Ajaccio-Napoléon Bonaparte Airport

LFKJ · South Corsica, Corsica, France

Climate Ajaccio-Napoléon Bonaparte Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ajaccio-Napoléon Bonaparte Airport (LFKJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 91.8 89 94 91 82 95
February 91.1 84 93 96 87 91
March 92.5 87 93 98 96 90
April 93.1 93 92 87 94
May 94.2 97 98 92 94
June 97.5 96 99 99 99
July 98.9 98 100 99 100
August 99.1 98 99 99 99
September 98.4 99 97 100 95
October 97.0 95 99 98 95
November 93.8 89 94 95 97
December 87.2 92 85 81 88
Average 94.1 86.6 95.1 96.4 93.5 95.0

4th 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 99.3 99 99 100 97 100
February 98.7 95 100 100 97 100
March 98.8 97 99 100 100 97
April 99.1 100 100 98 100
May 98.8 98 100 98 99
June 99.6 99 100 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.7 100 99 100 100
September 99.6 100 100 100 98
October 99.4 99 100 100 99
November 98.8 98 99 99 100
December 97.7 100 98 96 97
Average 99.0 97.3 99.2 99.6 98.7 99.1

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 14.2 15 15 14 13 15
February 15.2 16 15 16 15 16
March 16.6 18 17 16 16 16
April 18.7 19 18 18 19
May 22.0 23 24 21 23
June 27.5 28 30 28 25
July 30.0 31 31 30 30
August 29.9 29 31 29 30
September 27.0 27 28 29 26
October 23.6 25 25 23 21
November 18.5 19 20 18 19
December 15.3 16 17 15 14
Average 20.9 16.2 21.9 22.6 21.2 21.2

6th 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 5.3 7 6 4 6 6
February 5.5 7 5 4 6 6
March 6.5 9 8 5 5 7
April 8.4 9 7 8 9
May 12.5 13 14 11 14
June 17.1 18 19 18 15
July 19.3 21 20 19 19
August 19.0 18 19 19 19
September 16.7 17 17 18 17
October 13.0 15 14 12 11
November 9.4 9 11 10 9
December 6.6 7 7 6 7
Average 11.1 7.5 12.0 11.9 11.3 11.5

97th 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 9.6 8 12 5 27 5
February 9.7 18 9 4 7 8
March 10.8 11 6 17 9 14
April 9.0 6 13 12 13
May 6.8 5 5 9 4
June 1.6 3 2 1 2
July 0.5 0 0 3 0
August 0.4 3 1 0 0
September 3.4 2 7 1 7
October 4.5 4 2 7 10
November 13.3 14 9 18 4
December 14.4 5 17 20 19
Average 7.0 12.1 5.2 6.1 8.5 6.6

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 5.5 5 6 6 6 5
February 5.9 6 6 7 6 7
March 6.7 7 7 6 7 7
April 6.7 8 7 7 7
May 6.5 7 7 7 7
June 6.9 7 7 7 7
July 7.6 8 8 8 8
August 7.3 8 7 8 8
September 7.0 7 8 7 7
October 6.1 6 6 6 6
November 5.6 8 6 5 5
December 5.2 5 5 5 5
Average 6.5 5.9 6.9 6.7 6.6 6.6

6th 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 333° 254° 276° 271° 300°
February 236° 235° 252° 242° 267°
March 227° 243° 224° 245° 237°
April 242° 227° 228° 214°
May 229° 211° 229° 219°
June 223° 218° 220° 226°
July 219° 211° 221° 219°
August 224° 223° 225° 216°
September 213° 243° 234° 236°
October 218° 228° 241° 242°
November 280° 289° 294° 218°
December 324° 005° 310° 356°

Prevailing wind direction

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