Kastoria National Airport Aristotle

LGKA · West Macedonia, Greece

Climate Kastoria National Airport Aristotle 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kozani State Airport Filippos (LGKZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 67.3 70 50 62 76 77
February 73.8 63 63 60 69 93
March 70.0 59 52 50 57 73
April 65.2 38 51 59 46
May 69.3 39 51 60 58
June 67.8 47 47 61 54
July 67.8 52 47 62 56
August 67.6 60 51 59 58
September 72.0 55 54 58 63
October 69.7 58 51 48 69
November 67.9 68 44 45 74
December 62.9 66 34 70 41
Average 69.1 63.4 53.0 50.4 60.1 62.5

34th 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 78.1 78 59 74 82 85
February 81.5 72 65 71 72 96
March 78.5 68 60 61 64 90
April 71.8 47 57 66 59
May 72.8 52 53 61 59
June 70.4 51 48 61 54
July 68.6 52 47 62 56
August 68.0 60 51 59 59
September 75.5 60 54 64 65
October 76.6 63 55 63 70
November 78.1 78 55 64 77
December 77.1 76 52 78 68
Average 75.1 72.0 58.9 55.7 65.4 68.2

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 7.0 9 10 7 9 9
February 10.8 14 11 10 11 12
March 13.6 15 14 9 12 14
April 17.2 15 18 17 16
May 22.4 19 24 25 24
June 27.1 25 28 28 27
July 30.8 34 30 32 30
August 30.7 32 29 34 29
September 26.0 26 26 26 27
October 20.3 23 21 16 21
November 14.0 15 15 13 14
December 9.3 12 11 9 10
Average 18.3 12.5 19.6 19.3 19.1 19.3

34th 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 -1.1 0 2 -2 0 -2
February 1.1 3 0 0 0 1
March 2.8 4 3 -1 1 3
April 6.3 5 5 4 5
May 11.5 10 11 11 10
June 15.8 14 16 15 13
July 18.1 18 17 19 17
August 18.1 18 17 18 18
September 13.9 14 13 14 14
October 9.2 11 9 7 9
November 5.4 5 6 5 4
December 1.9 2 6 1 3
Average 7.8 2.0 8.4 8.1 7.8 7.9

2nd 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 10.3 8 13 9 14 4
February 7.5 7 3 10 11 4
March 9.6 11 7 14 13 12
April 10.0 14 10 11 20
May 5.8 17 4 2 6
June 3.7 8 5 3 3
July 2.7 0 4 3 3
August 1.8 2 6 1 1
September 3.5 10 1 5 5
October 4.8 4 4 18 1
November 8.0 10 10 10 2
December 9.1 6 16 11 12
Average 6.3 8.7 7.7 7.1 7.7 6.1

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 5.4 6 5 6 5 7
February 5.0 4 5 6 5 7
March 5.0 4 5 5 6 5
April 4.2 5 5 5 4
May 3.9 3 3 5 5
June 4.0 3 4 4 5
July 4.6 5 5 5 5
August 4.4 5 5 5 5
September 4.1 4 4 4 6
October 3.4 3 3 4 4
November 3.2 4 4 3 3
December 4.7 4 2 7 3
Average 4.3 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.7 5.0

34th 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 335° 328° 344° 331° 331°
February 330° 334° 337° 339° 326°
March 316° 314° 354° 335° 355°
April 336° 269° 308° 003°
May 029° 140° 299° 335°
June 344° 358° 345° 306°
July 328° 358° 010° 005°
August 020° 006° 309° 010°
September 071° 309° 010° 035°
October 348° 354° 340° 329°
November 323° 329° 310° 346°
December 334° 010° 334° 015°

Prevailing wind direction

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