Rotterdam The Hague Airport

EHRD · South Holland, Netherlands

Climate Rotterdam The Hague Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Rotterdam The Hague Airport (EHRD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 46.6 55 49 38 55 34
February 53.8 44 42 57 59 49
March 65.8 65 53 87 60 72
April 79.0 69 84 77 92
May 78.5 74 83 71 93
June 78.8 87 84 73 80
July 77.5 75 86 65 72
August 80.7 78 89 71 83
September 76.9 71 87 77 73
October 67.8 64 75 68 63
November 58.1 57 62 51 58
December 45.9 39 47 44 42
Average 68.6 55.7 66.2 77.3 66.1 71.3

10th 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 81.0 91 86 83 89 62
February 83.1 81 82 91 80 90
March 89.7 90 83 96 91 91
April 94.2 86 97 96 98
May 94.4 93 98 95 100
June 94.6 99 97 87 96
July 94.4 93 98 89 94
August 96.8 96 98 96 97
September 93.8 93 97 94 92
October 91.5 87 94 92 92
November 85.3 86 89 82 83
December 75.7 73 86 65 81
Average 90.5 87.6 89.3 94.9 89.4 91.5

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 6 9
February 8.5 10 9 10 8 10
March 10.8 12 10 13 10 10
April 13.9 13 14 11 16
May 18.0 18 19 15 18
June 22.2 25 22 22 22
July 22.5 22 23 21 21
August 22.8 22 25 20 25
September 19.9 23 20 21 20
October 15.8 16 17 15 14
November 10.6 11 12 10 12
December 7.8 9 4 8 8
Average 14.4 9.8 15.3 15.8 14.0 15.4

8th 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 2.3 2 4 3 1 5
February 3.0 6 3 4 2 5
March 3.8 6 4 3 3 3
April 5.1 5 5 2 6
May 8.6 9 9 7 8
June 13.1 14 13 13 13
July 13.9 15 13 14 13
August 14.4 14 15 14 16
September 11.5 14 11 12 11
October 9.7 11 10 9 9
November 5.4 6 6 5 6
December 3.4 5 -1 4 4
Average 7.4 4.6 8.6 7.9 7.3 8.2

11th 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 17.6 20 18 17 14 14
February 17.4 24 13 22 11 30
March 14.5 18 30 2 9 13
April 10.7 14 9 14 5
May 9.8 8 9 21 4
June 7.6 3 11 10 12
July 10.7 17 7 8 14
August 10.9 17 5 14 10
September 15.8 11 24 6 11
October 21.7 24 11 26 35
November 22.4 35 20 22 15
December 22.4 24 17 22 25
Average 14.6 20.4 16.4 11.5 14.0 14.2

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 10.2 11 12 9 10 11
February 11.6 12 9 16 10 16
March 10.5 9 11 8 10 12
April 8.8 9 10 9 8
May 8.1 8 8 9 9
June 7.9 8 7 6 8
July 8.1 10 7 8 9
August 7.9 8 7 9 8
September 7.8 7 7 7 8
October 9.8 10 9 10 11
November 9.3 12 10 8 9
December 10.0 12 7 9 10
Average 9.1 10.4 9.5 8.5 8.6 9.6

8th 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 231° 228° 249° 227° 215°
February 215° 257° 234° 145° 228°
March 196° 225° 094° 254° 180°
April 034° 025° 348° 057°
May 022° 271° 239° 340°
June 031° 267° 333° 246°
July 242° 281° 266° 250°
August 255° 006° 266° 224°
September 180° 228° 207° 227°
October 203° 207° 204° 198°
November 215° 185° 237° 197°
December 224° 132° 202° 184°

Prevailing wind direction

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