Climate Malmö Sturup Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Malmö Sturup Airport (ESMS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	29.3	38	21	38	37	19
February	49.4	40	51	56	74	47
March	53.4	48	57	77	56	70
April	81.8		86	81	82	87
May	82.0		92	83	76	83
June	87.1		90	85	95	85
July	85.5		90	85	82	85
August	87.5		83	85	86	95
September	76.0		82	90	75	79
October	62.9		57	66	66	71
November	38.7		50	44	31	31
December	30.2		35	41	36	19
Average	66.4	42.6	72.5	74.8	71.4	70.9

34th 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	54.4	62	53	55	55	46
February	70.1	60	70	75	79	78
March	72.7	65	69	85	75	87
April	92.6		94	90	96	96
May	93.2		98	96	93	94
June	95.6		96	97	100	92
July	94.8		97	95	91	96
August	95.7		93	95	96	98
September	90.4		92	97	88	88
October	80.9		75	76	85	89
November	68.9		79	70	77	64
December	57.4		58	62	49	61
Average	81.9	62.6	85.0	86.8	85.5	86.4

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	3.6	2	5	5	2	6
February	4.3	6	5	6	2	6
March	6.6	7	6	8	7	7
April	11.2		11	11	10	12
May	16.1		17	16	14	15
June	21.3		22	20	22	21
July	21.4		21	21	23	19
August	21.8		20	24	20	23
September	17.7		20	17	18	19
October	12.8		12	14	13	13
November	7.7		6	8	8	9
December	4.4		4	1	3	5
Average	11.5	5.0	12.5	12.9	11.9	13.0

3rd 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	-1.6	-3	1	1	-2	3
February	-1.5	2	0	1	-4	2
March	-1.9	2	0	-2	0	0
April	2.0		2	1	1	2
May	6.3		6	7	6	5
June	10.9		10	11	11	11
July	12.6		12	13	15	12
August	12.4		13	12	11	13
September	9.9		12	9	10	9
October	7.0		7	9	7	7
November	3.6		2	5	4	5
December	0.6		1	-4	-1	3
Average	4.7	0.0	5.3	5.4	4.7	5.9

47th 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	16.4	16	20	11	23	20
February	13.2	16	10	16	6	16
March	11.0	6	18	2	9	6
April	5.7		5	7	6	2
May	4.4		1	6	10	4
June	3.5		1	5	2	3
July	6.5		9	4	6	9
August	6.4		11	3	7	6
September	7.0		4	9	6	5
October	8.8		12	3	11	11
November	12.1		20	8	11	5
December	13.2		17	11	16	11
Average	8.5	11.8	9.0	6.2	8.3	7.1

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	10.8	12	11	13	9	12
February	11.5	12	11	14	10	14
March	10.8	11	11	9	10	11
April	11.0		10	11	11	11
May	10.0		10	10	9	10
June	8.9		9	8	8	9
July	9.4		10	10	8	10
August	8.5		9	7	9	7
September	9.4		8	9	9	9
October	10.6		12	10	10	10
November	9.6		9	10	9	11
December	9.9		11	7	8	10
Average	10.1	11.5	10.0	9.5	9.2	10.2

3rd 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	261°	213°	274°	261°	243°
February	232°	271°	242°	038°	238°
March	114°	239°	105°	257°	235°
April		070°	271°	302°	280°
May		077°	256°	220°	280°
June		332°	251°	285°	105°
July		233°	263°	218°	259°
August		237°	223°	252°	170°
September		204°	169°	238°	249°
October		239°	222°	218°	190°
November		149°	154°	250°	232°
December		243°	021°	267°	152°

Prevailing wind direction

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