Climate Algeciras Heliport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Algeciras Heliport (LEAG) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	83.9	81	89	82
February	79.1	86	70	81
March	83.1	79	89	82
April	90.8		93	89
May	93.2		91	96
June	94.8		91	99
July	92.5		95	90
August	89.3		92	86
September	91.2		87	96
October	77.8		77	79
November	84.3		87	81
December	75.7		88	55
Average	85.4	81.9	87.9	86.5

52nd 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
January	98.4	97	99	99
February	99.2	98	100	100
March	98.1	97	99	98
April	99.2		99	100
May	99.2		99	100
June	99.2		99	100
July	98.7		99	98
August	98.4		97	100
September	99.4		100	99
October	99.3		100	99
November	98.5		98	99
December	95.7		96	95
Average	98.3	97.2	98.7	99.1

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
January	16.4	18	16	16
February	16.8	18	15	17
March	18.0	18	20	17
April	20.5		22	19
May	22.8		23	23
June	26.1		26	27
July	29.3		31	28
August	28.8		29	28
September	26.0		25	27
October	23.0		23	23
November	20.6		21	21
December	18.3		18	19
Average	20.8	17.9	22.4	22.0

41st 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
January	11.8	12	11	12
February	12.6	13	12	12
March	12.7	13	13	12
April	14.8		16	14
May	17.0		17	17
June	20.0		20	20
July	22.3		23	22
August	22.3		22	22
September	20.4		21	20
October	18.6		18	19
November	14.3		13	15
December	12.7		12	15
Average	15.4	12.8	16.5	16.8

56th lowest temperature of Spain

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	9.9	10	13	7
February	6.5	12	4	4
March	13.7	21	5	15
April	4.8		1	9
May	3.9		5	3
June	2.2		4	0
July	2.0		3	2
August	0.7		1	1
September	0.5		1	1
October	4.6		8	2
November	4.2		5	4
December	15.0		7	28
Average	8.0	14.7	4.3	5.1

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
January	10.1	9	9	12
February	10.9	9	13	10
March	8.8	9	8	10
April	9.3		9	10
May	7.5		7	8
June	7.4		7	8
July	6.8		6	7
August	6.8		7	7
September	7.5		8	7
October	7.4		8	7
November	7.3		7	8
December	7.5		7	9
Average	8.4	8.8	7.8	8.4

41st 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
January	069°	007°	096°
February	299°	085°	096°
March	305°	360°	115°
April		098°	047°
May		123°	087°
June		089°	302°
July		134°	108°
August		073°	097°
September		074°	290°
October		079°	078°
November		301°	321°
December		029°	026°

Prevailing wind direction

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