Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport

LGAV · Attica, Greece

Climate Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport 2020-2024

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 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 90.8 84 90 91 96 89
February 89.2 87 84 95 91 91
March 92.0 94 95 85 95 85
April 95.1 94 97 95 90
May 97.2 94 99 98 99
June 98.4 96 99 98 99
July 99.3 100 100 99 100
August 99.4 99 99 99 100
September 97.4 97 100 96 97
October 96.3 98 97 94 97
November 91.2 94 97 87 95
December 87.5 92 87 85 85
Average 94.2 88.3 94.7 96.0 94.8 94.3

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 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 99.0 100 98 96 100 100
February 98.9 100 99 100 96 100
March 99.4 100 100 98 100 100
April 99.5 100 100 100 100
May 99.9 100 100 100 100
June 99.8 100 100 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 99.7 100 100 100 100
October 99.6 99 100 99 100
November 99.7 100 100 100 100
December 99.8 100 100 100 99
Average 99.6 99.8 99.6 99.5 99.5 99.9

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 13.1 14 15 12 15 12
February 14.5 17 13 14 15 15
March 16.5 18 17 12 16 16
April 19.8 19 21 20 19
May 25.0 23 25 27 25
June 29.5 28 30 29 29
July 32.4 35 32 34 31
August 32.0 33 32 34 32
September 28.3 28 28 28 29
October 23.5 25 23 21 25
November 19.3 22 20 19 18
December 15.4 17 17 15 16
Average 21.7 16.3 23.0 22.4 22.6 22.3

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.8 7 6 3 6 4
February 5.7 7 4 6 5 5
March 7.0 8 7 4 6 7
April 9.0 9 10 9 9
May 13.9 14 14 14 14
June 18.6 18 20 18 18
July 22.0 23 22 24 22
August 22.7 24 22 22 21
September 18.5 19 18 18 20
October 14.0 15 15 14 14
November 10.7 12 11 11 10
December 7.6 8 12 7 10
Average 12.2 7.2 13.1 13.1 12.8 12.7

13th 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 5.9 7 4 8 3 8
February 6.6 5 7 6 11 5
March 4.5 2 1 8 2 11
April 3.7 4 4 4 5
May 1.9 2 2 0 1
June 1.1 3 0 1 0
July 0.3 0 1 0 0
August 0.3 0 1 0 1
September 1.6 1 1 0 1
October 1.5 0 1 4 3
November 3.9 2 3 4 2
December 6.4 1 2 7 7
Average 3.1 4.3 1.8 2.7 2.5 3.3

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 9.0 11 8 9 10 10
February 9.3 8 9 8 10 9
March 9.4 7 10 10 10 10
April 8.6 8 9 9 11
May 8.4 10 9 8 8
June 9.1 9 12 7 8
July 11.5 10 15 12 13
August 12.6 12 11 10 11
September 11.1 12 10 12 12
October 9.4 8 12 11 6
November 9.1 9 9 10 12
December 8.3 8 8 10 9
Average 9.6 8.4 9.3 10.3 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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 333° 184° 002° 223° 360°
February 057° 358° 001° 023° 324°
March 138° 020° 013° 003° 035°
April 144° 043° 049° 033°
May 034° 043° 066° 066°
June 046° 034° 065° 059°
July 038° 026° 031° 022°
August 042° 027° 033° 031°
September 035° 042° 025° 023°
October 047° 019° 020° 256°
November 221° 020° 020° 017°
December 286° 167° 246° 179°

Prevailing wind direction

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