Castellón-Costa Azahar Airport

LECH · Castelló, Valencia, Spain

Climate Castellón-Costa Azahar Airport 2022-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Castellón-Costa Azahar Airport (LECH) between 2022 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022
January 95.1 97 92 98 94
February 87.0 72 98 87 90
March 77.4 65 92 94 59
April 91.8 97 94 85
May 92.0 90 93 93 93
June 91.7 91 91 93 92
July 85.9 86 79 93
August 92.9 89 93 97
September 85.3 90 78 88
October 83.4 77 89 84
November 88.1 75 100 89
December 89.4 93 99 68
Average 87.7 83.4 89.5 90.6 87.2

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
January 98.8 100 98 100 99
February 96.2 93 100 94 98
March 87.0 77 95 96 80
April 96.1 100 96 92
May 97.7 97 99 97 99
June 97.5 98 98 97 98
July 96.9 97 95 99
August 99.3 99 99 100
September 97.1 98 95 98
October 92.7 88 95 94
November 97.1 94 100 97
December 95.7 97 99 88
Average 95.6 92.9 97.0 96.7 95.6

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 2025 2024 2023 2022
January 14.7 15.0 16.0 13.6 14.4
February 15.2 14.5 17.8 12.8 15.8
March 16.0 14.1 17.6 19.0 13.1
April 19.1 20.1 20.0 17.3
May 22.2 22.1 21.8 21.3 23.5
June 26.8 28.6 25.1 25.6 27.8
July 28.7 28.8 27.6 29.6
August 29.6 29.3 28.8 30.6
September 24.9 24.8 23.6 26.1
October 22.3 21.5 22.1 23.3
November 18.4 17.6 18.8 18.8
December 14.6 14.9 15.0 13.5
Average 20.6 18.9 21.3 20.8 21.4

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022
January 4.3 4.7 6.5 3.3 2.6
February 5.2 5.7 7.2 2.6 5.4
March 7.6 7.7 7.9 7.7 7.2
April 9.0 8.8 9.6 8.5
May 12.0 12.0 12.1 11.8 12.1
June 17.3 18.5 16.3 16.8 17.6
July 19.5 19.8 18.8 19.8
August 19.4 19.6 18.8 19.8
September 15.7 16.5 13.9 16.8
October 13.1 12.5 12.8 14.1
November 9.1 9.1 8.0 10.0
December 5.5 5.7 4.5 6.7
Average 11.1 9.7 11.8 10.8 11.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022
January 2.1 2 3 1 2
February 3.9 1 3 9 3
March 11.5 13 5 2 26
April 4.7 5 1 8
May 3.4 2 0 9 3
June 2.1 0 1 5 3
July 1.6 2 2 1
August 0.8 0 1 1
September 3.7 3 3 5
October 4.1 8 0 5
November 3.7 7 0 4
December 3.0 0 1 11
Average 3.7 3.4 2.9 3.0 5.6

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 2025 2024 2023 2022
January 5.9 6 6 6 6
February 5.6 5 7 5 5
March 7.8 8 8 6 9
April 7.7 7 7 9
May 6.7 7 7 7 6
June 6.4 6 7 6 6
July 6.7 7 7 6
August 7.1 7 8 7
September 6.1 6 6 6
October 5.9 6 6 5
November 6.0 5 7 6
December 5.4 6 6 4
Average 6.5 6.4 6.7 6.4 6.5

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022
January 292° 246° 312° 045°
February 126° 296° 070° 130°
March 040° 188° 120° 051°
April 128° 115° 065°
May 109° 121° 104° 113°
June 111° 117° 116° 116°
July 116° 111° 124°
August 113° 112° 141°
September 121° 106° 113°
October 080° 182° 118°
November 043° 237° 178°
December 332° 298° 107°

Prevailing wind direction

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