Climate Kiruna Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kiruna Airport (ESNQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	59.9	72	70	76	31	58
February	66.7	62	78	54	72	77
March	76.6	62	84	83	73	80
April	80.2		82	76	86	80
May	81.1		90	88	53	87
June			0	0	0	0
July	78.8		46	79	91	66
August	75.1		70	78	74	89
September	65.4		73	51	63	74
October	54.5		64	72	38	45
November	54.6		34	54	56	59
December	47.5		22	35	29	50
Average	71.4	63.6	72.6	73.3	67.4	75.2

37th 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	70.8	77	83	82	43	67
February	77.1	76	89	64	82	82
March	85.7	76	88	90	87	86
April	88.4		86	83	93	89
May	89.4		96	95	76	92
June			0	0	0	0
July	91.1		71	93	98	84
August	89.6		80	94	87	97
September	83.3		88	74	91	86
October	69.8		82	79	54	59
November	65.5		53	69	64	66
December	62.5		44	47	41	75
Average	83.2	76.0	83.6	84.8	81.9	84.6

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	-8.6	-10	-5	-6	-10	-4
February	-7.3	-7	-3	-8	-7	-4
March	-3.1	-2	-6	0	-1	-2
April	2.4		3	2	2	1
May	7.8		10	9	6	6
June	15.1		16	16	17	18
July	17.7		17	17	20	15
August	15.3		16	16	15	16
September	9.6		11	9	9	10
October	1.5		-2	4	2	3
November	-4.5		-7	-4	-4	1
December	-7.9		-10	-8	-7	-4
Average	2.4	-7.5	3.3	4.5	3.3	4.5

48th 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	-16.9	-19	-13	-14	-17	-10
February	-15.3	-15	-11	-15	-15	-13
March	-12.2	-12	-16	-7	-9	-10
April	-7.7		-6	-7	-6	-7
May	-1.7		0	1	-1	-1
June	6.0		6	8	7	7
July	8.6		8	9	9	8
August	6.8		7	8	6	7
September	2.4		3	3	2	3
October	-5.8		-9	-1	-3	-2
November	-10.6		-15	-7	-11	-5
December	-14.4		-18	-15	-17	-9
Average	-6.5	-16.7	-6.7	-3.1	-5.5	-3.3

4th 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	30.8	22	15	13	60	33
February	26.3	28	17	38	28	23
March	18.9	27	15	11	22	14
April	15.1		13	23	13	18
May	11.4		9	13	17	11
June			0	0	0	0
July	10.9		10	23	3	23
August	11.4		14	6	14	6
September	13.9		15	20	13	8
October	17.3		15	10	37	11
November	19.5		30	14	23	10
December	38.3		67	29	59	38
Average	16.8	26.5	14.2	16.4	18.9	13.9

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	6.7	7	8	10	5	7
February	7.3	8	10	7	7	8
March	8.4	6	7	10	10	10
April	7.8		7	8	9	9
May	7.7		9	8	6	8
June			0	0	0	0
July	6.5		6	6	8	7
August	6.5		5	8	6	6
September	7.4		8	6	9	8
October	6.5		6	7	8	6
November	6.3		4	7	6	10
December	6.8		4	4	5	10
Average	7.2	6.7	7.0	7.7	7.6	7.7

48th 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	227°	217°	245°	342°	247°
February	201°	253°	229°	250°	228°
March	217°	297°	247°	246°	243°
April		212°	326°	299°	325°
May		247°	247°	018°	245°
June		360°	360°	360°	360°
July		024°	341°	282°	102°
August		157°	223°	004°	259°
September		231°	039°	216°	225°
October		311°	224°	199°	162°
November		254°	213°	215°	218°
December		196°	048°	094°	202°

Prevailing wind direction

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