Paris-Orly Airport

LFPO · Essonne, Île-de-France, France

Climate Paris-Orly Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Paris-Orly Airport (LFPO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 44.6 56 35 42 46 51
February 61.8 34 63 67 73 72
March 74.8 76 82 86 71
April 86.4 73 84 94 91
May 86.0 84 92 85 91
June 87.4 96 90 84 87
July 91.7 87 97 84 92
August 89.0 84 95 83 93
September 86.8 88 89 87 89
October 74.7 78 80 82 67
November 55.8 50 57 46 69
December 43.8 37 38 45 38
Average 73.2 44.5 74.6 80.7 77.2 79.1

43rd 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 75.4 84 74 74 77 73
February 88.2 77 93 97 92 96
March 94.4 96 95 99 94
April 96.8 95 95 99 96
May 95.5 95 99 98 96
June 96.0 99 97 95 98
July 98.2 97 99 95 100
August 98.1 96 100 100 99
September 95.6 97 95 94 97
October 90.4 95 91 93 88
November 81.9 84 79 73 93
December 75.4 83 70 72 75
Average 90.7 80.3 92.9 93.0 92.2 93.3

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 7.3 8 8 7 7 9
February 10.2 11 10 11 10 12
March 13.0 13 14 13 12
April 16.4 15 16 14 20
May 20.2 20 22 17 21
June 25.0 28 25 25 23
July 26.8 26 29 24 27
August 26.1 25 29 24 28
September 22.9 26 22 24 24
October 17.8 20 20 17 16
November 11.2 12 13 10 13
December 8.4 10 4 9 9
Average 16.2 9.3 17.6 18.0 16.1 17.8

70th 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 3.3 7 3 4 4 6
March 4.8 6 5 4 5
April 6.5 6 7 4 9
May 10.2 11 12 9 10
June 14.5 15 14 15 14
July 16.0 16 16 16 15
August 15.5 16 17 15 17
September 12.6 15 12 14 14
October 9.7 11 12 8 10
November 5.4 7 7 4 6
December 3.8 6 0 5 4
Average 8.2 4.0 9.5 9.2 8.1 9.3

64th 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 21.6 20 30 11 27 16
February 18.6 41 3 17 13 24
March 16.8 20 12 15 14
April 9.6 17 10 7 3
May 10.6 13 4 27 5
June 10.2 8 10 16 18
July 6.1 13 2 15 1
August 7.5 13 5 8 7
September 10.9 6 21 10 10
October 15.8 22 13 13 25
November 22.6 41 21 22 10
December 22.6 29 7 22 28
Average 15.2 30.7 16.3 10.4 15.7 12.0

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 8.1 8 10 6 8 9
February 9.2 9 8 10 9 13
March 9.3 11 7 9 11
April 8.1 9 9 9 8
May 7.9 9 7 9 8
June 7.0 7 7 6 8
July 7.5 9 7 8 8
August 7.0 7 7 8 7
September 6.9 6 7 6 7
October 7.9 7 7 7 9
November 7.7 11 8 7 7
December 8.4 9 6 8 9
Average 7.9 8.7 8.5 7.3 7.8 8.4

70th 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 253° 246° 237° 253° 223°
February 222° 008° 238° 153° 235°
March 237° 084° 304° 032°
April 339° 018° 027° 068°
May 019° 323° 231° 034°
June 031° 270° 332° 225°
July 244° 352° 269° 285°
August 256° 027° 295° 240°
September 196° 260° 088° 303°
October 214° 199° 213° 227°
November 232° 209° 311° 201°
December 231° 042° 234° 212°

Prevailing wind direction

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