Esbjerg Airport

EKEB · South Denmark, Denmark

Climate Esbjerg Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Esbjerg Airport (EKEB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 40.4 43 42 34 48 30
February 40.6 25 47 49 63 34
March 51.7 46 47 81 50 65
April 72.1 58 84 72 78 78
May 69.3 79 77 69 45 71
June 70.8 72 74 60 75 82
July 67.5 61 67 68 64 74
August 75.1 78 71 80 67 84
September 69.5 72 82 62 66
October 57.9 43 57 60 69
November 42.2 49 45 40 39
December 40.8 46 43 44 16
Average 61.9 61.2 63.1 65.0 59.9 64.3

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 69.5 75 79 63 70 55
February 67.6 47 77 77 80 80
March 73.3 76 62 89 73 86
April 90.6 84 95 92 96 96
May 89.3 93 95 91 82 93
June 91.2 95 88 90 91 96
July 92.5 91 93 95 94 92
August 94.7 96 94 94 96 95
September 88.1 90 93 89 84
October 80.9 72 80 81 88
November 68.5 72 76 73 68
December 65.6 65 82 61 41
Average 84.1 84.9 84.2 87.2 84.5 85.0

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 4.9 4 6 6 3 8
February 5.4 7 7 7 3 7
March 7.3 8 7 9 7 8
April 11.4 11 12 11 10 12
May 15.9 20 16 15 13 14
June 19.4 18 21 18 20 20
July 19.8 19 19 19 22 18
August 20.8 21 19 23 19 23
September 17.7 21 17 18 18
October 13.3 13 15 13 13
November 8.5 7 9 9 10
December 5.4 5 2 5 6
Average 12.6 13.4 12.7 13.0 11.7 12.9

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 1.0 -1 2 3 -1 4
February 1.0 3 2 2 -3 3
March 1.2 4 1 -1 1 1
April 2.9 5 3 2 1 3
May 7.4 10 7 8 7 6
June 10.7 10 10 11 11 12
July 12.1 12 12 12 14 11
August 12.3 13 13 12 12 13
September 10.2 13 9 12 10
October 7.9 8 9 8 8
November 4.1 3 6 5 6
December 1.6 2 -2 0 3
Average 6.1 7.1 6.2 6.2 5.6 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 15.2 15 14 10 25 16
February 18.1 25 8 23 9 26
March 12.2 12 25 1 10 7
April 9.0 21 6 7 7 7
May 8.9 10 3 9 23 6
June 8.6 12 3 9 7 12
July 10.7 13 19 9 8 14
August 9.9 10 11 6 9 9
September 13.1 9 13 7 8
October 20.1 32 14 23 17
November 17.8 23 21 19 11
December 20.2 21 9 16 35
Average 12.5 14.1 13.1 9.9 12.6 12.6

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 13 11 13 7 11
February 11.7 12 11 15 9 15
March 11.4 11 12 9 12 13
April 10.7 11 11 11 12 11
May 10.1 10 11 10 10 11
June 8.7 9 8 8 8 7
July 9.2 9 11 11 9 9
August 8.7 10 10 8 10 6
September 9.0 9 10 8 8
October 10.4 12 11 11 9
November 9.4 10 12 10 9
December 9.2 12 8 9 7
Average 9.8 10.3 10.4 10.1 9.4 9.5

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 234° 208° 271° 227° 232°
February 212° 252° 244° 097° 236°
March 115° 234° 117° 257° 229°
April 195° 082° 302° 314° 283°
May 083° 351° 262° 249° 294°
June 242° 290° 247° 293° 180°
July 226° 243° 274° 282° 251°
August 214° 254° 257° 280° 196°
September 206° 102° 246° 237°
October 233° 182° 211° 166°
November 147° 135° 251° 214°
December 250° 100° 174° 132°

Prevailing wind direction

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