Climate Bastia-Poretta Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bastia-Poretta Airport (LFKB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	91.5	91	90	89	94	93
February	84.3	88	87	86	69	89
March	84.6	81	88	87	88	73
April	84.6		92	89	79	73
May	86.4		90	94	80	85
June	91.2		96	93	85	90
July	93.1		90	99	86	94
August	94.9		100	97	92	93
September	93.7		96	95	89	95
October	86.4		95	88	91	88
November	86.8		96	95	73	78
December	88.9		94	82	94	89
Average	88.8	86.2	92.9	91.9	84.9	86.7

14th 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	99.4	99	98	99	100	100
February	99.0	99	99	100	99	99
March	98.2	97	98	98	100	99
April	98.7		100	99	98	97
May	98.9		98	100	98	99
June	99.4		100	99	99	99
July	99.7		99	100	99	100
August	99.6		100	99	100	99
September	99.6		100	100	100	99
October	98.2		99	99	99	97
November	97.7		99	99	98	95
December	98.2		99	97	98	99
Average	98.9	98.4	99.0	99.1	98.9	98.6

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	13.8	15	14	14	13	15
February	14.7	16	14	16	15	17
March	16.0	17	17	14	16	15
April	18.4		19	18	18	18
May	22.2		22	25	21	23
June	27.2		27	29	27	25
July	30.1		31	32	30	30
August	30.3		31	31	30	31
September	26.8		28	27	27	27
October	22.7		25	24	22	21
November	18.0		20	19	18	18
December	15.0		16	14	15	15
Average	20.6	16.0	21.8	22.1	20.9	21.1

14th 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	5.2	6	4	5	5	6
February	5.5	7	2	6	6	6
March	6.7	8	6	5	6	6
April	8.0		8	7	7	8
May	12.4		14	14	10	14
June	17.0		18	19	17	16
July	19.7		21	22	17	18
August	19.7		20	22	20	17
September	16.1		18	17	18	14
October	13.2		16	14	13	11
November	9.9		10	11	11	8
December	6.1		7	5	6	6
Average	11.1	7.2	12.0	12.4	11.4	10.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	9.0	10	14	3	11	5
February	9.4	14	10	1	5	1
March	10.4	12	8	13	8	15
April	8.9		2	11	12	15
May	8.8		15	7	6	4
June	2.4		5	2	2	3
July	0.7		0	0	4	1
August	1.2		3	2	2	2
September	3.5		2	5	3	6
October	5.7		2	1	8	9
November	12.3		4	12	23	9
December	10.0		3	19	11	12
Average	7.0	12.0	5.3	5.4	7.1	6.3

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	6.6	6	7	6	7	6
February	6.7	5	6	7	7	9
March	7.0	7	7	8	7	7
April	6.6		7	7	7	6
May	6.1		6	6	6	6
June	5.8		6	6	6	6
July	6.1		6	6	7	6
August	6.0		6	6	6	7
September	6.3		6	7	7	6
October	6.5		6	5	8	7
November	6.4		8	6	6	6
December	6.1		6	5	5	6
Average	6.3	6.0	6.4	6.3	6.5	6.4

14th 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	057°	274°	304°	253°	174°
February	127°	092°	353°	114°	241°
March	129°	120°	115°	060°	015°
April		063°	101°	074°	084°
May		011°	068°	117°	090°
June		107°	108°	099°	121°
July		114°	096°	091°	088°
August		100°	074°	087°	095°
September		065°	119°	102°	018°
October		132°	126°	029°	155°
November		255°	227°	196°	034°
December		211°	206°	244°	230°

Prevailing wind direction

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