Climate Melilla Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Melilla Airport (GEML) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	92.7	92	94	92	91	95
February	80.3	92	83	71	76	74
March	81.6	78	95	72	64	79
April	75.5		93	85	64	70
May	79.4		90	78	76	71
June	83.2		83	89	80	91
July	82.3		94	75	80	68
August	80.9		86	78	77	92
September	80.8		82	90	86	80
October	87.7		86	73	91	89
November	93.2		95	95	97	84
December	91.4		98	96	88	96
Average	83.9	86.7	89.6	82.0	80.2	81.7

56th 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	98.2	99	100	98	95	100
February	95.9	97	92	96	97	95
March	93.9	91	100	90	86	94
April	93.5		99	96	89	93
May	96.0		99	92	92	98
June	98.1		97	98	97	100
July	96.9		100	93	96	96
August	97.2		100	100	91	100
September	96.6		99	99	98	98
October	98.4		100	93	99	100
November	98.9		100	100	99	97
December	98.0		100	99	97	100
Average	96.5	94.9	98.6	95.9	94.4	97.5

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	17.0	19	17	16	17	17
February	17.5	19	16	18	18	19
March	18.9	20	20	17	18	19
April	20.0		23	19	20	20
May	23.1		24	23	22	24
June	25.8		26	27	24	26
July	28.9		32	29	28	29
August	29.4		31	30	28	31
September	26.8		26	28	26	27
October	23.8		25	25	22	23
November	20.3		22	22	18	21
December	18.3		19	21	18	18
Average	22.1	19.1	23.4	23.0	21.6	22.7

31st 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	10.2	12	10	10	11	9
February	11.7	13	12	12	13	12
March	12.8	14	13	12	12	14
April	14.4		16	14	14	15
May	16.9		17	17	16	18
June	20.0		21	21	19	20
July	23.0		25	23	22	24
August	23.7		24	24	22	25
September	21.3		21	22	20	22
October	17.5		19	19	17	17
November	13.7		14	16	12	14
December	11.5		11	13	12	10
Average	15.9	12.7	16.9	17.0	15.8	16.6

58th 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	3.2	1	2	0	5	1
February	2.9	2	8	4	2	1
March	3.2	4	1	6	2	3
April	6.1		1	9	8	8
May	1.9		3	2	5	1
June	0.2		0	0	1	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	1.1		0	1	1	0
September	1.8		3	1	3	2
October	1.6		1	2	1	3
November	2.4		1	2	5	1
December	3.0		2	8	1	2
Average	2.2	2.4	1.4	2.5	2.7	1.7

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	7.2	6	7	7	8	5
February	7.8	9	8	7	8	7
March	8.3	9	8	8	7	10
April	7.9		8	8	8	7
May	7.2		7	7	8	7
June	7.6		7	8	7	9
July	7.4		7	6	9	6
August	6.7		7	6	7	8
September	6.6		6	8	7	7
October	6.3		6	5	6	7
November	7.2		7	8	8	6
December	6.8		6	5	8	8
Average	7.3	8.0	6.9	7.1	7.5	7.2

31st 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	304°	295°	101°	274°	294°
February	295°	078°	072°	309°	330°
March	294°	307°	344°	052°	328°
April		010°	332°	352°	343°
May		021°	344°	334°	030°
June		033°	308°	315°	288°
July		331°	084°	285°	058°
August		036°	037°	357°	325°
September		037°	309°	020°	055°
October		042°	081°	051°	304°
November		294°	301°	276°	084°
December		305°	272°	271°	273°

Prevailing wind direction

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