Kavala Alexander the Great International Airport

LGKV · East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece

Climate Kavala Alexander the Great International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kavala Alexander the Great International Airport (LGKV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 82.9 90 68 83 87 100
February 88.7 96 91 84 80 98
March 87.5 84 88 89 89 87
April 93.1 93 87 94 92 93
May 98.2 97 100 97 100
June 99.1 100 97 100 100
July 99.5 100 99 100 100
August 99.8 99 100 100 100
September 98.8 99 99 100 100
October 93.5 90 99 81 98
November 85.6 84 96 81 97
December 83.2 81 77 82 81
Average 92.9 90.5 91.4 94.2 91.7 96.3

13th 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 97.8 100 97 96 99 100
February 98.0 100 100 99 94 100
March 98.4 98 99 98 100 100
April 99.4 100 100 100 99 99
May 99.8 100 100 100 100
June 99.9 100 100 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 99.8 100 99 100 100
October 99.0 97 100 100 100
November 98.5 100 100 96 100
December 99.3 100 100 97 100
Average 99.2 99.3 99.4 99.3 98.8 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 10.3 12 13 10 12 11
February 12.4 16 13 12 12 13
March 14.4 16 15 11 13 15
April 18.4 23 17 19 16 17
May 23.3 22 24 24 23
June 27.9 28 29 27 27
July 30.6 32 31 32 31
August 31.9 33 32 32 31
September 27.2 29 26 26 29
October 21.8 24 22 19 24
November 16.8 18 18 16 17
December 12.6 15 14 12 13
Average 20.1 16.5 21.3 20.7 20.0 20.7

32nd 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 2.2 3 7 1 4 0
February 3.4 5 2 4 4 3
March 5.8 7 6 3 5 7
April 9.2 11 9 10 8 9
May 14.1 13 14 15 14
June 18.1 17 19 18 17
July 20.4 20 20 22 21
August 20.5 20 21 21 21
September 16.5 17 16 16 18
October 11.5 13 12 11 13
November 8.5 10 10 8 7
December 5.1 5 9 5 8
Average 10.7 6.3 11.6 11.6 11.2 11.3

8th 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 8.4 5 9 8 9 2
February 5.0 1 2 8 4 4
March 6.4 6 4 4 10 14
April 4.8 2 8 5 7 9
May 2.6 5 1 3 2
June 2.0 1 3 3 1
July 0.6 0 0 0 0
August 0.1 0 0 0 0
September 1.6 1 1 1 1
October 4.2 5 0 10 1
November 7.4 6 7 6 5
December 9.7 9 6 14 10
Average 4.0 3.5 3.9 3.1 5.1 3.9

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 5.5 5 5 5 5 5
February 5.9 4 6 5 6 5
March 6.9 6 6 8 7 7
April 6.2 6 5 7 6 8
May 6.0 6 6 6 6
June 5.1 5 6 4 5
July 5.2 5 5 5 6
August 6.1 7 6 5 6
September 6.7 8 6 7 7
October 5.3 5 6 7 5
November 5.5 5 5 5 6
December 4.7 3 5 4 6
Average 5.7 5.4 5.6 5.9 5.6 6.0

32nd 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 070° 107° 066° 138° 091°
February 129° 159° 101° 130° 172°
March 120° 159° 085° 114° 099°
April 162° 136° 187° 150° 077°
May 121° 176° 178° 181°
June 183° 204° 187° 170°
July 173° 194° 157° 172°
August 111° 204° 156° 164°
September 090° 196° 113° 134°
October 144° 143° 072° 186°
November 214° 117° 083° 076°
December 072° 071° 118° 077°

Prevailing wind direction

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