Aarhus Airport

EKAH · Central Jutland, Denmark

Climate Aarhus Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Aarhus Airport (EKAH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 33.9 36 30 39 26 32
February 42.3 29 48 54 56 35
March 53.8 48 53 75 57 61
April 78.6 61 89 78 89 84
May 77.7 75 93 84 62 81
June 81.2 82 88 77 81 84
July 78.4 76 81 83 77 75
August 79.9 85 65 85 74 89
September 71.1 76 79 78 64 72
October 57.8 61 49 60 62 55
November 40.6 51 37 38 41
December 31.0 26 27 38 18
Average 66.4 66.7 68.4 70.9 64.8 66.9

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 67.5 73 70 72 59 70
February 73.4 65 78 80 76 74
March 75.3 75 69 81 78 86
April 92.1 86 96 91 96 95
May 91.8 89 99 97 85 95
June 94.7 95 96 91 95 96
July 93.0 92 94 95 92 94
August 94.1 95 90 94 97 95
September 85.1 86 89 92 84 81
October 81.2 75 80 76 86 84
November 73.5 80 74 84 71
December 66.2 69 74 63 59
Average 85.5 85.1 87.0 87.6 85.6 86.6

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 4.7 3 6 7 3 8
February 5.5 7 7 7 3 7
March 7.6 8 7 9 9 8
April 11.9 12 12 12 10 13
May 17.0 20 18 17 15 15
June 21.3 19 23 21 22 22
July 21.9 21 21 22 24 19
August 21.8 22 20 23 21 24
September 18.2 19 21 17 19 18
October 13.4 13 13 15 14 13
November 8.6 7 10 9 10
December 5.3 5 2 5 6
Average 13.3 14.4 13.2 13.7 12.6 13.7

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 0.4 -2 2 2 -1 4
February 0.6 3 1 1 -3 3
March 0.5 3 0 -2 0 1
April 2.5 4 3 1 1 2
May 7.5 10 7 7 7 6
June 11.5 11 11 12 12 12
July 12.6 12 13 13 14 11
August 12.7 13 13 13 12 13
September 10.4 11 13 10 10 10
October 7.5 7 7 9 8 8
November 4.2 2 7 4 6
December 1.6 1 -2 0 4
Average 6.1 7.1 6.1 6.2 5.3 6.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 17.8 18 24 9 28 16
February 17.7 27 8 20 9 29
March 12.4 7 20 1 10 10
April 8.4 18 3 8 5 9
May 9.0 8 1 8 20 8
June 7.2 11 2 8 4 9
July 10.0 13 17 7 7 13
August 10.1 8 13 5 7 10
September 10.7 10 5 10 9 8
October 12.5 9 20 5 9 10
November 14.5 30 10 15 6
December 19.3 22 17 18 23
Average 11.3 12.0 11.8 8.0 10.7 11.5

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 7.7 9 7 9 6 8
February 8.6 9 9 10 8 10
March 8.2 8 7 7 8 9
April 8.7 8 9 9 9 9
May 7.8 8 8 8 7 9
June 7.1 7 7 7 7 6
July 7.6 7 7 9 7 9
August 6.5 7 7 6 8 5
September 7.0 6 6 8 6 7
October 7.5 7 10 6 7 6
November 7.0 7 9 7 7
December 7.2 9 5 7 7
Average 7.6 7.4 7.6 7.8 7.1 7.7

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 255° 229° 265° 313° 250°
February 233° 278° 250° 066° 245°
March 115° 247° 161° 270° 253°
April 137° 057° 310° 318° 279°
May 098° 250° 261° 239° 287°
June 247° 278° 252° 269° 091°
July 242° 234° 264° 270° 258°
August 224° 245° 258° 290° 165°
September 113° 216° 101° 232° 260°
October 198° 210° 220° 234° 159°
November 098° 140° 251° 233°
December 244° 050° 166° 139°

Prevailing wind direction

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