Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport

LEMG · Málaga, Andalusia, Spain

Climate Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (LEMG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 94.1 92 98 89 90 92
February 92.0 93 95 91 85 89
March 91.4 87 100 76 91 91
April 91.1 97 97 86 87
May 97.3 93 99 95 98
June 98.2 98 99 99 99
July 96.6 96 97 98 95
August 96.7 99 98 97 97
September 95.8 92 100 94 95
October 95.1 98 92 95 95
November 95.8 96 97 100 92
December 93.0 93 81 91 100
Average 94.4 90.4 96.2 93.7 93.5 94.3

15th 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 97.7 99 100 94 92 100
February 97.6 95 98 100 96 97
March 96.5 95 100 85 100 100
April 97.9 99 99 98 100
May 99.5 98 100 100 100
June 99.6 99 100 100 100
July 99.5 100 99 100 99
August 99.5 100 100 99 100
September 99.7 100 100 100 100
October 98.8 100 94 100 99
November 98.1 96 100 100 99
December 97.9 97 94 96 100
Average 98.4 96.3 98.9 97.2 98.4 99.4

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 16.8 18 17 17 17 17
February 17.9 19 16 19 18 20
March 19.4 19 22 18 19 20
April 21.1 24 21 21 20
May 24.5 24 26 24 25
June 28.4 28 30 28 29
July 30.7 32 30 31 30
August 30.7 32 31 31 32
September 28.0 28 30 28 27
October 24.2 25 25 25 23
November 20.3 22 22 20 20
December 17.9 18 18 18 18
Average 22.8 18.6 23.9 23.8 23.3 23.3

18th 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 8.2 9 8 9 8 8
February 9.3 10 8 11 11 10
March 10.6 11 11 11 10 12
April 12.2 13 12 14 13
May 15.2 16 16 15 15
June 18.9 19 20 19 18
July 21.8 24 21 22 22
August 22.2 23 22 23 22
September 19.8 20 20 20 19
October 15.6 16 17 16 14
November 11.8 12 13 11 13
December 9.4 8 11 11 9
Average 14.0 10.1 14.8 15.2 14.9 14.5

53rd 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 3.2 4 0 1 10 5
February 2.8 6 5 1 1 0
March 6.7 14 0 11 2 10
April 3.6 0 5 7 3
May 1.4 5 1 2 1
June 0.5 3 0 1 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.1 0 0 0 0
September 0.6 1 0 2 0
October 2.0 2 0 0 2
November 2.5 0 2 2 1
December 3.6 4 18 5 1
Average 2.8 8.2 1.6 2.5 2.4 1.8

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 2021 2020
January 8.5 7 9 10 9 7
February 8.4 9 10 8 8 8
March 8.2 7 8 8 8 9
April 7.8 9 9 7 7
May 7.6 7 7 8 7
June 7.8 7 8 8 8
July 7.7 8 7 8 8
August 7.5 8 7 8 8
September 7.2 7 8 7 8
October 6.8 7 6 7 8
November 7.8 8 8 9 6
December 7.7 8 5 9 8
Average 7.8 7.9 7.9 7.7 7.9 7.6

18th 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 285° 290° 106° 295° 280°
February 296° 106° 159° 235° 275°
March 247° 284° 186° 146° 296°
April 184° 261° 142° 179°
May 147° 166° 173° 156°
June 143° 202° 158° 178°
July 144° 131° 133° 134°
August 141° 149° 144° 148°
September 160° 208° 145° 146°
October 183° 134° 141° 259°
November 293° 290° 288° 128°
December 287° 201° 290° 292°

Prevailing wind direction

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