Climate Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport (LFMT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	88.2	82	91	89	90	85
February	84.8	91	85	92	75	82
March	87.2	79	83	89	92	94
April	87.6		91	93	89	79
May	92.0		97	92	91	89
June	91.4		92	91	89	92
July	95.3		95	97	94	93
August	91.4		94	93	92	91
September	91.7		89	87	87	94
October	83.5		82	75	87	86
November	86.9		94	85	98	73
December	85.4		91	70	82	73
Average	88.7	83.5	90.6	89.0	89.1	86.6

21st 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	97.1	94	99	97	98	97
February	96.1	98	97	99	92	95
March	96.6	94	99	98	99	95
April	96.5		96	99	98	89
May	96.8		99	97	97	99
June	97.4		100	98	96	99
July	97.9		99	99	98	95
August	96.4		96	99	96	95
September	97.3		96	100	95	97
October	96.3		94	93	99	97
November	97.8		97	99	100	94
December	96.4		97	90	96	92
Average	96.7	95.2	97.3	97.7	96.8	95.4

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	12.3	13	13	13	11	13
February	14.3	16	14	16	14	16
March	16.2	17	16	15	16	16
April	18.7		20	19	18	18
May	22.8		24	25	21	24
June	27.4		28	29	27	26
July	30.4		31	32	29	30
August	29.6		29	31	29	30
September	25.7		27	25	25	25
October	21.5		23	23	21	19
November	16.1		17	18	15	17
December	13.0		15	11	13	12
Average	20.0	15.1	21.3	21.6	19.8	20.5

19th 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	2	3	5
February	5.0	6	3	6	7	7
March	6.9	9	7	6	6	7
April	8.8		9	9	7	9
May	13.3		14	15	12	15
June	18.1		19	20	19	17
July	20.3		21	21	20	20
August	19.7		20	21	18	20
September	15.9		17	17	17	16
October	12.7		14	15	10	11
November	7.5		7	9	6	9
December	4.2		5	3	4	4
Average	10.7	6.2	11.6	12.1	10.8	11.5

100th 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	5.9	7	2	0	5	10
February	9.3	11	9	4	20	8
March	7.7	14	2	16	3	8
April	8.5		3	7	12	10
May	6.5		10	2	10	5
June	3.1		4	1	4	6
July	1.5		0	1	3	3
August	1.9		2	1	4	1
September	4.2		2	4	9	4
October	9.2		7	6	7	8
November	10.7		5	17	10	8
December	11.1		5	17	5	21
Average	6.7	10.7	4.1	5.4	7.2	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	9.4	8	10	8	10	9
February	9.0	8	8	12	10	10
March	10.3	13	10	9	10	9
April	9.4		10	10	9	8
May	9.4		9	8	11	9
June	8.9		9	9	9	11
July	8.8		9	9	10	9
August	8.5		10	8	9	9
September	8.3		8	9	8	9
October	9.4		9	8	10	11
November	8.8		9	8	9	9
December	8.6		8	7	9	10
Average	9.1	9.8	9.0	8.9	9.3	9.3

19th 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	346°	326°	346°	314°	014°
February	292°	026°	320°	086°	295°
March	169°	279°	112°	344°	258°
April		286°	236°	035°	172°
May		332°	118°	244°	117°
June		198°	192°	180°	258°
July		242°	219°	260°	246°
August		274°	218°	258°	239°
September		152°	345°	142°	259°
October		143°	121°	076°	276°
November		300°	346°	342°	051°
December		310°	018°	323°	323°

Prevailing wind direction

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