Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport

LFBD · Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Climate Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (LFBD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 61.8 56 72 54 61 79
February 68.9 60 74 64 68 72
March 76.7 69 83 87 68
April 82.4 77 71 95 77
May 83.6 88 91 81 77
June 85.2 90 87 84 80
July 87.0 84 95 80 88
August 90.4 83 90 94 89
September 89.2 90 91 87 89
October 80.8 83 84 89 82
November 77.1 72 83 67 91
December 59.7 47 71 65 71
Average 77.5 57.6 78.8 82.3 81.2 80.6

36th best VFR conditions of France

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 79.7 70 91 68 84 88
February 84.9 80 89 80 83 90
March 90.6 89 95 96 87
April 93.3 94 86 99 89
May 92.8 94 96 92 89
June 93.7 96 95 94 91
July 96.0 96 98 96 96
August 97.1 96 97 98 95
September 94.2 94 95 92 92
October 89.9 92 92 94 89
November 88.5 91 90 84 97
December 74.8 61 81 79 84
Average 88.9 75.0 91.2 90.8 91.6 90.7

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 10.2 11 10 10 9 12
February 13.4 13 13 14 15 15
March 15.5 16 16 16 15
April 18.5 18 18 18 20
May 22.2 23 25 19 24
June 25.8 28 27 25 23
July 28.0 27 31 25 28
August 28.3 28 31 26 29
September 25.4 28 25 25 26
October 20.7 23 23 20 18
November 14.3 15 16 12 17
December 11.4 12 9 13 12
Average 18.6 12.0 20.0 20.8 18.6 19.8

26th highest temperature of France

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 3.5 5 4 2 3 6
February 4.7 6 2 5 7 6
March 6.5 8 7 5 6
April 8.4 9 8 7 11
May 11.6 12 13 10 13
June 15.5 17 16 15 14
July 16.9 17 17 16 16
August 16.7 17 19 16 17
September 14.3 17 14 15 14
October 11.4 12 15 10 10
November 6.5 8 8 5 7
December 5.1 6 3 5 5
Average 9.5 5.4 10.7 10.9 9.3 10.3

91st lowest temperature of France

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 27.8 23 23 16 31 19
February 23.0 30 11 24 27 32
March 25.8 29 20 13 30
April 20.2 26 22 11 21
May 21.2 26 8 30 15
June 17.4 16 17 17 29
July 9.2 16 4 17 3
August 10.1 13 12 12 9
September 16.8 13 20 24 16
October 22.3 28 14 17 40
November 31.0 48 31 22 5
December 35.2 39 16 32 51
Average 21.1 26.1 23.0 16.2 20.3 21.2

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 7.3 7 7 6 9 8
February 7.9 8 7 8 9 9
March 8.9 8 9 8 9
April 7.9 8 9 8 7
May 7.6 8 7 8 7
June 6.9 7 7 6 8
July 6.9 8 7 7 7
August 6.7 8 6 7 6
September 6.7 7 8 6 6
October 7.0 8 7 6 8
November 7.2 9 7 6 6
December 7.6 8 7 7 8
Average 7.4 7.6 7.7 7.2 7.3 7.3

26th highest wind speed of France

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 158° 265° 359° 274° 155°
February 242° 038° 263° 161° 251°
March 250° 108° 005° 319°
April 317° 287° 062° 135°
May 004° 327° 282° 023°
June 345° 314° 285° 262°
July 295° 004° 296° 315°
August 297° 331° 334° 280°
September 165° 289° 302° 332°
October 212° 166° 191° 249°
November 263° 217° 354° 123°
December 238° 070° 230° 233°

Prevailing wind direction

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