Alexandroupoli Democritus Airport

LGAL · East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece

Climate Alexandroupoli Democritus Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Alexandroupoli Democritus Airport (LGAL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 79.5 92 65 79 86 83
February 83.8 85 91 87 83 92
March 85.6 86 83 93 86 80
April 92.0 93 93 90 84
May 97.6 95 99 97 97
June 98.3 99 99 97 99
July 99.1 100 98 100 100
August 99.2 98 97 100 100
September 98.2 98 98 99 100
October 94.3 95 100 93 94
November 82.8 76 87 80 99
December 81.2 85 64 76 80
Average 91.4 87.5 90.9 92.9 91.4 93.1

20th best VFR conditions of Greece

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 97.8 100 97 97 98 99
February 98.6 99 99 99 94 100
March 99.3 99 100 98 100 100
April 99.8 100 100 99 100
May 99.9 100 100 100 100
June 100.0 100 100 100 100
July 100.0 100 100 100 100
August 100.0 100 100 100 100
September 100.0 100 100 100 100
October 99.5 99 100 100 99
November 99.0 99 100 95 100
December 99.6 100 99 99 100
Average 99.5 99.1 99.5 99.5 98.9 99.8

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 9.8 12 12 9 12 10
February 11.8 14 12 12 12 13
March 14.0 16 14 11 12 15
April 18.0 17 19 16 17
May 23.7 23 25 24 23
June 28.2 28 29 27 27
July 31.9 33 32 33 33
August 33.0 34 33 33 33
September 27.8 30 27 27 30
October 21.8 24 23 19 23
November 16.9 19 18 16 16
December 12.6 14 14 12 14
Average 19.9 13.8 21.5 21.0 20.2 21.1

29th highest temperature of Greece

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 3 5 0 5 1
February 3.5 6 2 2 5 3
March 5.2 6 5 1 4 7
April 8.1 8 8 7 9
May 13.4 12 12 13 16
June 17.7 16 18 18 18
July 20.1 20 20 22 22
August 20.7 22 20 21 20
September 16.6 19 15 15 18
October 11.7 13 10 11 14
November 8.8 10 9 8 8
December 5.6 6 9 5 8
Average 10.4 4.9 11.4 10.3 11.2 12.0

4th lowest temperature of Greece

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.9 5 8 4 11 3
February 5.2 2 2 7 5 2
March 6.0 6 4 5 10 8
April 4.5 5 5 3 10
May 2.7 2 2 3 4
June 2.1 2 1 5 2
July 0.5 1 1 0 0
August 0.4 0 2 0 0
September 1.3 0 1 1 1
October 2.4 1 0 4 1
November 5.7 7 2 6 1
December 8.5 8 10 11 11
Average 3.8 4.2 2.9 2.7 4.5 3.2

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 8.7 9 9 8 9 9
February 9.2 8 9 8 10 9
March 8.5 6 8 10 9 9
April 8.3 7 8 8 12
May 7.8 9 7 8 8
June 7.0 7 8 5 8
July 8.3 7 9 8 10
August 9.6 11 8 8 10
September 9.4 11 8 9 11
October 8.1 8 9 11 7
November 8.4 8 9 8 10
December 8.4 8 10 8 10
Average 8.4 7.5 8.5 8.5 8.2 9.3

29th highest wind speed of Greece

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 025° 106° 023° 174° 026°
February 164° 033° 035° 075° 001°
March 122° 068° 024° 041° 053°
April 114° 225° 079° 040°
May 044° 044° 073° 323°
June 050° 016° 245° 247°
July 150° 040° 037° 045°
August 049° 043° 067° 055°
September 050° 163° 034° 050°
October 068° 051° 031° 175°
November 208° 084° 035° 038°
December 063° 100° 124° 085°

Prevailing wind direction

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