Stockholm Västerås Airport

ESOW · Västmanland, Sweden

Climate Stockholm Västerås Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Stockholm Västerås Airport (ESOW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 48.5 49 41 53 44 58
February 57.3 46 58 65 69 59
March 65.3 49 63 85 73 70
April 87.4 85 88 91 93
May 87.5 95 91 72 88
June 90.8 96 90 87 93
July 89.8 81 86 92 91
August 81.4 62 87 77 91
September 75.5 75 90 74 65
October 62.9 70 68 64 47
November 40.8 34 36 62 42
December 37.7 26 58 57 19
Average 71.8 47.8 71.7 80.1 75.6 74.9

12th 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 73.3 87 57 75 71 86
February 80.5 62 79 85 86 89
March 83.3 73 80 89 94 85
April 93.9 92 92 96 97
May 95.2 98 96 88 95
June 96.8 99 96 98 95
July 96.9 97 97 97 97
August 92.3 81 95 92 96
September 89.1 89 97 90 78
October 82.9 90 83 86 70
November 71.2 58 81 85 82
December 61.8 51 80 66 68
Average 86.6 73.1 85.4 91.2 89.8 88.9

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 1.1 -2 2 2 -1 6
February 2.0 2 3 3 0 5
March 5.3 6 3 7 7 6
April 10.7 11 10 10 12
May 16.5 18 16 15 14
June 22.3 24 22 23 24
July 22.7 20 22 25 21
August 21.5 20 24 19 24
September 16.5 19 15 16 17
October 10.7 9 12 12 11
November 5.3 3 6 5 9
December 1.2 -1 -3 -1 5
Average 10.2 1.7 10.7 11.9 10.8 12.6

17th 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 -5.9 -8 -2 -3 -5 1
February -5.6 -3 -4 -3 -8 -1
March -3.1 -1 -5 -4 -1 -1
April -1.2 -1 -2 -1 0
May 4.3 3 5 4 2
June 10.5 9 12 12 10
July 11.9 13 12 13 11
August 11.6 12 13 10 11
September 8.2 10 6 8 9
October 4.1 3 5 6 5
November 0.8 -1 3 -1 4
December -4.8 -6 -9 -6 1
Average 2.2 -5.8 2.5 3.4 2.6 4.3

28th 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 13.9 14 14 8 27 4
February 14.2 21 12 11 12 11
March 12.2 13 19 2 9 10
April 6.2 5 9 6 4
May 6.9 4 8 13 8
June 4.6 3 6 3 4
July 6.0 10 7 3 9
August 8.0 16 5 12 3
September 6.1 4 4 6 7
October 10.4 11 6 9 13
November 13.5 26 15 13 11
December 18.8 44 19 12 16
Average 9.6 15.8 11.4 7.3 9.0 7.4

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 7.7 8 8 9 8 8
February 8.0 7 8 9 7 10
March 8.1 7 9 6 9 9
April 8.5 8 8 9 10
May 7.3 7 8 7 7
June 7.3 6 7 6 7
July 7.1 8 7 7 7
August 7.2 7 7 7 6
September 7.8 7 6 7 8
October 8.3 9 7 9 8
November 7.3 7 7 7 8
December 6.7 7 6 6 7
Average 7.6 7.3 7.4 7.0 7.4 7.9

17th 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 237° 194° 279° 013° 221°
February 171° 282° 232° 332° 218°
March 078° 324° 262° 267° 240°
April 039° 353° 322° 306°
May 209° 246° 060° 318°
June 146° 203° 205° 104°
July 205° 254° 099° 230°
August 146° 212° 323° 220°
September 204° 033° 323° 236°
October 322° 210° 202° 150°
November 002° 091° 226° 203°
December 349° 354° 322° 135°

Prevailing wind direction

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