Vélizy-Villacoublay Air Base

LFPV · Yvelines, Île-de-France, France

Climate Vélizy-Villacoublay Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Vélizy-Villacoublay Air Base (LFPV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 33.1 43 25 34 34 38
February 53.6 23 57 60 64 59
March 63.4 59 62 78 71 61
April 81.3 65 79 89 90
May 82.0 80 88 79 92
June 82.7 93 87 76 82
July 86.8 82 94 75 85
August 83.8 79 93 74 87
September 80.8 82 84 80 85
October 63.8 70 73 71 51
November 45.8 39 43 43 62
December 32.3 32 34 34 19
Average 66.7 43.2 67.8 75.7 68.8 71.6

86th 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 64.5 75 65 63 64 61
February 81.7 65 84 88 84 91
March 89.6 88 94 91 94 89
April 93.8 86 91 97 96
May 92.8 91 96 95 98
June 93.6 98 96 90 96
July 96.3 95 98 93 98
August 94.8 91 98 95 96
September 91.7 90 95 90 91
October 84.7 87 88 88 82
November 72.5 74 70 71 84
December 63.2 69 58 59 56
Average 86.0 77.0 87.2 89.0 87.1 88.9

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 6.6 7 7 7 6 8
February 9.3 11 9 10 9 11
March 12.2 13 12 13 12 12
April 15.5 14 15 13 19
May 19.2 19 21 16 20
June 23.9 26 24 23 22
July 25.5 24 27 23 25
August 24.8 24 27 22 27
September 21.6 25 20 22 23
October 16.8 19 19 16 14
November 10.6 11 12 9 12
December 7.8 9 3 9 8
Average 15.4 9.9 16.5 16.9 15.0 16.7

89th 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 2.1 1 3 2 2 4
February 3.1 6 3 3 3 5
March 4.8 6 5 5 3 4
April 6.6 6 6 4 9
May 9.6 10 11 8 10
June 14.3 15 14 14 13
July 14.5 15 8 15 14
August 15.0 15 15 14 17
September 12.6 15 12 13 13
October 9.7 11 12 8 9
November 5.3 6 6 3 6
December 3.5 5 0 4 4
Average 7.9 4.3 9.1 8.0 7.6 8.9

32nd 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 27.3 23 32 20 33 21
February 21.6 39 2 23 16 33
March 24.0 32 26 14 17 21
April 16.0 24 17 11 14
May 14.8 12 3 31 7
June 10.3 5 8 14 22
July 8.3 3 2 22 6
August 10.3 0 3 17 19
September 12.8 8 21 14 12
October 18.5 23 16 18 29
November 27.4 47 30 20 16
December 26.1 27 7 26 32
Average 18.4 31.6 15.5 12.4 19.6 17.9

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 7.9 8 10 6 8 9
February 8.8 9 8 10 9 12
March 8.8 8 10 8 8 10
April 7.8 8 8 9 7
May 7.6 9 7 9 8
June 6.8 7 7 6 7
July 7.1 8 7 7 8
August 6.6 7 7 7 7
September 6.7 6 6 6 7
October 7.5 7 7 7 9
November 7.7 10 8 7 7
December 8.3 10 7 8 8
Average 7.6 8.2 8.2 7.1 7.6 8.1

89th 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 252° 251° 257° 264° 226°
February 227° 359° 240° 143° 238°
March 215° 239° 083° 300° 020°
April 332° 024° 024° 069°
May 014° 320° 236° 029°
June 026° 294° 331° 235°
July 246° 345° 272° 287°
August 263° 022° 295° 247°
September 185° 270° 050° 306°
October 215° 197° 219° 230°
November 236° 210° 310° 202°
December 236° 054° 242° 215°

Prevailing wind direction

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