Climate Nîmes Courbessac Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nîmes-Arles-Camargue Airport (LFTW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	88.2	81	90	87	89	85
February	84.2	91	83	92	76	80
March	86.6	75	83	95	91	91
April	87.7		95	93	88	79
May	91.7		97	95	91	90
June	92.5		95	92	92	92
July	96.3		96	99	93	97
August	93.7		97	94	94	92
September	92.3		90	89	91	94
October	83.4		80	78	89	84
November	82.8		90	83	95	75
December	82.4		86	67	85	68
Average	88.4	81.9	90.9	90.3	89.8	86.4

16th 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	97.4	98	99	94	98	97
February	94.0	95	95	98	90	93
March	96.6	93	98	100	98	95
April	95.6		99	98	94	87
May	97.2		99	98	97	98
June	98.4		99	99	99	98
July	98.9		100	99	99	99
August	98.1		99	98	99	97
September	97.7		96	98	98	99
October	96.1		94	96	96	97
November	94.8		94	95	99	96
December	93.1		94	85	93	86
Average	96.6	95.2	97.3	97.2	96.9	95.2

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	11.4	12	11	12	10	12
February	14.1	16	14	15	14	16
March	16.6	17	17	16	16	16
April	19.2		20	20	18	20
May	23.3		24	26	22	24
June	29.1		29	32	29	27
July	32.2		32	35	31	32
August	31.5		32	33	30	31
September	26.8		29	25	27	26
October	21.6		24	23	20	19
November	15.1		16	17	14	16
December	11.9		14	10	12	11
Average	20.3	14.9	21.7	22.2	20.1	20.9

11th 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	3.3	4	4	3	3	5
February	4.8	6	4	5	6	6
March	6.3	8	6	6	5	6
April	8.5		9	8	7	9
May	12.5		13	14	11	14
June	17.4		18	19	18	16
July	19.8		20	21	19	20
August	19.2		19	21	18	19
September	15.5		16	16	16	16
October	12.4		14	15	11	10
November	7.0		7	8	7	8
December	3.9		5	3	4	4
Average	10.3	5.7	11.2	11.8	10.4	11.0

95th 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	6.7	8	3	0	5	12
February	9.4	8	6	5	12	11
March	7.2	15	1	11	2	7
April	9.9		4	8	14	12
May	8.1		14	1	10	8
June	3.1		5	3	3	5
July	1.9		0	1	5	2
August	1.6		1	1	5	1
September	5.2		6	2	8	7
October	8.7		7	9	9	9
November	10.6		9	14	9	9
December	12.1		8	19	7	24
Average	7.0	10.9	5.0	5.2	7.1	8.1

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	9.2	7	9	10	10	7
February	8.4	8	9	10	7	8
March	8.7	11	8	7	9	8
April	8.8		10	9	9	6
May	8.6		9	9	9	9
June	8.1		8	9	9	9
July	8.3		8	9	9	9
August	8.3		9	8	8	9
September	7.4		7	8	7	8
October	8.4		8	6	10	9
November	8.2		7	8	10	8
December	7.4		7	7	7	7
Average	8.4	8.9	8.3	8.3	8.6	8.1

11th 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	356°	350°	003°	349°	030°
February	349°	005°	347°	094°	340°
March	132°	336°	118°	355°	356°
April		340°	341°	019°	180°
May		353°	024°	278°	027°
June		332°	169°	040°	317°
July		281°	010°	355°	348°
August		304°	353°	353°	341°
September		147°	001°	055°	353°
October		127°	140°	034°	352°
November		341°	008°	007°	043°
December		346°	024°	002°	008°

Prevailing wind direction

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