Climate Charles de Gaulle International Airport 2020-2024

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 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	40.8	55	31	44	39	42
February	59.2	36	59	64	75	68
March	71.5	70	74	81	81	70
April	83.6		70	82	90	92
May	83.8		80	90	85	92
June	86.3		94	91	81	84
July	90.3		87	96	80	90
August	87.5		84	94	83	90
September	85.4		90	92	84	86
October	73.6		78	80	79	66
November	57.1		51	61	49	64
December	43.0		39	31	40	46
Average	72.9	54.7	73.4	80.3	75.2	77.6

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 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	71.8	87	76	74	66	66
February	85.0	74	86	93	89	97
March	92.7	94	97	95	96	92
April	94.1		89	93	96	97
May	94.1		91	98	97	99
June	94.4		99	97	92	93
July	97.5		97	99	95	99
August	97.0		95	99	98	98
September	95.4		97	98	93	96
October	90.1		94	92	91	89
November	80.1		83	78	75	87
December	72.0		77	58	67	74
Average	89.8	85.5	91.4	92.4	89.6	92.2

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	7.0	7	8	7	7	8
February	9.9	11	10	11	10	11
March	12.9	13	13	14	13	12
April	16.1		14	16	14	20
May	19.8		20	22	17	21
June	24.4		27	24	24	23
July	26.1		25	28	24	26
August	25.6		24	28	23	28
September	22.4		26	21	23	24
October	17.5		19	20	17	15
November	11.2		12	13	10	13
December	8.3		10	4	9	9
Average	16.0	10.5	17.2	17.7	15.6	17.4

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	2.4	2	4	2	2	4
February	3.5	7	3	4	3	5
March	5.1	7	6	5	3	4
April	6.4		6	6	4	8
May	9.9		10	11	9	10
June	14.4		15	14	15	14
July	15.7		16	16	16	14
August	15.7		16	17	15	17
September	13.0		16	13	14	14
October	10.2		11	12	8	10
November	5.6		7	7	4	7
December	3.9		6	0	4	4
Average	8.3	4.9	9.5	9.1	7.9	9.1

61st 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	20.3	14	21	10	31	15
February	18.4	35	6	17	15	22
March	15.9	19	18	9	10	14
April	10.3		15	13	8	8
May	11.2		11	4	23	8
June	9.4		3	9	14	17
July	6.8		11	2	14	5
August	7.0		11	3	9	7
September	9.2		7	13	9	9
October	12.7		13	11	10	19
November	19.9		35	19	17	6
December	21.0		24	6	19	25
Average	13.6	22.7	13.4	9.0	14.3	12.1

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	9.6	10	12	8	9	11
February	10.9	11	9	12	11	15
March	10.6	10	13	9	10	11
April	9.1		10	10	9	9
May	8.6		10	8	11	9
June	7.8		8	7	7	9
July	8.3		10	7	9	9
August	7.9		9	8	9	9
September	8.1		7	8	7	8
October	9.5		9	9	9	11
November	9.6		12	10	8	9
December	10.1		11	7	9	11
Average	9.2	10.3	9.7	8.5	8.8	9.8

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	237°	235°	234°	250°	214°
February	217°	360°	234°	143°	233°
March	200°	234°	084°	295°	034°
April		352°	027°	020°	071°
May		014°	328°	233°	027°
June		028°	308°	358°	223°
July		241°	348°	270°	283°
August		255°	029°	292°	234°
September		179°	249°	080°	303°
October		208°	193°	208°	218°
November		224°	201°	306°	194°
December		225°	059°	222°	203°

Prevailing wind direction

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