Sønderborg Airport

EKSB · South Denmark, Denmark

Climate Sønderborg Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sønderborg Airport (EKSB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 39.6 37 34 39 46 38
February 45.0 27 49 51 72 39
March 56.2 50 60 78 50 63
April 81.4 90 79 76 92
May 79.0 84 85 64 83
June 81.4 87 76 84 87
July 81.5 85 86 84 74
August 82.1 84 88 82 70
September 75.9 84 80 72 81
October 65.7 44 75 73 76
November 44.2 45 40 42 51
December 37.9 39 38 32 28
Average 65.5 39.4 70.5 72.9 68.3 70.6

5th best VFR conditions of Denmark

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 74.7 83 81 71 76 71
February 74.7 61 82 78 85 85
March 81.0 78 84 85 82 88
April 91.4 99 94 79 97
May 92.5 97 96 93 93
June 93.7 94 95 95 95
July 95.1 96 98 96 91
August 94.4 95 94 95 94
September 89.8 93 91 92 89
October 86.1 76 89 90 91
November 75.7 85 80 79 72
December 71.2 70 73 54 69
Average 85.8 73.9 89.5 89.4 86.9 88.7

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 5.3 5 7 7 4 8
February 6.1 8 7 8 5 8
March 7.9 9 8 9 8 8
April 11.6 11 11 10 13
May 16.1 16 16 14 16
June 20.7 22 20 21 21
July 21.5 21 22 23 19
August 21.9 21 24 20 24
September 18.4 21 18 19 19
October 14.0 14 16 14 14
November 9.0 8 10 10 10
December 5.9 6 3 6 6
Average 12.5 7.0 13.5 13.8 12.7 13.7

1st highest temperature of Denmark

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 2.0 1 3 4 1 4
February 2.1 4 3 3 0 4
March 2.5 5 3 2 2 3
April 4.5 5 4 3 5
May 8.4 8 9 8 8
June 12.6 12 12 13 13
July 13.5 13 13 15 12
August 14.7 14 16 14 16
September 12.4 14 12 13 12
October 9.6 9 11 10 10
November 5.5 4 7 6 6
December 2.8 3 -1 2 4
Average 7.0 3.2 7.7 7.8 7.1 8.0

12th lowest temperature of Denmark

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 17.0 20 18 8 23 23
February 20.2 26 9 28 15 32
March 12.4 7 18 1 14 12
April 8.0 6 12 11 6
May 7.5 3 6 18 8
June 6.5 2 7 5 11
July 8.3 12 6 6 15
August 7.7 9 1 7 7
September 11.6 3 14 8 10
October 15.1 27 9 10 15
November 15.8 16 18 20 9
December 18.6 20 12 16 25
Average 11.8 16.6 10.5 9.0 11.4 12.7

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 9.6 11 10 10 9 11
February 9.8 10 8 11 10 11
March 9.4 10 8 9 8 10
April 9.2 9 9 9 9
May 8.5 9 8 8 9
June 7.3 7 7 7 8
July 7.8 8 8 7 7
August 7.5 7 7 8 7
September 8.0 7 9 8 7
October 8.9 11 8 8 9
November 8.9 9 11 8 9
December 9.3 11 8 9 9
Average 8.7 10.1 8.3 8.5 8.0 8.4

1st highest wind speed of Denmark

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 252° 241° 269° 287° 242°
February 227° 280° 247° 086° 240°
March 116° 258° 112° 260° 223°
April 083° 309° 314° 278°
May 057° 269° 246° 293°
June 338° 253° 321° 098°
July 228° 274° 284° 258°
August 248° 088° 288° 145°
September 185° 117° 221° 244°
October 176° 212° 211° 168°
November 199° 152° 244° 213°
December 236° 073° 204° 148°

Prevailing wind direction

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