Kos Airport

LGKO · South Aegean, Greece

Climate Kos Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kos Airport (LGKO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 83.7 84 90 89 88 93
February 90.2 96 92 89 98 85
March 93.2 99 96 95 98 93
April 97.1 98 99 98 97
May 98.4 99 100 100 98
June 99.2 99 100 99 99
July 99.3 100 100 100 99
August 98.8 97 99 100 99
September 99.0 100 98 98 100
October 97.8 100 99 97 97
November 94.1 96 96 92 100
December 86.8 94 89 83 94
Average 95.0 93.3 96.9 96.7 96.4 96.4

3rd 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 99.7 100 100 100 100 100
February 99.7 100 100 100 100 99
March 99.8 100 100 100 100 100
April 99.7 100 100 100 100
May 99.8 100 100 100 100
June 99.8 100 100 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.4 99 99 100 99
September 99.8 100 100 99 100
October 99.9 100 100 100 100
November 99.8 100 100 100 100
December 99.9 100 100 100 100
Average 99.7 99.7 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.8

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 14.2 15 16 14 16 14
February 15.2 17 14 15 17 15
March 16.8 18 17 14 16 17
April 20.0 19 21 20 20
May 24.5 23 25 26 25
June 28.3 27 29 29 27
July 31.7 33 32 33 31
August 31.4 30 31 33 32
September 28.9 30 29 29 30
October 24.8 26 25 25 26
November 20.9 22 22 22 20
December 16.8 19 18 17 18
Average 22.1 16.8 22.8 23.0 23.5 22.9

10th 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 9.4 11 11 9 11 9
February 10.1 12 9 10 11 10
March 11.1 13 12 8 10 11
April 13.5 14 14 13 14
May 17.2 17 17 17 18
June 20.9 20 22 20 20
July 23.4 25 23 24 23
August 23.5 23 24 24 24
September 21.6 23 21 21 23
October 18.4 20 19 18 20
November 15.2 17 16 16 15
December 12.1 14 15 12 13
Average 15.8 11.7 17.0 16.5 16.3 16.5

28th 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 6.3 6 3 9 6 3
February 3.4 1 3 4 1 1
March 2.9 1 2 6 1 2
April 1.2 0 0 1 0
May 0.5 1 1 0 1
June 0.5 2 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.1 1 0 0 0
October 0.8 0 1 1 3
November 1.9 3 4 0 0
December 5.2 5 5 7 3
Average 1.8 2.6 1.5 2.1 1.2 1.0

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 9.6 11 5 11 10 11
February 8.3 11 7 11 12 10
March 7.8 10 5 12 11 10
April 8.8 10 10 11 9
May 8.5 9 9 9 9
June 9.9 10 12 11 9
July 11.8 12 13 12 12
August 10.6 9 10 12 12
September 10.5 10 11 11 10
October 9.1 9 11 9 8
November 9.1 10 9 8 10
December 9.4 8 9 10 10
Average 9.6 10.6 8.8 10.7 10.7 9.8

10th 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 334° 175° 002° 175° 350°
February 063° 354° 327° 006° 326°
March 313° 184° 353° 327° 041°
April 258° 288° 100° 313°
May 325° 322° 312° 326°
June 319° 325° 324° 277°
July 337° 337° 334° 323°
August 301° 318° 332° 324°
September 335° 324° 329° 319°
October 334° 342° 341° 312°
November 203° 005° 345° 353°
December 164° 155° 180° 169°

Prevailing wind direction

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