Climate Maastricht-Aachen Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Maastricht-Aachen Airport (EHBK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	36.8	46	28	26	32	36
February	58.7	45	49	57	72	56
March	69.2	70	57	87	72	73
April	79.2		69	81	73	90
May	82.3		78	90	77	95
June	84.0		92	90	74	84
July	81.7		77	87	76	77
August	79.9		73	89	66	87
September	79.6		85	81	78	81
October	68.5		76	83	73	57
November	57.1		49	72	40	71
December	38.8		30	34	34	51
Average	69.5	55.2	67.3	78.1	66.7	74.8

9th best VFR conditions of Netherlands

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	69.7	77	74	62	58	74
February	84.6	77	80	90	87	90
March	89.9	93	88	95	89	91
April	93.2		88	96	90	99
May	94.4		91	97	96	100
June	95.0		97	97	90	97
July	94.3		95	97	90	93
August	93.0		90	96	89	97
September	93.6		94	94	94	96
October	93.0		95	95	94	94
November	82.9		85	90	70	91
December	73.8		75	56	68	83
Average	88.9	83.0	89.0	91.7	86.4	93.2

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	5.7	6	7	6	5	8
February	8.7	10	9	9	9	10
March	11.5	13	11	13	11	11
April	14.7		13	14	11	18
May	19.1		19	21	16	20
June	23.8		26	23	24	22
July	24.1		23	25	22	23
August	23.9		22	27	21	27
September	20.5		24	19	21	22
October	16.1		17	18	15	14
November	10.0		10	12	9	12
December	7.1		8	3	7	8
Average	14.7	9.4	15.5	16.4	14.2	16.0

3rd highest temperature of Netherlands

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	3	2	1	3
February	2.3	6	2	3	2	4
March	3.6	6	4	2	3	3
April	4.7		4	5	2	6
May	8.5		9	10	7	7
June	13.4		14	13	14	13
July	13.9		14	14	14	13
August	14.3		14	15	13	16
September	11.1		13	11	12	11
October	9.2		10	11	8	9
November	4.6		5	7	3	6
December	2.9		5	-2	3	3
Average	7.0	4.0	8.1	7.7	6.8	7.7

10th lowest temperature of Netherlands

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	21.4	23	32	15	22	15
February	18.3	28	16	27	8	27
March	18.6	18	35	4	17	17
April	12.3		20	11	17	5
May	11.7		8	8	27	8
June	9.0		2	12	12	14
July	11.2		18	4	22	17
August	13.4		21	5	24	9
September	14.6		7	29	9	11
October	18.2		18	13	17	22
November	17.8		29	11	17	8
December	22.8		29	16	18	24
Average	15.7	22.4	18.0	11.8	17.7	13.8

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	9.8	11	12	8	9	11
February	11.1	12	8	14	11	15
March	9.7	9	11	7	9	11
April	8.1		9	9	7	8
May	7.5		8	7	10	8
June	7.4		7	7	6	8
July	7.2		9	6	7	7
August	7.0		7	7	7	7
September	7.3		7	7	7	7
October	9.5		10	9	10	11
November	9.0		12	10	8	9
December	9.9		12	6	9	10
Average	8.6	10.4	8.9	7.8	8.2	8.9

3rd highest wind speed of Netherlands

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	224°	222°	232°	224°	214°
February	215°	256°	227°	168°	223°
March	205°	224°	083°	247°	191°
April		042°	038°	349°	075°
May		027°	256°	225°	021°
June		049°	245°	281°	228°
July		231°	281°	243°	243°
August		236°	022°	252°	222°
September		199°	224°	194°	225°
October		208°	208°	206°	210°
November		217°	204°	222°	204°
December		221°	128°	206°	204°

Prevailing wind direction

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