Climate Kristianstad Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kristianstad Airport (ESMK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	37.8	47	33	48	43	34
February	50.8	37	53	59	69	53
March	59.7	47	63	80	61	74
April	82.7		81	84	88	88
May	83.6		94	89	80	84
June	88.0		88	84	93	86
July	87.1		90	89	80	82
August	85.3		81	82	82	88
September	75.6		72	88	69	76
October	65.3		58	71	68	69
November	38.9		48	45	32	30
December	37.1		35	45	47	19
Average	68.3	44.0	72.0	76.8	72.1	71.6

25th 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	70.7	72	75	79	73	70
February	79.6	64	79	90	86	90
March	82.5	75	82	88	84	92
April	93.4		90	97	97	98
May	93.0		98	95	94	95
June	94.8		93	94	97	93
July	96.2		98	97	91	99
August	93.1		89	89	96	91
September	89.1		84	97	86	87
October	84.3		76	89	83	87
November	76.5		79	87	80	82
December	69.3		66	64	58	70
Average	85.9	70.5	86.7	91.2	88.0	90.0

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	3.8	2	5	5	2	7
February	4.8	6	6	6	3	7
March	7.2	7	7	9	8	8
April	11.8		11	12	11	14
May	16.7		17	16	15	16
June	21.8		23	20	23	22
July	22.1		20	22	24	20
August	22.1		21	24	20	24
September	18.1		21	17	18	19
October	13.1		13	15	13	13
November	7.8		6	9	8	10
December	4.4		4	1	3	6
Average	11.9	4.9	12.6	13.4	12.3	13.6

2nd 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	-1.1	-4	1	1	-3	2
February	-2.8	1	-1	0	-5	2
March	-1.3	1	-1	-3	0	-1
April	0.7		0	0	0	1
May	4.9		3	6	4	5
June	10.2		10	10	11	10
July	11.9		10	12	14	11
August	11.3		12	12	10	11
September	9.2		11	8	9	8
October	6.0		6	8	5	6
November	2.9		1	5	4	5
December	0.0		-1	-4	-2	2
Average	3.9	-1.0	4.2	4.6	3.9	5.1

42nd 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	13.5	18	20	3	21	14
February	12.9	15	11	15	8	14
March	9.8	7	15	1	8	6
April	5.6		3	8	5	3
May	5.7		1	7	12	5
June	3.6		3	5	0	4
July	5.8		7	4	3	10
August	5.4		9	3	5	5
September	5.9		2	8	7	5
October	9.3		17	3	10	6
November	10.5		17	7	13	6
December	13.1		18	10	16	13
Average	8.1	12.5	8.5	5.6	7.8	6.8

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	8.2	10	8	10	7	9
February	9.1	9	9	10	8	11
March	8.6	8	9	7	9	9
April	8.6		8	9	8	9
May	7.9		8	8	7	8
June	7.5		7	6	7	7
July	7.6		8	8	6	9
August	6.6		7	5	7	6
September	7.3		6	7	6	5
October	7.4		10	7	7	4
November	7.2		7	8	7	8
December	7.6		9	6	6	8
Average	7.9	8.8	7.9	7.6	7.0	7.6

2nd 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	263°	215°	277°	289°	246°
February	246°	279°	252°	337°	238°
March	110°	244°	147°	271°	246°
April		080°	264°	302°	243°
May		168°	248°	197°	276°
June		118°	260°	279°	123°
July		235°	267°	162°	256°
August		236°	340°	258°	161°
September		207°	145°	221°	262°
October		258°	230°	227°	190°
November		097°	148°	267°	233°
December		255°	351°	306°	146°

Prevailing wind direction

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