Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport

LEAL · Alicante, Valencia, Spain

Climate Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport 2020-2024

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 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 96.4 99 100 93 95 90
February 95.3 99 91 99 92 91
March 94.0 95 99 81 93 94
April 94.8 98 97 88 95
May 96.9 94 98 97 99
June 97.3 96 99 94 98
July 96.9 94 99 97 98
August 97.1 98 100 97 95
September 96.6 91 98 98 100
October 98.2 100 97 98 97
November 97.1 99 96 97 94
December 98.2 100 94 95 100
Average 96.6 97.5 96.5 96.1 95.1 96.2

4th 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 99.5 100 100 97 100 100
February 99.2 100 100 100 99 97
March 98.7 98 100 95 98 100
April 99.1 100 100 100 100
May 99.2 99 99 100 100
June 99.8 100 100 100 100
July 99.7 100 100 99 100
August 99.8 100 100 100 100
September 99.5 98 100 100 100
October 99.7 100 99 100 100
November 99.3 99 99 100 100
December 100.0 100 100 100 100
Average 99.4 99.3 99.5 98.9 99.5 99.6

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 16.7 18 17 16 17 16
February 17.6 19 15 18 18 20
March 19.2 20 22 17 18 19
April 20.4 23 20 19 20
May 23.9 23 25 24 25
June 27.6 27 29 27 27
July 30.5 31 32 30 30
August 30.9 31 33 31 31
September 28.3 28 30 29 28
October 24.8 26 26 25 25
November 20.4 23 22 19 21
December 18.0 18 18 18 18
Average 22.7 19.2 23.7 23.8 22.9 23.4

16th 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 7.0 9 6 6 7 7
February 8.0 9 7 8 10 9
March 9.7 10 10 11 9 11
April 11.8 13 11 12 12
May 14.9 15 15 15 16
June 19.0 20 20 19 19
July 22.3 24 22 22 22
August 22.8 24 23 22 23
September 20.2 21 20 21 20
October 15.6 16 17 17 14
November 11.3 12 13 11 12
December 8.5 8 11 10 8
Average 13.7 9.6 14.5 14.8 14.4 14.2

49th 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 2.9 0 0 5 7 3
February 2.1 2 4 1 0 2
March 5.6 3 0 16 6 10
April 6.1 0 14 10 5
May 3.3 11 3 4 3
June 1.3 3 0 3 2
July 0.2 0 0 1 0
August 0.7 0 0 0 1
September 1.9 1 2 1 1
October 2.0 0 0 2 2
November 2.4 0 2 4 2
December 1.6 0 5 0 1
Average 2.4 1.8 1.8 4.0 2.9 2.5

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 8.2 8 8 7 9 7
February 7.8 8 8 7 9 7
March 8.6 9 8 10 8 9
April 8.2 7 9 8 7
May 7.3 7 7 8 7
June 7.0 6 6 7 7
July 7.1 7 7 7 7
August 7.1 7 7 7 7
September 7.3 7 8 7 7
October 6.5 7 5 7 8
November 7.8 8 8 9 6
December 7.6 7 4 9 10
Average 7.6 8.3 7.3 7.1 7.9 7.4

16th 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 257° 279° 341° 279° 294°
February 278° 052° 080° 006° 248°
March 245° 229° 061° 078° 027°
April 108° 021° 096° 073°
May 085° 093° 104° 093°
June 098° 101° 090° 103°
July 096° 090° 096° 090°
August 096° 098° 098° 097°
September 088° 089° 098° 093°
October 195° 103° 106° 251°
November 262° 275° 301° 084°
December 261° 259° 290° 277°

Prevailing wind direction

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