Luleå Airport

ESPA · Norrbotten, Sweden

Climate Luleå Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Luleå Airport (ESPA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 62.2 80 67 70 32 63
February 64.9 50 77 55 72 69
March 73.5 54 82 74 74 81
April 83.5 84 84 80 84
May 86.7 93 95 74 94
June 91.6 90 94 92 91
July 86.9 76 89 95 80
August 82.3 79 85 78 89
September 68.0 65 64 79 74
October 58.0 66 71 41 45
November 48.3 40 31 62 66
December 40.0 31 46 46 6
Average 75.3 57.9 77.4 79.5 76.3 78.5

13th 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 74.5 85 74 83 61 73
February 76.4 66 83 71 83 71
March 81.0 69 91 78 83 84
April 89.2 90 90 88 90
May 91.7 93 97 85 96
June 95.3 94 98 96 93
July 95.3 92 96 97 92
August 90.3 93 90 91 93
September 82.5 77 87 90 83
October 73.6 75 85 61 55
November 67.6 59 60 71 80
December 68.3 66 74 79 56
Average 84.8 71.1 86.7 88.5 86.4 85.8

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 -6.8 -9 -2 -3 -9 0
February -5.6 -6 -2 -4 -6 -2
March -1.8 0 -2 2 1 2
April 4.9 5 4 5 5
May 11.0 12 12 10 10
June 17.5 18 18 19 20
July 19.7 19 20 22 17
August 17.8 19 18 17 18
September 12.5 15 11 11 13
October 5.3 3 8 6 7
November -1.7 -5 0 -1 4
December -4.4 -6 -6 -6 1
Average 5.0 -5.1 6.2 7.0 5.8 7.9

38th 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 -13.9 -18 -9 -11 -14 -6
February -13.6 -12 -10 -12 -15 -11
March -9.5 -7 -13 -6 -7 -6
April -4.6 -4 -4 -3 -3
May 2.4 2 3 3 2
June 9.7 10 11 11 12
July 12.5 12 13 14 12
August 10.8 13 11 10 10
September 6.1 8 6 5 7
October 0.0 -4 2 1 2
November -6.6 -10 -4 -6 -1
December -10.5 -12 -12 -13 -3
Average -3.9 -13.8 -2.7 0.0 -2.8 1.2

15th 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 29.6 20 29 16 54 28
February 28.4 37 19 44 32 16
March 16.7 16 17 10 9 13
April 10.7 9 12 16 10
May 8.9 6 5 14 6
June 8.3 7 9 8 6
July 8.5 14 7 2 17
August 9.6 16 8 8 5
September 14.0 15 13 16 13
October 19.7 22 15 31 21
November 23.5 37 29 19 18
December 38.5 59 51 34 43
Average 14.9 22.9 15.1 12.7 14.7 12.2

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 6.6 6 7 8 6 7
February 6.7 7 7 7 6 8
March 7.5 6 7 7 9 9
April 6.7 5 7 8 9
May 7.3 8 8 7 7
June 7.0 7 7 7 6
July 6.5 7 7 7 7
August 7.3 7 8 7 7
September 7.4 7 7 8 8
October 7.0 7 7 9 6
November 6.5 6 6 6 11
December 5.5 5 5 6 7
Average 6.9 6.4 6.7 7.1 7.4 7.5

38th 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 281° 200° 281° 012° 269°
February 184° 273° 286° 346° 228°
March 188° 319° 257° 279° 259°
April 058° 337° 321° 333°
May 230° 246° 016° 258°
June 226° 173° 220° 159°
July 008° 224° 238° 160°
August 143° 204° 008° 221°
September 234° 041° 240° 236°
October 331° 221° 211° 035°
November 013° 263° 272° 216°
December 354° 001° 334° 149°

Prevailing wind direction

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