Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport

LEAL · Alicante, Valencia, Spain

Climate Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (LEAL) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 96.8 100 99 100 93 95
February 95.2 94 99 91 99 92
March 93.1 86 95 99 81 93
April 95.2 98 98 97 88
May 97.2 98 99 94 98 97
June 97.2 98 96 96 99 94
July 96.6 95 94 99 97
August 96.8 95 98 100 97
September 96.2 94 91 98 98
October 98.1 98 100 97 98
November 96.7 94 99 96 97
December 97.8 95 100 94 95
Average 96.3 95.1 96.3 96.5 96.1 95.1

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 99.5 100 100 100 97 100
February 99.3 100 100 100 100 99
March 98.7 99 98 100 95 98
April 99.2 100 100 100 100
May 99.4 100 100 99 99 100
June 99.8 100 100 100 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 99
August 99.8 100 100 100 100
September 99.5 100 98 100 100
October 99.7 100 100 99 100
November 99.2 98 99 99 100
December 100.0 100 100 100 100
Average 99.5 99.6 99.7 99.5 98.9 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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 16.8 18.0 18.1 16.6 15.9 16.6
February 17.6 17.8 19.3 15.4 17.5 18.3
March 19.1 18.5 20.3 21.6 16.8 18.0
April 20.4 20.8 23.0 19.8 19.1
May 24.1 25.3 24.1 23.1 25.0 23.6
June 27.9 31.1 27.1 27.3 29.1 27.0
July 30.5 30.5 31.1 31.8 30.0
August 30.9 30.8 30.8 32.6 30.8
September 28.1 27.3 27.6 29.6 29.1
October 24.8 25.0 26.0 25.6 24.6
November 20.6 21.8 22.6 21.8 19.0
December 18.0 18.0 18.3 18.0 18.1
Average 23.1 22.1 23.6 23.7 23.8 22.9

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 7.1 8.3 9.4 6.2 6.0 7.0
February 8.0 7.7 9.3 6.5 7.7 9.5
March 9.8 10.6 10.1 10.0 10.6 9.3
April 11.8 11.8 12.6 11.3 12.3
May 15.0 15.9 14.6 15.3 14.6 14.5
June 19.4 21.8 19.6 19.6 19.5 18.8
July 22.3 22.3 23.8 22.3 21.5
August 22.9 23.5 23.5 23.1 22.1
September 20.3 20.5 20.5 20.3 20.8
October 15.8 17.0 16.3 16.8 16.6
November 11.7 14.0 12.3 12.5 10.6
December 8.5 8.3 7.7 10.5 9.8
Average 14.2 12.9 15.0 14.5 14.8 14.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 2.7 2 0 0 5 7
February 2.0 1 2 4 1 0
March 6.0 9 3 0 16 6
April 5.7 4 0 14 10
May 3.0 4 0 11 3 4
June 1.2 0 1 3 0 3
July 0.2 0 0 0 1
August 0.7 1 0 0 0
September 2.1 3 1 2 1
October 2.0 2 0 0 2
November 2.3 2 0 2 4
December 1.7 3 0 5 0
Average 2.5 3.2 1.6 1.8 4.0 2.9

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 8.1 8 8 8 7 9
February 7.7 6 8 8 7 9
March 8.8 10 9 8 10 8
April 8.0 7 7 9 8
May 7.3 7 8 7 7 8
June 7.0 6 8 6 6 7
July 7.1 7 7 7 7
August 7.1 8 7 7 7
September 7.3 7 7 8 7
October 6.7 8 7 5 7
November 7.7 7 8 8 9
December 7.6 7 7 4 9
Average 7.5 7.3 7.6 7.3 7.1 7.9

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 264° 257° 279° 341° 279°
February 135° 278° 052° 080° 006°
March 077° 245° 229° 061° 078°
April 103° 108° 021° 096°
May 110° 113° 085° 093° 104°
June 099° 098° 098° 101° 090°
July 092° 096° 090° 096°
August 092° 096° 098° 098°
September 103° 088° 089° 098°
October 041° 195° 103° 106°
November 071° 262° 275° 301°
December 282° 261° 259° 290°

Prevailing wind direction

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