Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport

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

Climate Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (LFMN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 95.2 93 95 90 92 97
February 92.0 85 94 95 93 96
March 93.1 90 96 99 98 89
April 93.8 96 97 94 94
May 95.5 98 95 96 94
June 96.9 98 99 100 92
July 98.0 95 100 98 96
August 99.5 100 100 100 100
September 98.4 98 99 100 99
October 94.8 92 96 99 93
November 95.4 94 96 94 98
December 91.1 90 84 90 92
Average 94.9 89.0 95.6 96.7 96.5 94.9

3rd 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 99.2 97 99 100 99 100
February 98.6 97 99 99 100 100
March 98.7 98 100 100 100 98
April 98.2 100 100 98 97
May 99.4 100 100 99 98
June 99.5 100 100 100 98
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 99.7 100 100 100 100
October 99.1 99 99 100 99
November 98.8 99 100 98 100
December 97.3 99 95 95 99
Average 98.9 97.0 99.5 99.5 99.2 99.0

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 13.4 14 14 14 12 14
February 14.1 15 14 15 15 16
March 15.5 16 17 15 15 15
April 17.3 18 17 16 18
May 20.9 22 22 21 22
June 25.4 26 27 25 24
July 28.0 29 30 27 27
August 28.4 28 29 28 29
September 25.4 26 26 25 26
October 21.5 23 22 21 19
November 17.2 17 18 17 18
December 14.0 15 13 14 13
Average 19.5 14.8 20.5 20.8 19.6 19.9

27th 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 6.2 7 7 6 5 8
February 7.5 9 7 7 8 8
March 8.8 10 10 9 8 9
April 11.4 12 11 10 12
May 15.3 16 17 14 16
June 20.1 21 22 20 18
July 22.7 24 25 22 22
August 22.6 23 23 22 23
September 19.2 20 19 20 19
October 15.2 17 17 14 13
November 10.4 10 11 10 11
December 7.1 8 7 7 7
Average 13.2 8.6 14.3 14.7 13.3 13.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.9 8 4 0 10 6
February 5.5 10 3 3 3 1
March 6.2 14 1 4 1 5
April 6.7 4 4 6 9
May 5.6 8 3 7 8
June 2.0 1 3 2 5
July 0.7 0 0 2 1
August 1.6 3 2 3 1
September 3.0 3 4 2 4
October 6.4 7 5 6 7
November 8.0 10 5 7 0
December 8.5 10 15 4 11
Average 5.2 10.4 4.1 3.2 4.1 4.7

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 8.8 7 9 7 9 10
February 8.3 7 9 8 9 9
March 8.7 9 9 11 8 8
April 7.8 8 9 8 7
May 6.7 7 6 9 7
June 6.7 7 7 7 7
July 6.7 9 6 7 6
August 6.6 7 7 7 7
September 7.6 7 10 7 7
October 8.0 9 6 8 8
November 8.7 10 9 10 7
December 8.5 8 9 7 8
Average 7.6 7.8 8.1 7.7 7.7 7.4

27th 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 329° 315° 314° 315° 358°
February 332° 067° 282° 081° 271°
March 089° 180° 086° 097° 096°
April 114° 119° 093° 086°
May 080° 124° 178° 105°
June 098° 110° 118° 117°
July 123° 131° 139° 137°
August 156° 112° 141° 142°
September 131° 173° 092° 083°
October 226° 030° 315° 229°
November 291° 325° 004° 012°
December 321° 339° 325° 318°

Prevailing wind direction

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