Climate Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LFLL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	57.8	60	67	38	49	68
February	79.5	66	76	92	84	95
March	87.8	85	87	92	91	90
April	91.0		84	88	94	91
May	89.5		85	98	92	81
June	94.9		97	95	93	91
July	96.3		97	100	88	99
August	95.0		95	95	90	98
September	94.4		95	95	90	94
October	81.6		95	86	81	84
November	66.1		82	78	40	70
December	59.7		70	25	58	76
Average	83.8	71.5	87.5	86.6	82.1	87.7

27th 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	79.2	76	91	63	79	83
February	93.0	87	94	98	96	99
March	97.4	97	97	99	99	98
April	97.0		98	96	97	95
May	96.5		96	100	95	93
June	98.5		99	98	100	97
July	98.9		100	100	95	100
August	98.5		100	98	97	99
September	97.9		97	98	96	98
October	90.4		98	91	86	95
November	84.5		95	90	68	86
December	78.0		89	41	73	95
Average	93.1	87.3	96.6	93.0	91.6	95.4

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	6.6	9	8	5	5	9
February	11.1	12	11	11	13	13
March	14.2	15	14	15	14	14
April	17.3		16	17	16	21
May	21.1		21	24	19	22
June	26.7		28	29	26	24
July	28.8		29	30	26	29
August	28.4		30	30	25	29
September	24.4		28	23	24	25
October	18.9		22	22	17	16
November	11.3		12	14	8	13
December	8.1		10	5	7	9
Average	17.3	11.8	18.9	19.2	16.5	18.6

42nd 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	1.5	3	3	-1	1	2
February	3.2	6	2	3	5	5
March	5.3	7	6	5	4	5
April	7.4		7	7	5	10
May	11.4		12	13	10	12
June	16.3		17	17	17	15
July	17.7		18	18	16	17
August	17.5		19	19	15	18
September	13.8		17	13	15	14
October	10.5		12	14	8	9
November	5.3		6	7	4	6
December	2.8		4	2	2	3
Average	8.9	5.0	10.1	10.1	8.4	9.6

81st 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	13.2	24	14	8	16	7
February	9.7	10	3	11	8	15
March	8.9	12	10	2	7	7
April	7.8		11	9	6	6
May	10.4		7	5	19	12
June	6.3		3	7	4	13
July	3.2		2	0	11	1
August	3.9		6	3	5	3
September	5.2		4	6	6	8
October	9.2		10	4	7	14
November	12.6		19	14	11	5
December	17.5		21	17	16	19
Average	9.0	14.6	8.2	6.2	9.2	8.6

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	7.8	8	9	7	7	7
February	8.2	9	7	8	10	10
March	8.4	8	10	8	9	7
April	8.1		8	8	9	7
May	7.7		8	9	7	8
June	7.2		7	8	8	7
July	7.2		7	8	6	7
August	6.9		7	7	6	7
September	6.5		7	7	6	6
October	7.8		9	8	8	9
November	6.9		8	7	6	7
December	7.1		7	6	7	9
Average	7.6	8.2	7.7	7.7	7.3	7.5

42nd 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	200°	281°	347°	311°	173°
February	192°	347°	314°	173°	188°
March	187°	204°	186°	340°	330°
April		329°	330°	334°	180°
May		341°	337°	220°	345°
June		356°	230°	291°	343°
July		248°	350°	340°	348°
August		314°	336°	352°	326°
September		173°	246°	177°	316°
October		176°	170°	235°	194°
November		182°	154°	346°	144°
December		174°	341°	169°	171°

Prevailing wind direction

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