Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport

LEBL · Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Climate Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (LEBL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 94.1 91 97 91 97 91
February 87.6 95 92 89 72 85
March 92.0 85 93 89 95 90
April 91.6 98 91 90 84
May 95.2 95 97 97 97
June 96.4 99 97 96 98
July 96.8 94 96 97 98
August 96.1 93 99 95 99
September 96.9 98 96 98 98
October 94.4 95 93 97 95
November 94.8 90 98 95 90
December 93.7 99 91 92 89
Average 93.9 90.2 95.1 94.3 93.8 93.2

11th 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 98.5 100 99 95 100 96
February 97.4 99 98 99 92 100
March 98.8 95 100 99 100 98
April 98.2 99 98 99 93
May 98.9 99 99 100 100
June 99.3 100 99 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 99.6 100 100 100 100
September 99.6 100 100 100 98
October 99.3 99 98 100 99
November 99.3 98 100 99 100
December 99.2 100 98 100 98
Average 98.9 97.9 99.3 98.8 99.1 98.4

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 13.5 15 13 13 12 14
February 14.6 16 13 15 15 16
March 16.1 16 18 15 15 16
April 17.6 18 18 16 18
May 21.1 21 22 20 23
June 25.6 26 27 26 24
July 28.1 28 29 27 28
August 28.6 29 30 27 29
September 25.7 26 26 26 26
October 22.2 23 23 21 21
November 17.4 18 19 16 18
December 14.7 15 14 15 14
Average 19.9 15.7 20.7 21.1 19.8 20.5

48th 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 5.6 7 5 5 5 6
February 7.4 9 5 8 10 9
March 9.1 10 9 10 9 9
April 11.0 12 10 10 12
May 14.9 15 16 14 16
June 19.5 20 21 20 18
July 22.3 23 23 21 22
August 22.5 23 23 22 23
September 19.1 20 20 20 18
October 15.3 17 17 15 13
November 10.0 11 12 9 11
December 7.2 7 8 7 7
Average 13.0 8.5 13.9 14.4 13.4 13.7

45th 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 4.2 4 1 2 8 5
February 4.4 2 8 2 5 1
March 6.3 9 1 17 3 10
April 6.0 0 9 5 13
May 4.6 6 2 2 4
June 2.2 0 1 1 4
July 1.3 3 3 0 1
August 2.3 4 2 2 1
September 3.9 2 2 4 5
October 4.4 3 2 5 4
November 4.4 1 3 12 6
December 2.6 0 9 1 2
Average 4.0 5.2 2.6 4.3 3.6 4.6

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 9.4 8 9 8 10 11
February 9.1 10 10 8 9 10
March 9.9 9 11 11 9 11
April 9.6 10 11 9 9
May 8.7 8 8 10 9
June 8.5 8 8 9 8
July 8.3 8 8 9 8
August 8.4 9 9 8 9
September 8.6 9 8 9 8
October 8.3 9 8 8 9
November 9.0 9 8 9 9
December 8.6 8 7 9 10
Average 8.9 9.1 8.9 8.6 8.9 9.0

48th 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 305° 299° 297° 304° 339°
February 260° 330° 252° 247° 245°
March 233° 240° 061° 154° 026°
April 212° 270° 097° 111°
May 167° 175° 210° 193°
June 195° 172° 174° 195°
July 167° 164° 199° 168°
August 167° 211° 153° 189°
September 135° 111° 177° 241°
October 238° 138° 231° 264°
November 265° 296° 335° 335°
December 292° 311° 296° 294°

Prevailing wind direction

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