Climate Bilbao Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bilbao Airport (LEBB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	81.0	87	77	74	79	93
February	84.0	72	86	85	84	84
March	88.2	84	91	88	93	84
April	87.4		82	83	93	85
May	82.1		73	82	89	87
June	75.0		78	75	73	85
July	80.2		75	89	77	83
August	82.4		72	77	83	85
September	89.6		87	92	89	96
October	85.1		86	86	91	88
November	83.3		68	83	81	89
December	85.5		74	84	84	91
Average	83.2	81.0	78.7	82.9	84.4	87.2

54th 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	92.6	94	93	86	93	98
February	95.3	92	99	92	95	95
March	96.5	95	97	96	97	96
April	97.0		94	96	99	97
May	96.5		96	97	97	99
June	95.0		92	95	94	98
July	97.1		96	100	96	98
August	97.4		96	96	99	98
September	97.2		96	96	98	100
October	95.6		94	99	98	95
November	94.1		87	93	94	98
December	94.4		94	94	91	97
Average	95.7	93.5	94.4	95.3	96.1	97.3

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	13.1	16	13	14	12	15
February	15.7	17	14	16	17	18
March	17.1	18	20	17	17	16
April	18.4		19	17	17	20
May	21.3		21	23	20	24
June	24.1		26	25	23	23
July	25.9		26	29	24	26
August	26.6		27	28	24	27
September	25.6		28	26	26	26
October	22.5		25	25	22	20
November	16.9		18	19	14	19
December	14.9		15	14	17	14
Average	19.7	16.7	21.0	21.2	19.3	20.4

47th 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	5.4	8	5	5	6	6
February	6.6	8	5	5	9	8
March	7.9	9	9	9	8	7
April	9.2		9	9	8	12
May	11.9		13	13	10	13
June	15.3		17	16	14	15
July	17.1		17	17	16	17
August	17.2		18	19	16	17
September	15.4		17	15	16	15
October	12.9		15	16	11	11
November	9.1		11	10	8	10
December	7.3		8	8	8	7
Average	10.9	8.2	12.0	12.0	10.8	11.5

31st 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	26.6	21	39	22	32	5
February	19.2	27	8	15	14	13
March	16.9	17	8	25	7	25
April	15.6		15	24	8	18
May	12.0		14	5	17	8
June	12.1		10	13	15	21
July	7.8		7	2	11	8
August	9.6		16	11	6	12
September	11.9		13	21	10	8
October	16.1		16	4	8	34
November	30.7		38	34	37	11
December	25.5		27	20	27	38
Average	16.5	21.3	16.4	15.3	15.0	16.0

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	5.3	6	5	5	5	5
February	6.4	8	5	5	8	6
March	7.3	7	7	8	7	7
April	6.4		7	7	7	6
May	6.1		7	6	6	6
June	5.6		5	6	6	6
July	5.3		5	6	5	6
August	5.5		6	6	5	5
September	5.5		6	6	5	6
October	5.5		6	6	5	6
November	5.9		6	7	5	6
December	5.9		6	4	7	8
Average	6.0	7.0	5.9	6.1	5.8	6.0

47th 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	182°	264°	293°	237°	173°
February	275°	047°	289°	204°	257°
March	235°	263°	143°	354°	310°
April		307°	296°	053°	211°
May		318°	309°	301°	321°
June		317°	308°	308°	308°
July		324°	339°	312°	334°
August		312°	314°	333°	325°
September		220°	306°	315°	319°
October		200°	189°	310°	254°
November		268°	250°	302°	141°
December		259°	129°	213°	243°

Prevailing wind direction

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