Climate Mytilene International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mytilene International Airport (LGMT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	81.0	91	83	91	78	94
February	89.2	94	92	89	96	90
March	91.5	93	85	97	88	93
April	94.5		92	96	96	88
May	98.2		99	100	98	95
June	99.3		99	100	100	99
July	99.9		100	100	100	100
August	99.9		100	100	100	100
September	99.4		100	100	100	100
October	96.7		98	100	99	97
November	91.0		92	94	90	98
December	83.5		85	82	77	83
Average	94.1	92.6	94.2	96.6	94.0	95.0

4th 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	100	100	100
February	99.6	100	100	100	100	99
March	99.8	100	100	100	100	100
April	99.9		100	100	100	100
May	100.0		100	100	100	100
June	100.0		100	100	100	100
July	100.0		100	100	100	100
August	100.0		100	100	100	100
September	99.9		100	100	100	100
October	99.6		100	100	100	100
November	99.2		98	100	99	100
December	99.6		100	100	100	100
Average	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.9	99.8	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	12.5	14	15	11	14	12
February	14.1	16	13	14	15	14
March	16.5	19	17	12	15	17
April	20.3		19	21	20	20
May	25.4		24	26	26	24
June	29.8		29	31	30	28
July	32.4		34	32	33	32
August	32.4		33	32	33	32
September	28.6		29	28	28	30
October	23.3		25	22	22	25
November	19.0		21	19	19	18
December	15.0		17	17	14	16
Average	21.7	16.2	23.0	22.3	22.2	22.3

16th 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	7.5	9	9	6	9	7
February	8.4	10	7	8	9	8
March	9.5	10	10	6	8	10
April	12.0		12	13	12	11
May	16.6		16	16	16	16
June	20.9		21	22	20	20
July	23.5		25	23	24	23
August	23.8		25	24	24	23
September	20.4		21	20	20	22
October	16.1		17	16	15	17
November	13.0		14	13	13	12
December	10.4		12	13	10	11
Average	14.5	9.6	15.7	15.1	15.0	15.0

20th 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	11.6	4	5	8	13	3
February	6.1	3	2	10	3	7
March	3.9	3	5	4	5	3
April	3.9		5	3	6	5
May	1.8		2	0	2	4
June	1.1		2	1	1	1
July	0.2		0	0	1	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.6		0	0	0	0
October	1.0		1	0	0	3
November	5.9		7	6	5	0
December	8.5		7	10	14	7
Average	3.4	3.1	2.8	2.7	3.7	2.4

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	8.7	9	8	8	10	9
February	8.3	8	9	8	8	10
March	7.8	7	8	9	7	8
April	6.0		7	6	6	6
May	6.1		6	6	6	6
June	6.7		7	9	6	6
July	8.6		8	11	9	9
August	7.8		7	7	7	8
September	6.9		7	8	8	7
October	6.1		6	8	7	5
November	6.8		9	7	6	7
December	8.0		7	9	10	8
Average	7.4	7.9	7.3	7.8	7.4	7.4

16th 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	039°	159°	061°	174°	002°
February	150°	056°	079°	147°	135°
March	173°	214°	008°	341°	288°
April		208°	241°	223°	348°
May		337°	340°	311°	305°
June		336°	326°	335°	264°
July		339°	328°	332°	331°
August		341°	331°	336°	329°
September		347°	346°	339°	335°
October		002°	347°	359°	161°
November		182°	197°	194°	003°
December		163°	157°	164°	164°

Prevailing wind direction

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