Kalmar Airport

ESMQ · Kalmar, Sweden

Climate Kalmar Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kalmar Airport (ESMQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 46.8 52 40 63 47 42
February 52.8 33 65 72 72 51
March 64.1 45 61 90 74 76
April 86.7 82 87 92 95
May 89.4 99 94 77 91
June 91.7 91 97 92 87
July 91.1 96 93 85 88
August 85.7 73 88 84 89
September 78.7 75 91 78 76
October 64.1 60 68 62 65
November 42.0 50 39 50 44
December 41.1 32 50 54 27
Average 71.5 43.1 74.4 82.8 76.1 75.1

2nd 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 75.4 79 68 88 72 77
February 78.3 55 83 92 86 90
March 82.6 74 76 92 90 90
April 94.1 88 94 99 99
May 94.7 99 97 91 94
June 96.3 98 99 97 94
July 96.8 98 99 94 98
August 92.4 85 91 91 94
September 90.2 88 99 91 86
October 84.3 79 84 81 88
November 72.9 71 79 90 79
December 74.8 75 77 70 71
Average 86.4 69.2 86.7 92.8 89.5 90.2

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 3.2 2 5 4 2 7
February 4.2 4 5 5 2 6
March 6.6 7 6 8 8 7
April 10.8 10 10 9 13
May 14.5 17 6 14 14
June 18.7 22 0 23 21
July 20.0 21 5 25 21
August 22.0 21 24 20 23
September 17.8 20 17 17 19
October 12.8 12 15 13 13
November 7.4 6 8 8 10
December 3.8 3 0 2 6
Average 10.9 4.1 12.3 8.8 11.9 13.2

35th 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 -2.0 -4 0 -1 -3 2
February -3.8 -1 -2 -1 -7 1
March -2.6 1 -2 -4 -1 -1
April 0.4 0 -1 -1 1
May 3.8 3 0 5 3
June 8.7 9 0 12 10
July 10.4 11 1 14 11
August 11.6 12 13 11 11
September 8.8 10 7 9 8
October 5.4 5 8 5 6
November 2.5 1 3 3 4
December -1.3 -1 -5 -3 2
Average 3.1 -2.5 3.8 1.8 3.5 4.8

21st 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 11.1 20 17 1 14 5
February 14.2 19 13 2 8 12
March 10.5 11 19 0 6 4
April 3.9 2 5 3 2
May 4.5 3 5 8 2
June 3.9 4 3 1 4
July 3.8 5 4 3 2
August 4.5 11 3 5 3
September 6.6 6 5 8 2
October 7.3 17 3 7 4
November 11.6 15 14 7 7
December 15.0 27 26 12 10
Average 8.0 15.7 9.8 4.6 5.9 4.0

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 2020
January 8.5 10 9 11 7 10
February 9.2 9 9 11 8 11
March 9.1 8 10 7 10 10
April 9.5 9 9 11 10
May 8.1 8 9 8 9
June 7.7 7 7 7 8
July 8.1 9 8 7 10
August 7.7 7 8 8 6
September 8.1 7 7 8 8
October 9.1 11 9 8 9
November 7.5 7 7 8 9
December 7.8 8 7 7 8
Average 8.4 8.7 8.4 8.3 8.1 8.8

35th 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 265° 205° 283° 322° 233°
February 244° 268° 242° 331° 235°
March 101° 250° 203° 258° 229°
April 033° 334° 316° 285°
May 140° 219° 171° 240°
June 109° 208° 188° 065°
July 218° 234° 144° 230°
August 208° 171° 250° 180°
September 196° 087° 151° 248°
October 276° 224° 213° 203°
November 288° 147° 261° 221°
December 271° 330° 320° 152°

Prevailing wind direction

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