Climate La Gomera Airport 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of La Gomera Airport (GCGM) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	93.7	96	100	85
February	96.6	96	94	100
March	93.4	90	93	97
April	93.8		99	89
May	97.7		99	96
June	90.2		87	94
July	98.7		98	99
August	97.7		97	99	100
September	92.8		96	90
October	95.6		97	94
November	96.3		95	97
December	87.6		90	84
Average	95.8	94.0	95.3	94.1	100.0

13th 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
January	99.1	100	100	98
February	100.0	100	100	100
March	99.4	98	100	100
April	98.7		100	97
May	100.0		100	100
June	96.6		95	98
July	99.6		99	100
August	99.1		99	100	100
September	98.5		100	97
October	99.5		100	99
November	99.6		99	100
December	98.5		100	96
Average	99.3	99.4	99.2	98.8	100.0

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
January	21.5	23	21	21
February	21.7	23	20	22
March	22.3	22	24	20
April	22.6		24	22
May	23.8		24	24
June	25.1		26	24
July	27.5		28	27
August	28.3		30	27	25
September	26.4		27	26
October	27.6		30	25
November	25.0		26	25
December	22.7		23	23
Average	24.1	22.6	25.2	23.8	25.0

20th 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
January	16.9	18	17	16
February	16.2	18	14	17
March	16.4	16	18	15
April	16.9		18	16
May	18.1		19	18
June	19.6		20	19
July	21.1		22	21
August	20.8		20	21	25
September	21.4		22	21
October	22.1		24	21
November	19.8		20	19
December	18.3		18	18
Average	20.0	17.4	19.2	18.5	25.0

59th 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
January	0.7	1	0	1
February	1.2	0	2	2
March	1.9	2	0	4
April	1.0		0	2
May	0.3		0	1
June	0.2		1	0
July	0.0		0	0
August	1.2		1	2	0
September	2.8		0	6
October	0.0		0	0
November	0.4		1	0
December	1.4		1	3
Average	0.7	1.0	0.4	1.5

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
January	6.8	7	6	8
February	6.8	7	6	7
March	6.8	8	5	8
April	6.5		6	7
May	6.3		6	6
June	6.0		6	6
July	5.8		6	5
August	5.4		5	6	8
September	6.0		6	6
October	6.0		6	6
November	5.8		6	6
December	6.2		6	7
Average	6.9	7.1	5.9	6.4	8.0

20th 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
January	137°	222°	106°
February	193°	219°	145°
March	254°	222°	233°
April		218°	229°
May		227°	222°
June		221°	222°
July		229°	223°
August		220°	222°	230°
September		220°	223°
October		204°	213°
November		212°	222°
December		121°	243°

Prevailing wind direction

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