Statistics Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (LGAV) between 2019 and 2023.

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VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	91.8	90	91	96	89	93
February	89.5	84	95	91	91	88
March	91.8	95	85	95	85	96
April	95.1	94	97	95	90	93
May	97.2	94	99	98	99	99
June	98.4	96	99	98	99	100
July	99.3	100	100	99	100	99
August	99.4	99	99	99	100	100
September	97.5		100	96	97	100
October	96.0		97	94	97	94
November	90.8		97	87	95	89
December	86.7		87	85	85	78
Average	95.1	94.5	96.0	94.8	94.3	94.6

8th best VFR conditions of Greece

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

Visibility: 8 km or more
Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	98.9	98	96	100	100	99
February	98.8	99	100	96	100	100
March	99.4	100	98	100	100	100
April	99.5	100	100	100	100	98
May	99.9	100	100	100	100	100
June	99.8	100	100	100	100	100
July	99.9	100	100	100	100	100
August	99.9	100	100	100	100	100
September	99.7		100	100	100	100
October	99.7		100	99	100	100
November	99.7		100	100	100	100
December	99.7		100	100	99	100
Average	99.6	99.6	99.5	99.5	99.9	99.5

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

Visibility: 5 km or more
Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	12.9	15	12	15	12	12
February	14.2	13	14	15	15	13
March	16.2	17	12	16	16	17
April	19.8	19	21	20	19	18
May	25.0	23	25	27	25	24
June	29.5	28	30	29	29	30
July	32.4	35	32	34	31	31
August	32.0	33	32	34	32	32
September	28.3		28	28	29	28
October	23.2		23	21	25	25
November	18.9		20	19	18	21
December	15.1		17	15	16	15
Average	22.5	23.0	22.4	22.6	22.3	22.2

15th highest temperature of Greece

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	4.6	6	3	6	4	4
February	5.5	4	6	5	5	5
March	6.9	7	4	6	7	7
April	9.0	9	10	9	9	9
May	13.9	14	14	14	14	13
June	18.6	18	20	18	18	20
July	22.0	23	22	24	22	21
August	22.7	24	22	22	21	24
September	18.3		18	18	20	18
October	13.9		15	14	14	14
November	10.6		11	11	10	12
December	7.6		12	7	10	7
Average	12.9	13.1	13.1	12.8	12.7	12.9

13th lowest temperature of Greece

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	5.9	4	8	3	8	10
February	6.8	7	6	11	5	9
March	4.9	1	8	2	11	4
April	3.7	4	4	4	5	8
May	1.9	2	2	0	1	2
June	1.1	3	0	1	0	0
July	0.3	0	1	0	0	0
August	0.3	0	1	0	1	0
September	1.7		1	0	1	2
October	1.8		1	4	3	1
November	4.2		3	4	2	5
December	7.3		2	7	7	13
Average	3.0	2.2	2.7	2.5	3.3	3.9

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	8.8	8	9	10	10	8
February	9.5	9	8	10	9	11
March	9.7	10	10	10	10	11
April	8.6	8	9	9	11	8
May	8.4	10	9	8	8	6
June	9.1	9	12	7	8	10
July	11.5	10	15	12	13	11
August	12.6	12	11	10	11	15
September	11.0		10	12	12	13
October	9.7		12	11	6	9
November	9.2		9	10	12	7
December	8.5		8	10	9	8
Average	9.8	9.5	10.3	9.9	9.9	9.9

15th 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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	184°	002°	223°	360°	243°
February	358°	001°	023°	324°	010°
March	020°	013°	003°	035°	018°
April	144°	043°	049°	033°	028°
May	034°	043°	066°	066°	173°
June	046°	034°	065°	059°	040°
July	038°	026°	031°	022°	034°
August	042°	027°	033°	031°	027°
September		042°	025°	023°	025°
October		019°	020°	256°	038°
November		020°	020°	017°	188°
December		167°	246°	179°	329°

Prevailing wind direction

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