30
November	12.6		15	19	6	10
December	15.6		18	8	17	16
Average	10.2	11.7	9.4	7.6	12.0	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	8.9	9	9	8	8	9
February	10.3	10	8	13	9	14
March	9.9	9	10	9	9	11
April	8.6		8	9	8	9
May	8.4		8	8	9	9
June	8.7		9	8	7	9
July	8.5		10	8	8	9
August	8.3		9	7	8	8
September	8.2		8	7	7	9
October	8.9		8	9	9	9
November	8.3		9	9	8	8
December	8.9		10	6	9	8
Average	8.8	9.3	8.7	8.3	8.1	9.1

3rd 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	249°	248°	252°	250°	234°
February	232°	259°	243°	164°	246°
March	189°	235°	096°	250°	220°
April		128°	066°	060°	093°
May		060°	239°	223°	096°
June		103°	207°	006°	215°
July		243°	240°	216°	257°
August		244°	131°	252°	239°
September		192°	264°	201°	264°
October		223°	212°	234°	231°
November		255°	221°	267°	227°
December		242°	348°	243°	226°

Prevailing wind direction

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