Palma de Mallorca Airport

LEPA · Illes Balears, Balearic Islands, Spain

Climate Palma de Mallorca Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Palma de Mallorca Airport (LEPA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 94.0 87 97 89 97 90
February 91.7 91 87 99 92 86
March 92.2 91 97 80 90 95
April 94.3 96 96 98 90
May 96.3 96 96 97 98
June 98.0 97 98 99 98
July 99.0 97 100 100 100
August 98.9 98 99 100 99
September 97.1 96 100 98 97
October 97.1 98 96 97 97
November 95.7 90 96 93 98
December 93.5 94 94 87 98
Average 95.3 90.0 95.5 95.5 95.9 95.6

5th 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 98.2 98 99 97 99 96
February 96.8 95 98 100 94 96
March 98.3 98 100 96 100 100
April 98.8 99 99 100 99
May 99.2 100 99 100 99
June 99.6 99 100 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.5 99 100 100 100
September 99.5 100 100 100 100
October 99.0 100 98 100 99
November 98.9 96 99 99 100
December 97.7 99 98 96 99
Average 98.7 97.2 98.9 98.9 99.0 98.9

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 15.3 17 15 15 15 16
February 16.4 18 15 17 17 18
March 17.8 19 19 17 17 18
April 20.1 22 20 19 21
May 23.9 24 26 23 26
June 28.6 29 30 29 28
July 32.1 33 33 31 32
August 31.9 32 34 32 31
September 28.6 29 30 30 28
October 24.6 26 27 24 23
November 19.3 21 21 17 21
December 16.9 18 18 16 17
Average 22.3 17.8 23.5 24.1 22.4 23.2

15th 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 5.1 7 5 3 6 6
February 5.5 7 3 4 7 7
March 7.8 9 7 9 7 9
April 9.7 9 10 9 12
May 13.2 14 14 13 14
June 18.1 19 19 19 18
July 20.9 23 21 20 21
August 21.5 22 22 22 21
September 18.9 19 20 21 18
October 14.2 17 16 14 12
November 9.9 11 12 11 11
December 7.3 7 10 8 7
Average 12.1 7.7 13.0 13.6 13.0 12.9

40th 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 5.7 4 4 4 9 9
February 4.4 5 9 0 2 0
March 5.5 7 1 13 7 5
April 3.9 1 5 7 6
May 2.7 4 1 5 3
June 1.0 1 0 1 3
July 0.3 0 0 0 0
August 1.0 2 1 0 1
September 3.1 5 1 1 4
October 3.4 3 3 3 2
November 6.5 3 4 14 5
December 3.0 0 7 1 7
Average 3.4 5.4 2.5 2.9 3.8 3.4

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 7.6 8 9 6 9 6
February 7.0 8 6 7 8 6
March 9.1 10 8 10 9 10
April 8.7 8 10 8 8
May 8.0 8 8 8 8
June 7.8 7 8 8 8
July 7.9 8 8 8 8
August 7.9 8 8 9 8
September 7.4 7 8 8 7
October 7.0 9 6 7 8
November 8.0 9 9 8 6
December 7.4 8 6 7 9
Average 7.9 8.6 7.8 7.9 8.1 7.7

15th 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 272° 310° 332° 278° 230°
February 265° 017° 281° 250° 234°
March 242° 238° 068° 060° 030°
April 241° 016° 111° 215°
May 270° 189° 234° 213°
June 222° 228° 219° 227°
July 217° 222° 226° 214°
August 226° 230° 209° 219°
September 209° 238° 211° 257°
October 245° 184° 091° 255°
November 259° 282° 012° 077°
December 278° 244° 274° 283°

Prevailing wind direction

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