Chania International Airport

LGSA · Crete, Greece

Climate Chania International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Chania International Airport (LGSA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 76.1 61 78 65 87 71
February 79.5 81 63 73 87 86
March 82.5 82 65 83 88
April 90.8 89 95 90 81
May 95.3 93 97 100 94
June 98.4 99 100 96 99
July 98.8 100 98 99 100
August 98.5 97 97 100 100
September 94.5 89 96 90 99
October 87.0 94 85 69 86
November 85.2 91 87 67 82
December 77.2 79 92 66 81
Average 87.4 70.7 88.7 88.3 87.4 89.7

28th 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 97 100 100
February 98.8 100 100 100 100 100
March 99.2 100 98 100 99
April 99.2 100 99 100 98
May 99.6 100 100 100 100
June 100.0 100 100 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 99.9 100 100 100 100
October 99.6 100 99 100 99
November 99.8 100 100 100 100
December 99.6 100 100 100 100
Average 99.6 100.0 99.9 99.4 99.9 99.6

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 13 16 13
February 15.2 17 14 15 16 15
March 16.7 17 13 16 17
April 20.2 19 21 21 19
May 24.7 21 25 26 26
June 28.8 27 29 29 28
July 31.5 33 30 32 31
August 31.0 31 30 33 32
September 28.0 28 28 28 29
October 23.4 25 23 22 26
November 20.1 23 20 21 18
December 16.5 18 19 15 17
Average 21.7 16.1 22.6 22.2 22.9 22.4

17th 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 8.0 10 9 7 9 8
February 8.4 10 7 8 9 9
March 9.5 11 7 9 10
April 11.9 12 12 12 11
May 15.9 15 16 17 16
June 20.0 19 21 20 19
July 22.5 24 22 23 22
August 22.5 23 23 23 22
September 19.8 20 20 20 21
October 16.2 17 16 16 17
November 13.6 15 13 14 13
December 10.4 12 13 10 11
Average 14.3 9.9 15.3 14.7 15.1 14.9

18th 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 10.6 10 7 13 9 14
February 8.9 3 10 11 7 5
March 6.8 4 18 5 4
April 2.8 4 1 1 7
May 1.5 4 1 0 2
June 0.5 2 0 1 0
July 0.1 0 0 0 0
August 0.2 0 1 0 0
September 1.4 3 1 1 1
October 2.2 0 4 5 3
November 5.1 4 6 1 11
December 7.5 3 6 12 4
Average 3.9 6.3 3.1 4.4 3.0 3.6

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 7.9 9 6 6 7 9
February 8.1 9 11 7 7 9
March 8.5 10 7 8 7
April 7.5 9 8 8 7
May 7.2 7 6 8 6
June 7.6 8 7 6 10
July 7.7 7 6 8 7
August 8.0 8 7 8 8
September 7.6 7 7 7 8
October 6.5 6 6 7 6
November 6.6 8 3 7 6
December 7.1 7 5 8 5
Average 7.7 8.8 7.8 6.3 7.3 7.3

17th 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 307° 287° 335° 287° 336°
February 304° 312° 312° 313° 305°
March 305° 349° 299° 316°
April 301° 275° 312° 321°
May 020° 341° 297° 319°
June 321° 316° 331° 296°
July 331° 322° 321° 336°
August 293° 291° 320° 327°
September 331° 307° 350° 317°
October 323° 346° 348° 327°
November 277° 014° 054° 020°
December 282° 039° 302° 012°

Prevailing wind direction

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