Pau Pyrénées Airport

LFBP · Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Climate Pau Pyrénées Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Pau Pyrénées Airport (LFBP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.1 90 66 72 60 81
February 76.5 66 85 73 74 81
March 79.7 84 82 78 79 73
April 76.8 70 65 84 79
May 73.3 75 72 81 72
June 70.5 78 69 65 78
July 73.3 77 84 63 78
August 79.7 74 79 76 88
September 86.3 92 88 81 85
October 81.5 91 88 90 78
November 76.4 67 82 59 92
December 75.4 73 67 85 79
Average 76.8 80.1 77.6 76.6 74.8 79.7

76th 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 86.7 97 90 84 83 92
February 90.2 82 96 91 89 91
March 92.4 95 94 91 91 89
April 90.8 87 85 95 88
May 89.6 92 90 93 86
June 88.4 92 87 83 95
July 90.5 94 95 85 93
August 94.1 94 94 93 96
September 94.2 98 95 90 96
October 91.3 96 93 97 92
November 89.3 88 93 80 94
December 87.9 86 81 95 94
Average 90.7 91.8 92.4 90.2 89.5 92.1

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 10.7 13 10 11 10 13
February 14.0 14 13 14 15 17
March 15.8 17 18 16 15 15
April 18.1 19 17 17 20
May 21.5 22 24 20 23
June 24.7 25 26 25 23
July 26.5 26 29 25 26
August 27.1 27 30 25 28
September 25.1 27 26 25 25
October 21.4 24 25 21 18
November 14.7 16 16 12 18
December 12.8 13 11 15 12
Average 18.8 14.5 20.0 20.7 18.6 19.7

29th 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 2.2 3 2 1 3 3
February 3.6 5 1 4 6 5
March 5.6 6 7 6 5 5
April 7.7 8 7 6 10
May 11.2 12 13 9 13
June 15.2 17 16 15 14
July 16.5 17 17 16 16
August 16.2 17 18 15 16
September 13.6 15 13 15 13
October 10.5 13 13 8 9
November 5.8 8 7 5 6
December 4.5 5 5 4 5
Average 8.8 4.8 9.9 10.1 9.0 9.6

80th 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 26.7 13 30 16 43 16
February 22.9 26 8 22 26 25
March 23.6 25 18 26 18 31
April 22.6 22 27 19 28
May 24.8 27 14 30 19
June 19.7 15 21 18 30
July 12.8 13 3 20 10
August 11.6 18 7 11 9
September 15.6 13 15 26 14
October 18.8 12 7 16 39
November 33.8 36 37 35 9
December 28.5 28 16 30 47
Average 21.1 21.4 19.5 16.9 23.4 22.4

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 5.3 5 6 4 7 5
February 5.9 7 4 6 6 7
March 6.5 6 7 5 6 7
April 5.9 7 7 6 5
May 6.0 6 5 7 6
June 5.4 5 5 6 6
July 5.0 5 4 5 5
August 4.9 6 5 5 5
September 5.0 5 6 5 6
October 5.2 5 5 5 7
November 5.3 7 6 5 4
December 5.6 5 4 5 7
Average 5.5 6.0 5.7 5.3 5.5 5.7

29th 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 260° 241° 279° 252° 117°
February 259° 013° 269° 274° 277°
March 270° 274° 334° 298° 284°
April 288° 283° 324° 345°
May 289° 309° 277° 333°
June 298° 307° 298° 282°
July 285° 313° 302° 294°
August 276° 286° 301° 297°
September 349° 282° 275° 295°
October 281° 278° 288° 259°
November 260° 242° 271° 072°
December 250° 060° 242° 251°

Prevailing wind direction

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