Climate Gothenburg City Airport 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gothenburg City Airport (ESGP) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	46.7	54	35	51
February	50.5	34	52	67
March	62.0	58	50	79
April	86.2		89	84
May	87.2		94	80
June	78.4		82	75
July	80.0		77	83
August	74.5		62	88
September	79.2		69	89
October	54.3		54	55
November	50.6		54	47
December	49.2		43	63	43
Average	67.2	49.1	68.2	75.3	43.3

31st best VFR conditions of Sweden

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
January	68.6	76	62	67
February	71.5	59	70	86
March	80.6	82	74	85
April	92.8		96	90
May	94.9		97	93
June	95.8		96	96
July	97.2		98	97
August	92.3		87	98
September	91.8		85	99
October	85.4		88	83
November	79.2		79	80
December	76.8		80	84	52
Average	80.5	73.4	87.1	90.4	51.6

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
January	3.6	1	5	5
February	4.7	4	5	5
March	6.5	7	5	8
April	11.2		12	11
May	15.7		17	15
June	20.3		22	19
July	19.6		19	21
August	20.3		19	22
September	18.0		19	17
October	11.9		11	13
November	6.5		5	8
December	1.5		2	0	2
Average	6.5	4.1	11.5	12.4	1.5

11th highest temperature of Sweden

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	-2.5	-5	1	0
February	0.1	1	-1	1
March	-2.7	2	-3	-3
April	0.6		1	0
May	5.9		5	7
June	10.6		10	11
July	12.7		13	13
August	12.5		13	12
September	9.8		12	7
October	7.0		5	9
November	2.6		0	6
December	-4.3		-3	-6	-3
Average	0.6	-1.0	4.5	5.0	-4.8

43rd lowest temperature of Sweden

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	13.7	13	20	8
February	18.2	25	12	17
March	12.5	10	26	2
April	7.8		6	10
May	5.4		4	7
June	2.7		2	4
July	9.8		14	6
August	9.0		15	3
September	6.3		5	7
October	12.0		13	11
November	9.8		7	13
December	13.6		18	5	20
Average	10.6	15.4	10.8	7.1	20.0

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
January	9.1	8	9	10
February	9.3	9	8	11
March	7.7	8	8	7
April	8.0		8	8
May	8.5		8	9
June	7.1		7	8
July	8.9		10	8
August	6.9		7	6
September	7.7		9	7
October	9.4		10	9
November	8.0		7	10
December	6.5		7	6	5
Average	6.7	8.4	8.1	8.1	5.3

11th highest wind speed of Sweden

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	200°	188°	254°
February	199°	245°	228°
March	120°	216°	210°
April		027°	327°
May		245°	242°
June		254°	241°
July		231°	248°
August		229°	233°
September		208°	112°
October		285°	215°
November		069°	151°
December		242°	054°	185°

Prevailing wind direction

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