San Francisco International Airport

KSFO · California, United States

Climate San Francisco International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of San Francisco International Airport (KSFO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 75.7 75 77 76 79 72
February 84.8 80 79 94 91 89
March 83.8 85 75 86 90 80
April 82.6 85 92 75 72
May 73.7 56 90 77 89
June 79.3 63 82 74 89
July 81.8 82 71 80 85
August 77.7 82 86 82 71
September 80.7 76 86 82 63
October 87.2 88 77 85 87
November 81.4 92 90 77 87
December 77.8 71 77 69 89
Average 80.4 79.8 76.5 84.1 79.8 80.9

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi 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 91.8 96 91 87 92 89
February 96.2 93 91 99 98 97
March 96.5 99 91 95 100 98
April 96.6 95 96 98 94
May 95.9 94 97 92 99
June 95.1 94 95 90 99
July 95.0 97 94 92 97
August 94.9 98 98 97 87
September 93.1 95 98 96 74
October 95.9 96 89 96 97
November 91.6 99 97 90 96
December 91.1 86 84 86 96
Average 94.7 95.9 93.9 94.4 93.9 93.7

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi 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 14.7 15 15 15 15 14
February 15.9 16 14 18 17 18
March 16.5 16 14 18 17 16
April 18.3 17 19 18 18
May 19.6 18 20 20 22
June 22.2 20 23 23 23
July 21.9 22 21 22 22
August 23.2 25 23 23 24
September 23.7 23 25 23 25
October 22.5 24 20 21 25
November 17.8 20 16 18 17
December 14.6 17 13 13 16
Average 18.8 15.5 19.1 19.3 19.0 19.9

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 8.8 10 9 8 9 9
February 8.3 9 7 8 9 9
March 9.2 10 8 9 9 9
April 10.5 10 10 10 11
May 11.7 12 11 11 12
June 13.5 13 13 15 13
July 13.7 14 14 14 13
August 14.7 16 15 15 15
September 14.8 15 15 14 15
October 12.9 15 12 13 14
November 10.2 12 8 11 9
December 8.6 10 7 9 8
Average 11.2 9.5 11.7 11.0 11.5 11.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.5 14 17 0 5 3
February 9.6 20 20 0 3 0
March 8.2 11 24 1 2 6
April 1.9 0 2 1 4
May 1.5 3 0 0 2
June 0.1 0 1 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.2 1 0 0 1
September 0.2 0 2 0 0
October 0.7 1 0 5 0
November 3.3 2 5 2 1
December 7.1 11 17 12 3
Average 4.5 14.7 6.1 1.6 2.2 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 2020
January 6.6 7 9 4 7 7
February 8.4 8 9 7 8 8
March 9.0 10 10 10 9 8
April 10.9 12 12 12 10
May 12.0 10 14 14 11
June 11.8 11 12 12 12
July 11.9 12 12 11 11
August 10.6 10 10 10 10
September 9.9 9 10 10 9
October 7.7 7 8 9 7
November 5.8 5 6 5 7
December 5.9 5 6 7 5
Average 9.3 8.3 9.3 9.6 9.7 8.9

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 216° 145° 069° 357° 295°
February 173° 274° 325° 297° 303°
March 267° 225° 296° 285° 257°
April 290° 283° 285° 271°
May 266° 288° 283° 271°
June 270° 293° 286° 289°
July 299° 296° 298° 304°
August 295° 301° 299° 308°
September 290° 298° 301° 301°
October 294° 299° 273° 313°
November 303° 281° 001° 299°
December 156° 194° 220° 332°

Prevailing wind direction

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