Gällivare Airport

ESNG · Norrbotten, Sweden

Climate Gällivare Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gällivare Airport (ESNG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 62.0 74 72 76 47 49
February 59.7 45 76 48 68 67
March 76.3 59 86 80 75 80
April 80.6 65 83 80 89 86
May 86.5 96 94 87 69 92
June 0 0 0 0 0
July 80.0 75 69 79 90 70
August 76.6 73 72 77 77 89
September 65.4 71 58 73 73
October 53.7 68 63 38 41
November 54.0 44 48 60 57
December 44.5 28 52 54 25
Average 73.4 72.7 76.0 73.0 72.1 75.2

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 75.7 82 81 81 75 65
February 74.7 70 83 71 80 77
March 87.6 82 90 89 88 90
April 90.1 85 89 90 94 92
May 93.5 99 99 96 84 94
June 0 0 0 0 0
July 95.0 94 94 97 97 91
August 90.6 89 87 87 93 95
September 83.3 88 79 93 86
October 70.5 79 74 61 55
November 66.8 63 64 68 66
December 63.5 49 64 76 43
Average 86.2 88.4 87.7 85.8 86.1 85.0

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 -8.3 -11 0 -7 -11 -5
February -7.5 -8 -3 -7 -7 -5
March -1.0 0 -1 2 -1 0
April 4.1 1 5 4 4 3
May 10.7 15 11 11 8 9
June 17.6 19 18 18 19 21
July 19.0 20 18 18 22 17
August 16.4 18 18 18 16 17
September 11.0 13 10 10 12
October 2.0 0 5 3 0
November -4.2 -7 -4 -5 1
December -6.0 -10 -2 -8 -3
Average 4.9 6.8 5.2 5.8 4.2 5.4

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 -17.5 -21 -11 -16 -18 -13
February -17.7 -16 -13 -17 -17 -16
March -12.0 -11 -15 -9 -10 -10
April -6.1 -9 -4 -6 -6 -6
May 0.3 3 -1 1 -1 -1
June 7.0 8 8 8 7 8
July 9.2 11 9 10 10 9
August 6.7 9 8 7 6 6
September 2.5 4 3 2 3
October -5.4 -8 -3 -3 -4
November -11.3 -15 -9 -13 -6
December -14.2 -18 -14 -16 -8
Average -5.7 -4.8 -5.3 -4.7 -5.2 -4.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 32.5 23 24 18 53 33
February 30.2 32 26 34 36 20
March 18.0 24 16 12 17 14
April 15.2 25 13 17 11 19
May 9.6 6 7 11 14 8
June 0 0 0 0 0
July 14.3 16 16 21 6 24
August 12.4 13 14 7 18 5
September 13.6 16 15 14 9
October 17.8 20 9 34 13
November 22.7 35 21 24 16
December 42.2 68 33 41 55
Average 16.3 17.3 16.6 15.0 18.6 14.6

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.3 6 5 7 5 6
February 5.6 6 7 6 6 5
March 7.7 6 7 8 9 8
April 7.4 7 7 8 9 9
May 7.6 7 9 8 7 8
June 0 0 0 0 0
July 6.1 5 6 6 8 6
August 6.4 7 5 7 6 6
September 6.6 7 6 8 7
October 5.7 6 6 7 5
November 4.9 4 5 4 7
December 4.8 4 4 5 5
Average 6.6 6.1 6.5 6.9 7.2 7.0

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 264° 261° 267° 347° 292°
February 191° 274° 306° 314° 277°
March 351° 317° 283° 269° 266°
April 013° 286° 321° 307° 322°
May 261° 262° 287° 353° 272°
June 360° 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 121° 031° 316° 269° 100°
August 151° 123° 214° 350° 273°
September 256° 035° 243° 243°
October 316° 234° 034° 045°
November 344° 268° 293° 224°
December 238° 331° 322° 151°

Prevailing wind direction

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