Climate Aix - Les Milles Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Marseille Provence Airport (LFML) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	86.9	78	89	79	86	92
February	85.3	89	84	80	86	87
March	90.9	79	91	95	95	96
April	93.9		97	94	91	93
May	95.1		96	98	92	94
June	95.3		92	95	96	93
July	95.3		88	99	91	94
August	96.6		90	98	95	99
September	97.0		95	97	95	97
October	90.5		92	96	94	87
November	88.9		81	94	90	86
December	83.2		77	75	81	81
Average	91.2	81.9	90.0	93.3	91.4	92.0

8th 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	95.0	91	94	88	97	99
February	94.2	98	91	85	96	97
March	96.5	85	100	97	98	100
April	98.3		99	99	97	99
May	98.7		99	99	98	98
June	97.3		94	97	96	96
July	96.3		90	100	92	95
August	98.3		91	99	100	99
September	99.1		99	99	99	99
October	97.4		98	99	98	96
November	95.7		91	100	94	96
December	93.1		82	97	93	94
Average	96.2	90.8	94.0	97.0	96.5	97.2

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	11.8	13	12	12	10	13
February	14.2	15	13	15	15	15
March	16.7	17	17	17	16	16
April	19.5		20	20	18	20
May	23.6		24	26	22	25
June	29.1		29	32	29	27
July	31.8		32	33	30	31
August	31.1		31	32	30	31
September	26.8		28	26	28	26
October	22.3		24	24	21	20
November	16.0		16	17	15	18
December	12.5		13	12	12	12
Average	20.5	14.9	21.6	22.6	20.6	21.1

5th 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	3.2	4	3	1	3	5
February	4.9	6	3	5	7	6
March	7.0	9	7	7	5	7
April	9.0		10	9	8	9
May	13.6		14	15	13	14
June	18.8		19	21	19	17
July	20.9		22	22	20	20
August	20.0		20	21	19	20
September	16.8		18	17	18	16
October	13.0		15	15	12	11
November	8.0		7	9	8	9
December	4.3		5	4	4	5
Average	11.0	6.1	11.8	12.4	11.1	11.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.3	11	2	0	13	7
February	7.1	6	8	4	7	8
March	5.8	15	1	6	3	4
April	9.6		6	8	8	15
May	7.7		13	3	9	9
June	3.2		3	3	5	4
July	0.7		0	0	2	0
August	1.8		2	1	3	2
September	4.3		4	2	9	5
October	6.4		6	5	6	6
November	11.8		8	11	16	8
December	10.9		9	19	12	15
Average	6.4	11.0	4.8	4.1	7.2	6.5

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	10.1	9	10	9	11	7
February	9.6	9	8	13	8	11
March	10.6	13	10	9	10	10
April	10.3		12	10	10	7
May	9.8		10	9	11	9
June	10.0		9	11	10	12
July	10.7		12	10	11	10
August	10.5		13	10	11	11
September	9.7		9	11	9	9
October	9.6		9	7	10	12
November	9.6		11	10	9	7
December	8.6		10	8	7	10
Average	10.0	10.4	10.3	9.7	9.7	9.8

5th 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	310°	313°	318°	313°	338°
February	286°	309°	305°	117°	299°
March	242°	275°	143°	300°	279°
April		284°	270°	285°	210°
May		295°	247°	274°	240°
June		264°	235°	226°	283°
July		272°	269°	268°	274°
August		288°	271°	285°	278°
September		217°	290°	248°	270°
October		196°	183°	311°	290°
November		313°	324°	320°	048°
December		313°	358°	311°	321°

Prevailing wind direction

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