Cannes-Mandelieu Airport

LFMD · Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Climate Cannes-Mandelieu Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cannes-Mandelieu Airport (LFMD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 91.3 92 93 87 87 90
February 87.0 82 86 92 83 96
March 90.5 83 93 94 96 86
April 90.0 94 91 91 88
May 92.2 95 91 96 93
June 93.7 92 97 96 92
July 95.4 91 98 96 95
August 97.1 99 96 98 96
September 97.2 97 99 96 97
October 91.1 89 93 94 85
November 91.9 92 93 94 94
December 88.3 89 78 88 90
Average 91.7 85.2 92.8 93.3 93.3 91.8

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 99.0 99 98 100 98 99
February 98.2 97 99 99 99 100
March 98.9 98 100 99 100 98
April 98.7 100 100 99 98
May 99.3 99 100 99 99
June 99.4 99 99 100 99
July 99.7 99 100 100 100
August 99.7 99 99 100 100
September 99.5 100 100 99 100
October 98.8 99 99 99 99
November 97.9 99 99 98 99
December 97.8 99 98 96 100
Average 98.9 98.2 99.2 99.3 99.0 99.2

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 13.9 15 14 14 12 15
February 14.9 16 14 16 15 17
March 16.7 17 18 16 16 16
April 18.6 19 19 17 19
May 22.3 23 24 22 23
June 27.0 27 29 27 25
July 29.3 31 31 28 29
August 29.6 30 30 29 29
September 26.3 27 27 26 26
October 22.3 24 23 22 20
November 17.5 18 19 17 18
December 14.6 16 14 15 13
Average 20.5 15.8 21.7 21.9 20.6 20.9

15th 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 4.0 5 4 3 3 5
February 5.0 7 4 5 6 5
March 6.3 8 7 6 6 6
April 8.6 9 8 8 9
May 12.8 13 14 12 14
June 17.5 18 19 18 16
July 19.8 21 21 19 20
August 19.5 19 21 19 20
September 16.2 17 17 17 16
October 12.8 15 14 12 11
November 8.0 7 9 8 9
December 5.0 5 6 4 5
Average 10.7 6.4 11.7 12.0 10.8 11.1

99th 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 8.0 6 5 1 19 9
February 8.7 13 5 4 5 3
March 7.8 16 2 11 4 5
April 10.0 8 6 11 8
May 6.1 5 3 9 7
June 2.6 4 3 2 4
July 0.9 0 1 1 2
August 1.8 4 1 4 1
September 2.7 4 4 2 2
October 9.0 13 6 9 9
November 12.2 10 7 15 2
December 10.6 11 22 8 11
Average 6.8 12.0 5.4 4.8 6.6 4.8

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 4.8 4 5 4 5 5
February 4.9 4 5 5 5 7
March 6.0 5 8 6 6 5
April 5.4 6 6 5 5
May 5.3 5 5 7 5
June 5.2 5 6 5 5
July 5.5 6 5 6 5
August 5.5 6 6 6 6
September 5.6 5 7 5 5
October 4.9 5 4 5 6
November 4.5 6 5 5 4
December 4.5 4 3 4 4
Average 5.2 4.5 5.5 5.3 5.4 5.1

15th 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 254° 260° 215° 274° 248°
February 167° 117° 192° 167° 248°
March 156° 224° 106° 166° 159°
April 188° 185° 151° 149°
May 153° 153° 228° 163°
June 148° 157° 169° 172°
July 165° 154° 166° 162°
August 170° 149° 180° 169°
September 156° 203° 143° 173°
October 215° 162° 171° 195°
November 259° 267° 313° 104°
December 288° 007° 282° 280°

Prevailing wind direction

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