Climate Edinburgh Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Edinburgh Airport (EGPH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	69.1	74	79	69	65	69
February	68.1	66	58	74	55	72
March	70.3	58	72	79	67	85
April	78.1		73	80	88	80
May	75.3		70	82	67	81
June	73.6		78	81	78	60
July	75.8		79	87	70	69
August	75.5		87	78	71	55
September	76.8		83	86	60	69
October	75.9		67	77	73	64
November	75.6		73	79	80	63
December	70.0		58	70	55	67
Average	73.1	64.8	74.4	79.7	70.1	69.4

37th 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	92.3	92	97	97	87	96
February	92.5	87	94	96	91	91
March	91.6	88	91	94	94	94
April	92.7		94	93	97	95
May	91.6		86	95	89	99
June	90.9		97	96	95	79
July	93.2		95	99	86	95
August	90.6		97	92	89	76
September	94.7		94	95	90	100
October	93.3		83	94	94	91
November	92.8		94	93	99	83
December	92.6		94	86	83	96
Average	91.9	88.8	92.9	94.5	91.1	90.7

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	6.9	7	8	8	4	9
February	8.1	9	9	9	7	8
March	9.4	9	9	11	10	9
April	11.7		11	12	11	12
May	15.3		16	16	13	16
June	17.7		19	18	18	17
July	19.5		19	21	20	18
August	18.6		19	20	19	18
September	16.7		18	17	18	16
October	13.1		13	14	14	13
November	9.5		9	11	11	11
December	7.1		8	5	7	7
Average	12.3	8.3	13.1	13.7	12.6	12.7

71st 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	1.2	1	2	3	-1	4
February	1.8	3	3	2	1	1
March	2.2	3	2	1	3	2
April	2.8		3	4	0	3
May	6.2		7	8	5	6
June	9.7		11	9	10	10
July	11.2		11	12	12	10
August	10.9		12	11	11	12
September	8.6		10	9	10	8
October	6.4		7	8	7	6
November	3.4		3	5	4	5
December	1.5		3	-2	2	2
Average	5.1	2.3	5.9	5.9	5.3	5.7

13th 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	13.9	14	19	7	25	20
February	20.8	20	13	26	32	34
March	16.8	25	19	10	11	13
April	9.8		12	10	9	3
May	11.4		7	14	20	8
June	11.8		10	9	5	18
July	13.5		16	9	9	19
August	13.4		6	13	11	19
September	12.2		16	11	8	10
October	19.9		24	22	27	24
November	17.1		16	22	9	15
December	21.1		30	13	22	23
Average	15.0	20.2	14.4	13.0	14.0	16.2

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	9.3	9	10	11	7	14
February	11.3	11	10	14	12	14
March	10.0	10	8	8	11	11
April	9.0		8	9	7	10
May	8.4		7	10	7	9
June	8.8		8	10	9	8
July	8.1		9	9	6	9
August	8.4		8	9	7	8
September	8.6		9	8	8	9
October	9.8		10	11	9	8
November	8.2		6	9	9	9
December	8.3		10	6	8	7
Average	9.0	9.9	8.4	9.3	8.0	9.5

71st 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°	239°	240°	249°	228°
February	242°	248°	245°	164°	234°
March	110°	231°	154°	239°	231°
April		065°	036°	341°	038°
May		004°	242°	054°	263°
June		061°	230°	248°	076°
July		250°	252°	008°	254°
August		241°	252°	226°	069°
September		237°	309°	238°	238°
October		230°	227°	233°	241°
November		265°	210°	251°	228°
December		238°	232°	231°	225°

Prevailing wind direction

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