Marseille Provence Airport

LFML · Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Climate Marseille Provence Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Marseille Provence Airport (LFML) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 86.4 82 78 89 79 86
February 85.4 87 89 84 80 86
March 89.5 79 79 91 95 95
April 93.4 90 97 94 91
May 94.7 92 96 98 92
June 93.5 81 92 95 96
July 95.2 94 88 99 91
August 96.9 99 90 98 95
September 96.0 89 95 97 95
October 90.2 88 92 96 94
November 89.7 96 81 94 90
December 84.1 90 77 75 81
Average 91.0 82.3 88.9 90.0 93.3 91.4

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 95.2 97 91 94 88 97
February 94.6 97 98 91 85 96
March 95.0 83 85 100 97 98
April 97.5 92 99 99 97
May 98.3 96 99 99 98
June 95.9 87 94 97 96
July 96.0 94 90 100 92
August 98.4 100 91 99 100
September 98.6 96 99 99 99
October 97.5 98 98 99 98
November 95.8 97 91 100 94
December 93.4 95 82 97 93
Average 96.0 91.5 93.7 94.0 97.0 96.5

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 11.9 13.0 12.5 11.8 12.0 10.4
February 14.2 14.3 15.4 13.4 15.1 15.3
March 16.7 16.6 16.8 17.0 17.1 15.8
April 19.5 19.5 20.0 19.8 17.8
May 23.4 22.5 23.5 26.3 22.1
June 28.9 27.5 28.8 31.6 29.3
July 31.8 31.6 32.2 33.3 30.3
August 31.2 32.5 30.6 32.2 29.8
September 26.5 24.8 28.3 26.3 27.5
October 22.3 22.5 24.1 24.3 21.3
November 16.2 17.6 15.5 17.3 15.4
December 12.5 12.5 13.3 11.9 12.0
Average 20.6 14.6 21.3 21.6 22.6 20.6

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 3.4 4.7 3.9 3.2 0.9 3.1
February 5.1 6.2 5.7 2.9 5.4 6.9
March 7.0 7.5 8.8 6.7 6.7 5.2
April 9.2 10.3 9.5 8.8 7.5
May 13.5 13.3 14.0 15.1 12.5
June 18.6 17.6 19.3 20.8 18.8
July 20.9 20.8 21.8 21.8 19.5
August 20.1 21.3 19.6 20.6 18.6
September 16.7 16.0 17.8 17.3 17.5
October 13.2 14.5 14.8 15.4 11.5
November 8.0 8.3 7.2 9.1 7.7
December 4.2 3.2 4.7 4.2 3.7
Average 11.1 6.2 12.0 11.8 12.4 11.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 6.1 4 11 2 0 13
February 8.2 17 6 8 4 7
March 6.7 14 15 1 6 3
April 9.0 4 6 8 8
May 8.2 12 13 3 9
June 3.6 6 3 3 5
July 0.6 0 0 0 2
August 1.7 1 2 1 3
September 4.1 3 4 2 9
October 7.6 16 6 5 6
November 11.9 13 8 11 16
December 10.2 5 9 19 12
Average 6.6 11.7 7.3 4.8 4.1 7.2

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 10.0 8 9 10 9 11
February 9.4 8 9 8 13 8
March 10.6 11 13 10 9 10
April 10.9 15 12 10 10
May 9.9 10 10 9 11
June 10.1 11 9 11 10
July 10.7 11 12 10 11
August 10.4 9 13 10 11
September 10.0 12 9 11 9
October 9.7 10 9 7 10
November 9.3 7 11 10 9
December 8.7 9 10 8 7
Average 10.0 9.1 10.6 10.3 9.7 9.7

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 133° 310° 313° 318° 313°
February 279° 286° 309° 305° 117°
March 069° 242° 275° 143° 300°
April 317° 284° 270° 285°
May 263° 295° 247° 274°
June 269° 264° 235° 226°
July 282° 272° 269° 268°
August 279° 288° 271° 285°
September 299° 217° 290° 248°
October 135° 196° 183° 311°
November 329° 313° 324° 320°
December 315° 313° 358° 311°

Prevailing wind direction

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