Climate Pajala Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Pajala Airport (ESUP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	38.6	70	14	15	35	23
February	46.4	31	43	24	66	28
March	65.2	61	79	40	71	47
April	71.1		87	27	86	70
May	70.3		93	20	63	89
June			0	0	0	0
July	60.5		49	23	97	80
August	64.1		71	40	76	85
September	52.7		61	21	71	70
October	37.8		61	18	28	37
November	33.8		48	12	15	51
December	29.3		24	28	33	23
Average	57.9	52.5	67.9	25.8	67.5	65.7

48th 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	51.0	76	20	22	65	34
February	58.9	52	51	33	79	31
March	74.2	79	84	43	86	51
April	78.6		91	34	91	81
May	77.4		97	27	80	92
June			0	0	0	0
July	69.9		81	30	99	87
August	74.6		85	49	89	93
September	68.8		78	36	96	82
October	53.1		80	27	46	51
November	43.4		63	30	17	61
December	45.4		51	58	49	38
Average	69.0	69.4	80.4	34.8	80.7	73.7

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	-7.9	-11	0	-6	-11	-5
February	-7.7	-7	-1	-6	-8	-6
March	-1.0	0	0	1	-1	0
April	4.0		4	4	5	3
May	9.9		12	11	8	9
June	17.5		19	19	19	20
July	19.8		19	19	22	18
August	17.2		19	19	16	18
September	11.0		14	10	10	12
October	2.4		0	5	3	4
November	-3.1		-8	-4	-4	2
December	-6.7		-9	-6	-8	-2
Average	3.8	-7.8	5.6	5.9	4.2	6.0

45th 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	-16.2	-22	-1	-16	-18	-15
February	-17.6	-15	-5	-15	-19	-18
March	-11.0	-9	0	-8	-12	-9
April	-6.2		-3	-6	-5	-6
May	-1.8		0	1	0	0
June	6.1		7	9	8	8
July	8.4		10	10	11	9
August	6.3		8	8	6	7
September	2.0		5	3	2	3
October	-4.2		-8	-1	-2	0
November	-11.8		-17	-8	-12	-5
December	-14.0		-17	-16	-19	-7
Average	-6.2	-16.4	-2.2	-3.1	-5.2	-3.2

2nd 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	31.2	17	24	17	50	24
February	26.2	39	22	32	29	19
March	16.7	15	20	7	17	12
April	12.3		10	16	13	13
May	9.1		6	9	15	6
June			0	0	0	0
July	8.1		15	11	5	12
August	8.2		9	7	9	3
September	11.2		15	12	14	6
October	16.2		11	10	31	18
November	17.6		17	17	20	11
December	34.4		51	30	35	45
Average	14.6	23.2	13.4	12.3	16.7	10.8

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	5.0	5	6	7	4	6
February	5.5	7	7	6	5	6
March	6.5	5	5	7	8	9
April	6.4		6	6	8	8
May	6.3		7	7	6	7
June			0	0	0	0
July	5.3		5	5	7	6
August	5.1		5	7	5	6
September	6.5		7	6	7	7
October	5.3		4	6	6	6
November	4.9		4	5	4	8
December	4.9		4	3	4	7
Average	5.8	5.6	5.5	6.2	6.4	6.8

45th 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	215°	190°	229°	050°	180°
February	166°	228°	142°	214°	200°
March	182°	311°	236°	242°	242°
April		159°	318°	297°	325°
May		243°	261°	014°	253°
June		360°	360°	360°	360°
July		033°	326°	262°	113°
August		126°	201°	046°	231°
September		217°	042°	221°	208°
October		287°	218°	153°	068°
November		046°	190°	192°	199°
December		126°	017°	002°	149°

Prevailing wind direction

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