Gällivare Airport

ESNG · Norrbotten, Sweden

Climate Gällivare Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gällivare Airport (ESNG) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 61.9 62 74 72 76 47
February 60.1 64 45 76 48 68
March 77.5 87 59 86 80 75
April 80.6 65 83 80 89
May 86.5 87 96 94 87 69
June 0 0 0 0 0
July 80.0 75 69 79 90
August 76.6 73 72 77 77
September 67.3 81 71 58 73
October 55.4 67 68 63 38
November 56.7 76 44 48 60
December 48.5 75 28 52 54
Average 74.3 80.6 73.2 76.0 73.0 72.1

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 75.1 70 82 81 81 75
February 75.1 78 70 83 71 80
March 88.4 95 82 90 89 88
April 90.1 85 89 90 94
May 94.0 98 99 99 96 84
June 0 0 0 0 0
July 95.0 94 94 97 97
August 90.6 89 87 87 93
September 84.3 91 88 79 93
October 71.4 78 79 74 61
November 69.8 91 63 64 68
December 67.5 95 49 64 76
Average 86.7 91.0 88.1 87.7 85.8 86.1

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -8.2 -9.3 -11.0 0.0 -7.4 -12.6
February -6.1 -2.5 -8.4 -3.0 -7.0 -7.2
March -1.2 0.4 -1.7 -1.0 1.6 -1.5
April 4.1 1.3 4.9 4.2 4.0
May 9.5 0.0 14.5 11.0 10.6 8.0
June 15.6 0.0 18.6 18.3 18.0 18.6
July 19.0 19.6 18.1 18.3 21.8
August 16.4 18.3 18.1 17.6 15.9
September 11.3 13.8 12.6 10.1 9.6
October 2.3 4.5 -0.0 4.7 2.6
November -4.6 -1.1 -7.4 -4.2 -5.2
December -6.3 -4.1 -10.3 -2.3 -8.2
Average 4.0 -2.0 5.6 5.2 5.8 4.2

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -17.3 -18.3 -21.1 -12.6 -16.0 -18.3
February -16.3 -11.4 -16.3 -13.1 -17.1 -17.3
March -12.2 -10.0 -11.4 -15.3 -9.0 -11.6
April -6.1 -9.0 -5.9 -6.2 -6.2
May 0.2 0.0 2.5 -1.4 0.9 -1.1
June 6.2 0.0 8.0 8.0 8.1 7.4
July 9.2 10.9 8.8 9.6 10.3
August 6.7 8.9 8.0 6.9 5.7
September 2.6 3.2 3.9 2.7 2.0
October -5.6 -3.0 -9.8 -3.3 -3.2
November -11.7 -8.2 -15.3 -9.5 -13.3
December -14.4 -13.8 -19.8 -14.0 -17.6
Average -5.2 -8.3 -4.2 -5.3 -4.7 -5.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 32.9 36 23 24 18 53
February 28.9 19 32 26 34 36
March 17.0 9 24 16 12 17
April 15.2 25 13 17 11
May 9.5 9 6 7 11 14
June 0 0 0 0 0
July 14.3 16 16 21 6
August 12.4 13 14 7 18
September 13.1 10 16 15 14
October 17.5 16 20 9 34
November 22.2 18 35 21 24
December 38.6 14 68 33 41
Average 15.9 13.2 16.4 16.6 15.0 18.6

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 5.4 6 6 5 7 5
February 5.7 6 6 7 6 6
March 7.7 8 6 7 8 9
April 7.4 7 7 8 9
May 7.7 8 7 9 8 7
June 0 0 0 0 0
July 6.1 5 6 6 8
August 6.4 7 5 7 6
September 6.7 7 7 6 8
October 5.8 7 6 6 7
November 5.1 7 4 5 4
December 5.1 7 4 4 5
Average 6.8 7.6 6.3 6.5 6.9 7.2

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 295° 264° 261° 267° 347°
February 250° 191° 274° 306° 314°
March 267° 351° 317° 283° 269°
April 013° 286° 321° 307°
May 324° 261° 262° 287° 353°
June 360° 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 121° 031° 316° 269°
August 151° 123° 214° 350°
September 225° 256° 035° 243°
October 229° 316° 234° 034°
November 292° 344° 268° 293°
December 265° 238° 331° 322°

Prevailing wind direction

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