Statistics Charles de Gaulle International Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Charles de Gaulle International Airport (LFPG) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	38.8	31	44	39	42	46
February	62.7	59	64	75	68	69
March	71.7	74	81	81	70	71
April	83.6	70	82	90	92	81
May	83.8	80	90	85	92	80
June	85.0		91	81	84	89
July	90.8		96	80	90	96
August	88.1		94	83	90	91
September	84.7		92	84	86	81
October	72.9		80	79	66	63
November	58.1		61	49	64	60
December	43.8		31	40	46	57
Average	74.4	65.6	80.3	75.2	77.6	76.6

46th best VFR conditions of France

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 8 km or more
• Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	69.6	76	74	66	66	77
February	86.7	86	93	89	97	88
March	92.5	97	95	96	92	94
April	94.1	89	93	96	97	93
May	94.1	91	98	97	99	91
June	93.6		97	92	93	97
July	97.5		99	95	99	99
August	97.3		99	98	98	98
September	95.3		98	93	96	97
October	89.5		92	91	89	85
November	79.7		78	75	87	84
December	71.1		58	67	74	83
Average	90.0	88.7	92.4	89.6	92.2	91.6

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 5 km or more
• Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	7.0	8	7	7	8	6
February	9.7	10	11	10	11	12
March	12.8	13	14	13	12	13
April	16.1	14	16	14	20	16
May	19.8	20	22	17	21	18
June	24.0		24	24	23	25
July	26.3		28	24	26	27
August	25.8		28	23	28	26
September	21.9		21	23	24	22
October	17.3		20	17	15	16
November	11.1		13	10	13	10
December	8.0		4	9	9	9
Average	16.2	12.9	17.7	15.6	17.4	16.6

76th highest temperature of France

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	2.5	4	2	2	4	2
February	3.1	3	4	3	5	3
March	4.9	6	5	3	4	6
April	6.4	6	6	4	8	7
May	9.9	10	11	9	10	9
June	14.3		14	15	14	14
July	15.7		16	16	14	15
August	15.6		17	15	17	16
September	12.5		13	14	14	12
October	10.0		12	8	10	10
November	5.5		7	4	7	6
December	3.5		0	4	4	4
Average	8.3	5.7	9.1	7.9	9.1	8.6

61st lowest temperature of France

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	21.2	21	10	31	15	16
February	15.9	6	17	15	22	6
March	15.4	18	9	10	14	13
April	10.3	15	13	8	8	6
May	11.2	11	4	23	8	15
June	10.4		9	14	17	9
July	6.2		2	14	5	3
August	6.3		3	9	7	8
September	9.5		13	9	9	8
October	12.7		11	10	19	23
November	17.4		19	17	6	24
December	20.4		6	19	25	20
Average	12.4	14.0	9.0	14.3	12.1	11.7

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	9.5	12	8	9	11	9
February	10.9	9	12	11	15	9
March	10.8	13	9	10	11	12
April	9.1	10	10	9	9	10
May	8.6	10	8	11	9	8
June	7.8		7	7	9	9
July	8.1		7	9	9	8
August	7.8		8	9	9	8
September	8.2		8	7	8	10
October	9.6		9	9	11	11
November	9.1		10	8	9	10
December	9.9		7	9	11	11
Average	9.1	10.4	8.5	8.8	9.8	9.3

76th 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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	235°	234°	250°	214°	285°
February	360°	234°	143°	233°	206°
March	234°	084°	295°	034°	261°
April	352°	027°	020°	071°	074°
May	014°	328°	233°	027°	339°
June		308°	358°	223°	188°
July		348°	270°	283°	336°
August		029°	292°	234°	223°
September		249°	080°	303°	248°
October		193°	208°	218°	202°
November		201°	306°	194°	189°
December		059°	222°	203°	223°

Prevailing wind direction

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