Rijeka Airport

LDRI · Primorsko-Goranska, Croatia

Climate Rijeka Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Rijeka Airport (LDRI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 91.0 90 73 93 97 94
February 88.9 90 74 97 98 92
March 93.6 96 87 99 97 98
April 96.5 98 98 96 98
May 97.5 95 99 100 98
June 98.9 97 100 100 98
July 99.6 100 100 100 100
August 99.6 98 100 100 100
September 97.1 97 95 99 96
October 95.5 87 100 100 96
November 92.1 91 95 88 96
December 90.7 81 94 95 94
Average 95.3 92.2 91.0 97.9 97.8 96.9

2nd best VFR conditions of Croatia

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 97.8 98 95 94 100 97
February 97.6 100 96 100 98 99
March 99.1 100 100 100 100 99
April 99.5 100 100 99 100
May 99.7 100 100 100 100
June 99.8 100 100 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 99.4 99 100 100 100
October 99.6 100 100 100 99
November 99.1 99 100 99 100
December 97.7 100 98 96 99
Average 99.2 99.4 99.2 99.5 99.4 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 9.8 11 10 10 9 12
February 11.6 15 11 12 12 14
March 14.3 16 15 13 14 13
April 17.6 16 16 15 20
May 21.7 22 24 20 22
June 27.9 27 30 29 26
July 30.1 31 32 30 30
August 30.3 30 31 29 30
September 24.8 27 24 26 26
October 20.2 23 22 18 18
November 14.6 15 15 14 15
December 11.2 13 11 11 11
Average 18.9 13.9 19.9 20.2 18.9 19.6

5th highest temperature of Croatia

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 4.1 5 6 3 4 4
February 5.4 8 4 5 6 6
March 7.0 9 8 5 5 7
April 9.6 9 9 8 11
May 14.0 15 15 12 15
June 18.9 19 20 19 17
July 20.5 21 22 21 20
August 21.0 21 22 19 21
September 16.2 18 15 16 17
October 12.5 15 14 11 11
November 9.0 9 9 9 8
December 5.8 7 6 5 6
Average 11.4 7.1 12.6 12.3 11.2 12.0

5th lowest temperature of Croatia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.3 12 11 4 19 5
February 9.8 8 3 10 14 6
March 8.8 14 8 5 5 7
April 7.2 7 6 11 3
May 7.7 12 4 8 4
June 2.3 3 2 1 4
July 1.8 2 1 3 2
August 2.1 5 2 2 3
September 5.3 3 8 2 4
October 5.6 7 1 4 12
November 12.0 14 13 9 4
December 16.2 14 28 11 15
Average 7.2 11.3 7.1 5.6 6.6 5.2

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 6 8 7 7 5
February 7.0 5 7 7 6 6
March 7.1 5 7 7 7 9
April 6.5 7 7 7 7
May 6.1 7 5 6 7
June 5.4 5 5 5 5
July 5.5 5 6 5 7
August 5.9 5 7 6 6
September 5.9 6 7 5 6
October 5.5 6 4 7 6
November 6.7 7 6 7 6
December 6.5 6 6 7 8
Average 6.1 5.5 6.2 6.2 6.1 6.4

5th highest wind speed of Croatia

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 071° 066° 066° 097° 064°
February 154° 047° 062° 106° 197°
March 200° 115° 040° 047° 048°
April 043° 067° 055° 042°
May 045° 335° 180° 046°
June 358° 305° 275° 254°
July 297° 349° 313° 013°
August 118° 019° 045° 359°
September 060° 126° 023° 053°
October 168° 162° 061° 127°
November 105° 077° 068° 057°
December 114° 080° 048° 090°

Prevailing wind direction

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