Climate Santiago/Rosalía de Castro Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Santiago/Rosalía de Castro Airport (LEST) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	58.0	52	53	76	48	58
February	67.8	49	87	72	55	63
March	67.3	50	52	71	87	72
April	75.5		65	72	87	64
May	78.0		81	72	79	82
June	68.3		73	66	69	69
July	72.3		65	85	65	88
August	73.6		70	77	73	65
September	76.5		72	73	76	85
October	66.7		54	46	77	65
November	63.6		42	56	85	77
December	55.4		49	62	58	55
Average	67.5	49.9	64.4	69.6	72.4	71.1

64th 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	75.2	73	74	91	63	76
February	84.9	77	96	87	80	81
March	86.3	77	74	90	96	86
April	90.0		85	88	93	83
May	89.5		92	85	90	91
June	83.9		86	81	83	86
July	88.6		81	97	83	95
August	87.5		86	91	83	85
September	88.5		87	88	88	94
October	83.2		77	73	88	81
November	81.3		65	80	93	90
December	77.2		72	87	77	82
Average	84.3	75.5	81.8	86.4	85.1	86.1

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	11.3	13	11	13	10	12
February	13.1	14	13	13	13	14
March	13.9	13	14	14	15	14
April	16.7		19	16	17	16
May	20.0		20	21	17	22
June	21.1		24	20	21	20
July	24.2		23	27	22	27
August	24.7		25	26	24	24
September	22.5		23	21	21	23
October	18.9		21	19	19	16
November	13.8		15	14	13	15
December	12.2		12	13	13	11
Average	17.2	13.4	18.2	18.2	17.0	17.7

62nd 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	4.4	6	5	4	4	5
February	5.2	7	4	5	7	7
March	5.9	6	8	6	5	6
April	7.3		8	7	7	9
May	10.0		11	11	8	11
June	12.2		14	13	12	12
July	14.3		14	16	13	14
August	14.4		15	16	14	14
September	13.3		15	13	13	13
October	10.7		13	13	11	10
November	7.5		9	9	6	8
December	6.1		6	7	8	6
Average	8.9	6.2	10.1	9.9	8.8	9.5

14th 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	27.9	32	29	9	39	23
February	23.6	33	8	13	37	24
March	26.9	45	28	22	6	19
April	19.1		14	19	18	29
May	11.3		6	10	19	9
June	13.4		12	14	15	14
July	5.2		8	1	12	1
August	6.2		5	3	5	15
September	9.5		10	18	9	8
October	25.0		36	35	14	35
November	30.1		39	32	12	22
December	33.1		29	24	31	50
Average	19.9	37.2	17.3	15.6	16.8	19.3

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	6.4	7	7	5	7	8
February	6.9	7	6	6	9	7
March	7.8	8	9	8	7	7
April	6.8		6	7	7	6
May	6.8		8	6	7	6
June	5.7		6	6	6	6
July	6.5		6	7	6	8
August	6.4		7	7	6	7
September	6.2		6	7	6	6
October	6.5		7	8	5	7
November	6.6		7	7	6	6
December	6.8		6	7	7	8
Average	6.7	7.4	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.9

62nd 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	204°	275°	129°	243°	198°
February	253°	076°	259°	214°	233°
March	237°	225°	100°	052°	004°
April		256°	315°	059°	235°
May		024°	356°	284°	008°
June		358°	298°	001°	328°
July		328°	020°	330°	028°
August		343°	359°	007°	329°
September		203°	271°	009°	007°
October		219°	206°	196°	237°
November		242°	218°	022°	185°
December		219°	172°	215°	245°

Prevailing wind direction

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