Elefsis Airport

LGEL · Attica, Greece

Climate Elefsis Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Elefsis Airport (LGEL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 83.4 81 91 74 94 76
February 80.7 85 78 75 85 82
March 87.4 89 86 80 87 81
April 91.4 86 96 96 84
May 94.9 90 96 99 94
June 96.2 95 98 96 96
July 98.4 99 99 99 100
August 97.6 94 95 99 97
September 93.6 91 98 95 94
October 93.4 98 96 83 95
November 84.9 99 88 79 79
December 80.7 96 83 70 79
Average 90.3 85.3 92.0 91.0 91.1 88.9

24th 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 99.3 100 100 96 100 100
February 98.7 100 97 100 94 100
March 99.7 99 100 99 100 100
April 99.8 100 100 100 100
May 99.9 100 100 100 100
June 99.9 100 100 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 99 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 99.8 99 100 100 100
October 99.8 100 100 99 100
November 99.2 100 100 99 100
December 99.4 100 100 100 100
Average 99.6 99.5 99.6 99.6 99.3 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 13.5 15 16 12 15 13
February 15.2 17 14 15 16 15
March 17.6 20 19 13 17 18
April 21.2 20 22 21 20
May 26.5 25 27 28 27
June 31.3 31 33 31 30
July 34.6 37 34 35 34
August 34.0 34 33 35 34
September 29.6 29 29 29 31
October 24.6 26 25 22 26
November 19.9 22 20 19 19
December 15.7 18 18 15 17
Average 22.8 17.1 24.1 23.7 23.6 23.6

3rd 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 5.4 7 7 4 7 5
February 6.4 9 5 6 7 6
March 7.9 9 9 5 7 8
April 10.6 11 11 10 10
May 15.8 16 16 16 15
June 20.6 20 23 20 20
July 24.1 25 25 25 24
August 24.3 25 24 25 23
September 20.2 21 20 20 22
October 15.8 18 16 14 16
November 12.0 13 12 12 12
December 8.1 9 12 7 9
Average 13.5 8.2 14.9 14.5 14.2 14.3

17th 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 7.1 11 4 7 4 7
February 7.6 6 9 9 13 5
March 5.4 3 3 11 5 10
April 3.9 5 4 3 9
May 2.2 4 3 0 2
June 1.3 2 0 1 1
July 0.2 0 0 0 0
August 0.3 0 1 0 1
September 1.9 3 1 0 1
October 1.4 0 2 3 3
November 3.6 3 4 2 3
December 6.5 1 3 7 5
Average 3.5 6.2 2.6 3.3 2.7 3.6

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 6.0 6 6 6 6 6
February 6.0 5 6 6 6 5
March 6.5 5 7 7 6 6
April 6.3 6 6 6 7
May 6.0 7 7 6 2
June 5.9 6 9 6 0
July 7.8 7 10 8 7
August 8.8 8 8 8 7
September 7.4 8 7 7 7
October 6.2 5 8 7 5
November 5.4 5 6 6 7
December 4.9 5 3 6 5
Average 6.4 5.4 6.4 7.1 6.5 5.3

3rd 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 323° 251° 336° 265° 339°
February 091° 326° 312° 332° 318°
March 207° 311° 355° 312° 351°
April 214° 229° 220° 331°
May 334° 267° 229° 253°
June 331° 351° 194° 329°
July 326° 353° 348° 342°
August 329° 345° 314° 338°
September 343° 242° 333° 334°
October 327° 343° 346° 276°
November 232° 331° 334° 346°
December 319° 099° 302° 330°

Prevailing wind direction

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