Climate Stockholm Skavsta Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Stockholm Skavsta Airport (ESKN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	48.4	47	39	58	40	57
February	56.7	43	55	67	73	65
March	67.2	59	59	89	76	74
April	86.2		87	86	88	95
May	88.7		95	89	75	91
June	91.7		93	92	93	94
July	90.8		88	90	91	89
August	84.6		63	88	79	93
September	76.2		77	86	77	70
October	61.8		60	71	59	56
November	42.7		32	47	60	42
December	42.3		24	53	58	33
Average	72.8	50.8	71.1	81.4	76.6	77.7

4th 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	2020
January	72.7	77	62	80	64	83
February	78.2	61	76	85	89	85
March	83.9	77	79	93	92	87
April	93.6		92	91	95	98
May	94.7		99	94	86	96
June	97.0		97	98	97	97
July	96.5		97	96	96	96
August	92.8		80	94	92	96
September	90.2		89	98	93	83
October	83.6		88	87	84	77
November	69.5		52	79	84	75
December	66.4		59	76	74	63
Average	86.4	72.0	85.0	91.6	89.2	89.2

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	1.7	0	3	3	0	6
February	2.3	2	3	3	0	5
March	5.7	6	4	8	7	7
April	10.3		10	10	10	12
May	15.8		16	15	14	14
June	21.5		22	21	23	22
July	22.4		21	22	25	21
August	21.4		20	24	20	23
September	16.7		19	15	16	18
October	11.0		10	13	12	12
November	5.6		3	6	6	9
December	1.8		0	-2	0	5
Average	10.4	2.7	10.7	11.9	10.9	12.6

16th 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	2020
January	-4.4	-7	-2	-3	-5	1
February	-4.3	-2	-3	-3	-7	-1
March	-3.6	-1	-4	-4	-1	-1
April	-1.6		-1	-1	-1	0
May	4.4		4	5	5	3
June	10.4		9	11	12	10
July	11.8		11	12	14	10
August	11.5		12	13	10	12
September	8.3		11	6	7	9
October	4.2		2	6	5	5
November	1.0		-1	3	0	4
December	-3.6		-5	-7	-5	2
Average	2.5	-4.5	2.8	3.4	2.7	4.4

29th 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	2020
January	15.7	22	14	10	28	6
February	14.2	19	12	15	7	11
March	12.7	8	23	0	10	12
April	6.6		6	10	9	3
May	7.1		5	10	17	5
June	4.6		3	6	4	3
July	5.5		8	5	6	9
August	7.8		14	3	12	3
September	6.9		4	6	5	9
October	11.5		17	8	12	13
November	16.6		25	20	12	20
December	18.8		39	12	7	25
Average	9.9	14.8	11.9	7.7	9.9	8.3

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	8.9	10	10	10	8	11
February	9.1	8	9	10	8	11
March	9.5	9	10	8	11	10
April	9.4		8	8	10	11
May	8.3		8	9	8	8
June	8.2		8	8	7	8
July	8.1		9	8	8	9
August	7.9		8	8	8	7
September	8.7		8	7	9	9
October	9.2		10	9	9	9
November	7.8		8	7	8	10
December	7.5		7	6	7	8
Average	8.5	8.6	8.5	8.2	8.3	9.0

16th 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	2020
January	269°	219°	274°	330°	251°
February	209°	278°	248°	314°	248°
March	120°	263°	260°	288°	256°
April		072°	305°	304°	297°
May		177°	249°	137°	275°
June		145°	217°	229°	125°
July		220°	256°	129°	237°
August		174°	203°	280°	217°
September		215°	003°	265°	259°
October		292°	234°	218°	225°
November		336°	106°	254°	244°
December		291°	306°	273°	150°

Prevailing wind direction

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