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	82.8		83	80	89	86
May	85.2		94	87	69	92
June			0	0	0	0
July	80.7		69	79	90	70
August	77.2		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	71.4	56.8	76.0	73.0	72.1	75.2

39th 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	75.7	82	81	81	75	65
February	74.7	70	83	71	80	77
March	87.6	82	90	89	88	90
April	90.8		89	90	94	92
May	92.7		99	96	84	94
June			0	0	0	0
July	95.2		94	97	97	91
August	90.8		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	84.9	77.9	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	4.5		5	4	4	3
May	10.1		11	11	8	9
June	17.4		18	18	19	21
July	19.0		18	18	22	17
August	16.1		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	3.3	-7.7	5.2	5.8	4.2	5.4

47th 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	-17.5	-21	-11	-16	-18	-13
February	-17.7	-16	-13	-17	-17	-16
March	-12.0	-11	-15	-9	-10	-10
April	-6.5		-4	-6	-6	-6
May	0.0		-1	1	-1	-1
June	6.9		8	8	7	8
July	9.0		9	10	10	9
August	6.4		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	-6.1	-16.2	-5.3	-4.7	-5.2	-4.9

1st 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	32.5	23	24	18	53	33
February	30.2	32	26	34	36	20
March	18.0	24	16	12	17	14
April	13.8		13	17	11	19
May	10.1		7	11	14	8
June			0	0	0	0
July	14.0		16	21	6	24
August	12.4		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	17.5	26.3	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	7.5		7	8	9	9
May	7.7		9	8	7	8
June			0	0	0	0
July	6.3		6	6	8	6
August	6.4		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	5.7	6.5	6.9	7.2	7.0

47th 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	264°	261°	267°	347°	292°
February	191°	274°	306°	314°	277°
March	351°	317°	283°	269°	266°
April		286°	321°	307°	322°
May		262°	287°	353°	272°
June		360°	360°	360°	360°
July		031°	316°	269°	100°
August		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.