Stavanger Airport, Sola

ENZV · Rogaland, Norway

Climate Stavanger Airport, Sola 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Stavanger Airport, Sola (ENZV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 65.1 65 49 57 80 65
February 67.9 61 67 66 77 66
March 75.7 83 75 88 70 80
April 83.1 90 88 88 80
May 77.7 70 75 79 86
June 74.3 82 63 75 85
July 74.5 74 73 69 72
August 78.2 70 76 85 80
September 80.1 69 86 80 70
October 77.5 84 67 65 87
November 78.8 93 83 67 66
December 73.8 75 86 68 79
Average 75.6 71.2 75.2 75.1 75.7 77.6

25th best VFR conditions of Norway

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 87.8 92 89 81 97 82
February 88.6 86 89 91 89 88
March 90.9 96 91 97 83 95
April 94.0 99 97 96 95
May 88.9 83 91 87 96
June 90.6 93 85 88 95
July 91.3 92 91 89 89
August 95.2 96 93 95 92
September 94.0 90 99 90 92
October 93.8 97 92 87 95
November 94.4 98 97 88 87
December 91.9 92 97 88 96
Average 91.8 91.8 92.2 92.3 89.6 92.2

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 4.7 3 5 7 2 8
February 5.4 6 7 6 3 7
March 6.8 8 6 9 7 7
April 10.3 11 10 9 10
May 13.3 13 13 13 12
June 17.3 19 17 17 20
July 18.0 18 17 20 16
August 18.4 18 19 18 20
September 16.1 18 16 17 16
October 12.1 11 13 13 13
November 8.3 7 10 9 10
December 5.5 5 3 5 7
Average 10.7 5.6 11.3 12.0 11.1 12.1

4th highest temperature of Norway

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 0.2 -2 2 3 -5 4
February 0.4 1 3 2 -4 2
March 1.3 2 0 2 2 2
April 3.1 3 3 1 4
May 6.9 7 7 7 6
June 11.0 11 11 11 12
July 12.2 12 12 14 11
August 12.6 13 13 12 13
September 10.4 12 10 11 11
October 6.9 6 9 8 8
November 3.4 1 6 4 6
December 1.0 -1 -3 0 4
Average 5.1 0.3 5.6 6.4 5.2 6.7

52nd lowest temperature of Norway

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 33.8 24 27 39 23 39
February 26.8 23 12 49 14 48
March 23.8 21 24 7 22 25
April 15.8 8 12 20 20
May 12.8 8 20 12 14
June 13.3 4 16 10 12
July 17.4 17 12 15 30
August 16.1 13 11 10 10
September 21.9 14 10 9 24
October 28.0 13 17 35 28
November 26.5 16 21 29 42
December 27.9 16 11 18 25
Average 20.4 22.5 13.1 17.0 16.7 23.5

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 10.5 11 10 13 6 11
February 10.7 11 11 14 9 14
March 10.3 11 10 10 11 12
April 10.2 10 11 12 11
May 9.8 11 11 8 11
June 9.3 9 9 10 8
July 9.7 9 12 9 10
August 9.3 10 10 10 9
September 10.2 10 10 10 10
October 10.3 11 10 12 9
November 9.7 8 11 10 11
December 9.3 9 6 9 9
Average 10.0 10.7 9.9 10.4 9.6 10.3

4th highest wind speed of Norway

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 199° 163° 283° 128° 201°
February 180° 276° 218° 132° 200°
March 147° 035° 152° 230° 193°
April 249° 317° 310° 279°
May 306° 248° 304° 291°
June 294° 235° 291° 231°
July 260° 286° 306° 272°
August 297° 224° 313° 246°
September 198° 341° 209° 220°
October 015° 195° 189° 125°
November 104° 136° 234° 191°
December 166° 130° 128° 131°

Prevailing wind direction

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