Climate Aéroport de Perpignan-Rivesaltes 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Aéroport de Perpignan-Rivesaltes (LFMP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	88.5	86	96	88	93	80
February	86.5	95	89	97	68	90
March	88.7	89	84	80	87	83
April	88.7		92	94	92	67
May	92.1		96	95	97	86
June	91.9		91	88	88	91
July	96.1		94	98	98	98
August	92.8		91	93	96	92
September	89.5		85	92	81	95
October	85.8		90	71	92	87
November	87.9		96	94	87	71
December	86.4		90	78	81	90
Average	89.9	89.9	90.9	89.8	89.1	86.5

17th 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	97.3	95	100	95	100	96
February	96.2	99	99	100	87	100
March	96.6	98	95	91	99	96
April	96.1		99	97	99	86
May	98.6		100	99	100	97
June	98.5		98	98	96	99
July	99.1		98	100	100	99
August	97.6		97	99	98	96
September	96.9		94	98	95	99
October	95.7		99	96	98	95
November	97.1		100	100	98	89
December	97.6		100	94	98	98
Average	97.4	97.5	98.1	97.5	97.4	95.8

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	12.8	14	12	13	12	14
February	15.0	17	14	16	15	18
March	16.7	19	17	15	16	16
April	19.0		21	19	18	19
May	23.0		23	25	22	24
June	28.1		29	30	29	26
July	30.3		31	33	30	30
August	30.3		31	32	29	30
September	26.4		28	27	26	26
October	22.4		24	24	22	20
November	16.5		18	18	15	17
December	14.1		16	13	14	13
Average	20.6	16.6	21.9	22.3	20.6	21.0

9th 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	5.0	5	5	4	4	5
February	6.3	9	5	7	8	7
March	7.9	10	8	8	8	8
April	9.9		11	11	8	10
May	13.6		15	16	12	13
June	18.1		20	19	20	17
July	20.4		22	22	20	21
August	20.2		21	22	20	20
September	17.1		18	17	18	17
October	13.5		15	16	12	11
November	8.5		9	10	9	9
December	6.1		7	5	6	6
Average	11.7	7.8	12.7	13.2	12.0	11.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	8.2	6	5	5	10	8
February	7.3	7	10	1	13	1
March	9.3	7	3	25	5	17
April	10.3		9	7	16	15
May	6.8		8	2	10	8
June	3.4		3	1	3	6
July	1.6		0	2	2	3
August	2.6		3	2	2	3
September	4.8		2	3	7	5
October	5.6		2	3	3	7
November	7.8		3	7	13	7
December	8.2		1	5	7	8
Average	6.1	6.4	3.8	4.9	7.1	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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	10.7	8	14	11	11	8
February	9.5	10	10	11	8	8
March	10.3	11	11	9	11	10
April	9.6		11	11	9	7
May	10.2		12	10	9	9
June	8.8		9	9	9	9
July	9.5		10	9	10	10
August	8.9		10	9	8	9
September	8.4		7	9	7	10
October	8.3		7	6	9	10
November	9.6		10	8	12	7
December	8.9		9	5	8	9
Average	9.4	9.6	10.1	9.0	9.4	8.8

9th 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	311°	303°	302°	305°	336°
February	305°	320°	309°	041°	313°
March	312°	317°	091°	325°	329°
April		317°	319°	355°	086°
May		310°	327°	330°	331°
June		338°	004°	345°	308°
July		337°	331°	321°	319°
August		330°	335°	329°	333°
September		071°	353°	019°	307°
October		057°	078°	322°	302°
November		301°	308°	308°	041°
December		298°	356°	299°	296°

Prevailing wind direction

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