Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport

LGIR · Crete, Greece

Climate Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (LGIR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.5 59 79 63 86 67
February 79.3 85 66 78 85 79
March 83.7 95 78 65 88 88
April 91.4 91 92 95 96 82
May 94.3 93 94 96 100 93
June 97.5 100 95 97 98 98
July 98.6 99 100 98 100 99
August 99.0 100 100 99 100 99
September 94.5 92 98 94 98
October 87.8 99 82 77 90
November 83.0 92 90 81 52
December 74.6 85 82 72 77
Average 89.2 91.5 90.0 88.1 90.6 86.5

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 99.7 100 100 100 100 100
February 99.5 100 100 100 100 100
March 99.4 100 100 100 100 100
April 99.6 99 100 100 100 100
May 99.9 100 100 100 100 100
June 100.0 100 100 100 100 100
July 100.0 100 100 100 100 100
August 100.0 100 100 100 100 100
September 100.0 100 100 100 100
October 99.7 100 99 100 99
November 99.9 100 100 100 100
December 99.9 100 100 100 100
Average 99.8 99.8 99.9 99.8 100.0 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 15.3 17 17 14 18 14
February 16.1 18 15 16 17 16
March 17.4 20 18 14 17 18
April 20.5 22 20 21 21 19
May 23.9 24 22 24 25 25
June 27.7 30 26 28 28 27
July 29.9 31 32 29 30 29
August 29.7 31 30 29 31 30
September 27.5 28 27 27 29
October 23.9 25 23 23 26
November 21.2 24 21 21 19
December 17.8 19 20 17 18
Average 22.7 24.0 22.8 22.2 22.8 22.4

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 9.3 12 10 8 11 9
February 9.4 10 9 9 9 10
March 10.2 11 11 8 10 11
April 12.4 15 12 12 13 12
May 15.7 16 15 15 16 16
June 20.1 22 19 21 19 19
July 23.3 25 24 23 24 22
August 23.3 24 23 23 24 23
September 20.5 21 20 21 22
October 17.3 18 17 17 18
November 14.7 16 14 15 15
December 11.5 13 13 11 12
Average 15.7 16.7 15.8 15.3 15.7 15.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.6 8 5 15 5 12
February 6.0 4 6 8 6 5
March 5.1 1 4 13 5 4
April 1.4 0 4 0 1 4
May 1.2 1 5 0 0 1
June 0.5 0 2 1 1 0
July 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
September 0.6 1 1 0 0
October 1.0 0 1 1 3
November 3.4 4 2 1 11
December 7.3 3 2 12 6
Average 2.5 1.4 2.5 3.2 2.3 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 11.1 12 9 11 12 13
February 10.7 11 12 12 10 11
March 10.0 10 10 9 11 11
April 9.2 12 9 6 11 10
May 8.2 9 9 7 7 8
June 9.1 10 9 12 6 10
July 11.6 13 10 14 12 11
August 11.4 11 11 10 9 11
September 9.8 10 8 9 10
October 8.5 8 10 9 6
November 9.1 9 9 9 9
December 9.8 8 9 12 9
Average 9.9 10.7 9.5 9.8 9.6 10.1

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 312° 210° 319° 205° 328°
February 286° 323° 302° 304° 315°
March 288° 314° 324° 309° 315°
April 297° 289° 308° 286° 311°
May 317° 309° 334° 324° 320°
June 312° 314° 302° 329° 303°
July 305° 308° 305° 309° 308°
August 309° 309° 308° 307° 307°
September 312° 329° 318° 317°
October 322° 323° 321° 339°
November 221° 286° 304° 340°
December 252° 177° 224° 222°

Prevailing wind direction

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