Climate Bardenas Reales 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bardenas Reales (LEBR) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	88.7	79	94	94
February	94.3	93	92	98
March	95.7	95	98	94
April	98.7		99	98
May	99.4		100	99
June	98.6		98	100
July	98.7		98	100
August	99.8		100	100
September	97.8		97	99
October	97.0		98	96
November	96.3		94	98
December	76.6		83	66
Average	94.2	89.5	96.4	96.8

2nd 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	94.1	91	96	95
February	97.2	94	99	99
March	99.4	100	99	100
April	100.0		100	100
May	99.8		100	100
June	100.0		100	100
July	100.0		100	100
August	100.0		100	100
September	100.0		100	100
October	99.8		100	100
November	97.8		97	99
December	85.8		88	83
Average	97.6	95.4	98.5	98.8

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	10.9	12	10	11
February	14.2	15	12	15
March	16.8	17	20	14
April	20.1		22	18
May	25.2		24	27
June	30.4		29	32
July	33.0		32	34
August	33.4		33	34
September	27.8		28	28
October	24.8		24	25
November	16.5		17	16
December	11.2		12	10
Average	19.6	14.5	21.9	22.4

39th 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	1.4	2	2	1
February	2.6	4	0	3
March	5.8	5	6	6
April	7.7		9	7
May	12.3		12	13
June	17.0		17	18
July	18.1		18	18
August	18.9		19	19
September	15.1		16	15
October	13.3		13	14
November	7.0		7	7
December	3.4		3	4
Average	8.2	3.8	10.0	10.6

19th 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	6.9	8	11	2
February	3.1	5	5	0
March	6.4	9	1	9
April	6.2		4	9
May	2.3		2	3
June	2.8		5	1
July	1.5		1	2
August	0.3		0	1
September	4.4		7	1
October	4.0		4	4
November	7.0		5	9
December	8.4		5	14
Average	5.0	7.3	3.9	3.8

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	8.8	6	12	8
February	10.0	11	8	11
March	10.3	9	10	11
April	11.2		10	12
May	11.6		13	11
June	9.2		9	9
July	9.3		10	9
August	9.0		10	9
September	8.2		8	9
October	8.4		7	9
November	8.4		9	8
December	7.3		8	7
Average	9.3	8.8	9.5	9.7

39th 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	286°	316°	301°
February	316°	319°	308°
March	097°	312°	099°
April		322°	318°
May		330°	325°
June		340°	308°
July		333°	313°
August		342°	314°
September		113°	323°
October		137°	120°
November		310°	333°
December		316°	100°

Prevailing wind direction

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