Fuerteventura Airport

GCFV · Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain

Climate Fuerteventura Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fuerteventura Airport (GCFV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 92.5 95 96 79 87 97
February 90.8 89 88 91 90 79
March 92.8 96 88 94 97 94
April 96.5 95 96 98 97
May 95.9 99 96 96 96
June 91.7 94 95 92 93
July 91.3 91 94 89 93
August 93.4 97 96 92 90
September 95.1 97 93 94 97
October 95.1 98 98 87 96
November 95.7 95 94 100 98
December 92.3 88 97 87 94
Average 93.6 93.4 93.9 93.7 92.6 93.7

17th best VFR conditions of Spain

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 98.1 100 100 87 100 99
February 97.7 98 95 98 98 94
March 99.4 100 98 100 100 100
April 99.9 100 100 100 100
May 99.9 100 100 100 100
June 100.0 100 100 100 100
July 100.0 100 100 100 100
August 99.8 100 100 100 100
September 99.8 100 100 100 100
October 99.9 100 100 100 100
November 99.9 100 100 100 100
December 99.7 99 100 100 100
Average 99.5 99.4 99.3 98.6 99.8 99.5

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 20.6 23 21 21 21 20
February 21.1 23 20 22 21 22
March 21.9 23 22 22 22 22
April 22.9 24 22 23 23
May 24.2 25 24 24 25
June 25.6 28 26 25 26
July 26.9 28 28 27 28
August 27.5 29 27 27 28
September 26.6 27 27 27 27
October 26.0 28 26 25 25
November 23.7 25 25 23 24
December 21.7 22 24 21 22
Average 23.9 22.7 24.8 24.3 23.7 24.3

13th highest temperature of Spain

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 15.5 16 17 15 16 14
February 15.5 18 14 17 16 17
March 16.1 16 17 16 16 16
April 17.0 18 17 18 17
May 18.4 19 19 19 19
June 20.1 21 20 20 21
July 21.3 23 22 21 21
August 22.1 23 22 22 23
September 21.9 22 22 22 22
October 20.9 22 21 21 20
November 18.8 20 21 18 19
December 16.8 17 18 16 17
Average 18.4 16.5 19.3 19.1 18.6 18.6

63rd lowest temperature of Spain

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.0 0 2 1 2 1
February 1.0 0 1 1 1 0
March 0.5 1 0 2 0 0
April 0.5 1 1 0 1
May 0.1 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 1.0 0 5 0 0
October 0.5 0 0 0 1
November 0.8 0 0 1 2
December 0.7 0 3 0 2
Average 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.9 0.3 0.4

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 10.4 8 13 9 11 9
February 10.6 13 9 10 10 10
March 12.3 12 11 14 12 12
April 12.1 12 13 11 11
May 13.1 13 12 16 12
June 12.7 10 15 14 12
July 14.7 15 14 15 14
August 13.4 13 15 13 14
September 11.2 10 12 11 11
October 9.7 8 10 11 11
November 10.6 10 10 10 9
December 9.5 9 8 10 10
Average 11.7 10.9 11.2 12.1 12.2 11.4

13th highest wind speed of Spain

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 077° 042° 072° 030° 057°
February 042° 049° 030° 026° 035°
March 360° 035° 010° 028° 017°
April 019° 028° 027° 031°
May 030° 037° 026° 020°
June 032° 031° 032° 044°
July 033° 032° 028° 035°
August 027° 037° 035° 032°
September 044° 031° 042° 030°
October 027° 028° 037° 038°
November 036° 042° 043° 035°
December 065° 275° 068° 039°

Prevailing wind direction

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