El Hierro Airport

GCHI · Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Climate El Hierro Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of El Hierro Airport (GCHI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 97.2 98 100 97 92 100
February 95.1 93 98 99 95 89
March 94.2 91 94 98 98 94
April 95.1 95 94 99 98
May 92.2 95 95 92 91
June 89.6 88 85 90 97
July 82.1 88 75 80 79
August 86.0 91 85 93 82
September 92.0 99 82 94 95
October 97.1 97 98 98 97
November 97.0 97 99 99 100
December 96.7 97 95 98 96
Average 92.6 93.4 94.4 90.8 93.7 92.7

40th 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 99.9 100 100 100 100 100
February 98.4 100 100 100 98 95
March 99.7 100 100 100 100 99
April 99.8 100 99 100 100
May 99.7 100 100 99 99
June 99.6 99 100 100 100
July 99.7 100 99 99 100
August 99.8 100 100 100 100
September 99.6 100 98 100 100
October 99.9 100 100 100 100
November 99.6 99 100 100 100
December 99.8 100 99 100 100
Average 99.6 100.0 99.7 99.5 99.6 99.4

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 21.2 23 21 22 21 22
February 21.3 23 21 21 21 23
March 21.6 22 23 21 21 22
April 22.5 23 22 23 23
May 23.6 24 24 23 24
June 24.7 26 24 24 25
July 25.4 27 26 25 25
August 26.4 28 26 27 26
September 26.6 27 26 27 27
October 26.2 29 25 26 26
November 24.0 25 24 23 24
December 22.2 23 23 22 22
Average 23.6 22.7 24.7 23.6 23.5 23.9

25th 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 17.7 19 18 18 17 17
February 17.4 19 17 18 17 19
March 17.6 18 19 17 17 17
April 18.1 19 18 18 19
May 19.3 20 20 19 20
June 20.6 22 21 20 21
July 21.6 23 21 21 21
August 22.4 24 22 22 22
September 22.7 23 23 23 23
October 22.0 24 22 22 22
November 20.4 22 21 20 20
December 18.8 20 20 19 18
Average 19.7 18.8 20.7 19.9 19.6 19.9

65th 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 1.2 1 1 2 1 0
February 1.5 0 1 1 1 0
March 0.9 2 0 1 2 1
April 0.9 0 2 1 0
May 0.5 1 2 0 0
June 0.7 4 0 0 1
July 0.0 0 0 1 0
August 0.4 0 1 0 1
September 1.4 0 9 0 0
October 0.7 1 0 0 1
November 1.7 3 0 2 2
December 1.5 1 4 0 4
Average 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.7 0.5 0.7

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 11.6 11 13 12 11 10
February 11.8 13 10 12 12 12
March 12.7 14 11 14 13 13
April 11.9 13 13 10 10
May 13.0 12 12 15 13
June 13.3 12 15 14 12
July 17.5 17 19 19 19
August 15.6 16 16 14 16
September 11.7 11 13 11 12
October 10.2 9 11 11 11
November 10.7 11 10 11 11
December 10.6 10 8 11 11
Average 12.7 12.7 12.0 13.2 12.7 12.6

25th 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 138° 041° 109° 023° 085°
February 025° 012° 019° 012° 035°
March 353° 005° 007° 015° 018°
April 360° 013° 009° 009°
May 008° 008° 009° 001°
June 357° 004° 004° 011°
July 353° 349° 355° 351°
August 346° 349° 349° 356°
September 006° 359° 010° 001°
October 010° 009° 013° 025°
November 024° 024° 040° 016°
December 078° 324° 047° 046°

Prevailing wind direction

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