Brest Bretagne Airport

LFRB · Finistère, Brittany, France

Climate Brest Bretagne Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Brest Bretagne Airport (LFRB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 46.4 47 53 38 46 46
February 52.3 28 64 46 52 42
March 52.3 53 26 71 65 60
April 67.8 56 67 89 64
May 60.4 58 68 49 77
June 55.2 61 63 44 51
July 53.9 45 70 46 45
August 54.0 43 68 46 56
September 54.4 65 51 61 60
October 50.0 59 49 54 49
November 56.6 49 62 57 54
December 46.0 31 64 47 60
Average 53.6 43.3 50.9 61.0 54.6 55.8

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 74.3 72 83 75 69 71
February 77.9 60 93 77 81 67
March 83.6 82 70 91 91 86
April 89.8 86 90 98 86
May 85.9 82 91 91 90
June 81.6 83 82 79 85
July 83.0 82 90 82 76
August 83.2 78 84 89 83
September 80.6 85 84 84 79
October 77.4 82 79 83 80
November 84.3 77 92 87 82
December 75.2 77 82 65 86
Average 81.0 72.3 81.3 85.4 84.2 81.5

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 9.6 9 10 10 9 11
February 10.7 12 11 11 10 11
March 12.0 12 11 14 12 12
April 14.8 14 15 14 17
May 17.5 17 19 15 20
June 20.1 22 20 19 19
July 21.5 20 24 21 20
August 21.0 20 25 20 21
September 19.6 22 20 21 20
October 16.3 18 18 17 15
November 12.6 13 14 12 14
December 10.5 12 7 11 10
Average 15.0 11.0 15.8 16.5 15.1 15.7

97th 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 4.5 4 5 5 4 6
February 5.0 8 4 6 5 6
March 5.7 6 7 6 5 5
April 5.9 6 6 4 7
May 8.7 10 9 8 9
June 11.7 13 11 11 12
July 12.8 13 13 13 11
August 12.9 13 15 13 14
September 11.4 14 12 12 11
October 9.6 11 12 9 9
November 7.2 8 9 6 9
December 5.9 8 1 6 6
Average 8.1 6.0 9.3 8.7 7.9 8.6

50th 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 42.7 40 41 28 60 30
February 40.6 54 31 44 42 60
March 37.0 54 51 24 31 29
April 19.1 27 27 13 17
May 20.7 17 23 47 10
June 23.5 13 35 28 40
July 19.8 41 9 29 18
August 20.6 31 12 29 12
September 22.7 23 30 17 18
October 37.8 41 40 32 48
November 45.9 56 41 44 30
December 46.8 56 28 44 56
Average 31.4 49.7 33.6 26.9 33.1 28.3

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 10.5 12 12 8 10 13
February 11.9 12 8 12 13 16
March 12.0 12 14 11 11 13
April 9.8 10 10 10 10
May 9.7 11 8 12 10
June 8.8 9 11 7 9
July 9.2 11 9 9 9
August 9.2 10 9 10 10
September 9.3 9 10 9 8
October 10.6 10 12 11 13
November 10.5 11 13 8 11
December 11.4 14 9 12 12
Average 10.3 11.9 10.6 10.0 10.0 10.9

97th 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 204° 239° 253° 249° 211°
February 243° 060° 245° 178° 237°
March 218° 221° 109° 250° 328°
April 276° 014° 045° 088°
May 026° 304° 244° 049°
June 360° 271° 350° 260°
July 237° 342° 268° 286°
August 256° 017° 279° 239°
September 204° 257° 295° 306°
October 209° 196° 216° 242°
November 260° 224° 337° 199°
December 242° 104° 236° 252°

Prevailing wind direction

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