Climate Liepāja International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Liepāja International Airport (EVLA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	37.2	41	33	39	44	38
February	48.3	42	43	52	72	45
March	62.7	57	58	88	59	73
April	81.7		85	79	75	90
May	83.8		90	82	77	80
June	82.6		82	78	88	77
July	80.3		78	84	90	71
August	82.9		70	90	75	88
September	78.3		79	93	81	71
October	60.0		49	58	75	62
November	42.7		62	38	45	50
December	34.6		32	28	46	38
Average	67.3	48.2	68.4	73.8	72.7	69.7

3rd best VFR conditions of Latvia

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	68.8	70	66	70	74	75
February	75.6	59	81	81	88	80
March	81.6	77	76	97	71	90
April	93.9		95	94	97	98
May	91.5		95	89	90	89
June	91.6		91	89	95	90
July	94.4		96	98	99	94
August	95.0		92	96	92	93
September	93.4		93	97	94	95
October	86.2		88	80	88	87
November	72.3		89	64	70	80
December	72.7		79	46	66	77
Average	85.3	69.3	88.6	87.7	87.9	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	2.1	0	3	4	0	6
February	2.6	4	3	4	0	6
March	5.2	7	5	6	5	7
April	10.8		12	10	9	10
May	15.8		16	13	15	14
June	21.2		21	20	23	22
July	21.8		20	21	26	20
August	22.1		22	25	20	23
September	17.7		20	16	16	19
October	12.5		11	13	13	13
November	6.9		5	5	7	9
December	2.9		3	-1	1	3
Average	10.9	3.8	11.8	11.7	11.2	12.6

2nd highest temperature of Latvia

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	-2.0	-5	-1	-1	-4	3
February	-3.4	0	-1	0	-8	1
March	-2.6	1	0	-4	-2	-1
April	1.3		2	0	1	1
May	5.1		3	4	6	5
June	10.5		9	10	11	12
July	12.6		13	13	15	12
August	12.7		14	14	12	12
September	9.1		12	5	6	11
October	6.2		6	8	6	7
November	2.2		0	1	3	5
December	-2.8		-1	-7	-5	0
Average	3.7	-2.6	4.6	4.0	3.5	5.6

3rd lowest temperature of Latvia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	21.1	35	21	41	28	7
February	14.1	24	17	23	15	11
March	9.9	12	26	1	13	3
April	6.4		10	9	14	1
May	4.0		2	7	9	4
June	3.6		5	8	1	5
July	4.2		8	5	3	4
August	5.7		12	4	11	4
September	5.9		6	8	5	4
October	10.9		19	8	14	12
November	15.8		23	16	28	16
December	18.2		34	25	30	15
Average	9.8	21.5	13.0	10.3	11.7	5.8

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	9.0	10	10	11	7	11
February	9.3	9	9	13	8	12
March	9.0	9	9	7	10	10
April	9.0		8	10	10	9
May	7.9		7	9	9	9
June	6.6		6	7	6	6
July	7.7		10	8	8	9
August	7.2		8	6	9	5
September	8.3		7	7	8	9
October	9.6		12	10	10	9
November	7.9		7	8	9	10
December	7.9		8	7	7	9
Average	8.2	9.1	8.3	8.2	8.4	8.7

2nd highest wind speed of Latvia

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	204°	202°	262°	100°	233°
February	201°	263°	231°	031°	225°
March	154°	246°	268°	239°	226°
April		049°	277°	275°	265°
May		253°	252°	220°	267°
June		301°	243°	255°	052°
July		245°	261°	234°	237°
August		222°	227°	252°	242°
September		221°	328°	300°	222°
October		259°	234°	210°	176°
November		178°	148°	227°	233°
December		239°	137°	134°	147°

Prevailing wind direction

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