Santorini Airport

LGSR · South Aegean, Greece

Climate Santorini Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mikonos Airport (LGMK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 77.7 77 88 75 84 74
February 82.7 86 82 84 86 82
March 88.4 99 89 81 85 92
April 95.4 94 99 97 93 93
May 97.2 97 98 99 93
June 99.1 98 98 100 100
July 99.4 98 100 100 100
August 99.3 100 97 100 99
September 98.3 98 97 100 98
October 97.6 97 100 99 97
November 92.3 91 91 94 92
December 83.0 87 87 73 91
Average 92.8 89.3 94.3 93.1 93.6 93.1

19th 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 99.6 100 100 98 100 100
February 99.8 100 100 99 100 100
March 99.7 100 100 100 100 100
April 99.4 99 100 100 100 99
May 99.5 100 100 100 100
June 99.9 100 100 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 100.0 100 100 100 100
September 99.7 100 99 100 100
October 99.7 99 100 100 100
November 99.4 100 100 98 100
December 99.8 100 100 100 100
Average 99.7 99.4 99.7 99.6 99.7 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 13.5 14 16 13 16 13
February 14.4 16 13 15 15 14
March 15.8 17 16 13 15 16
April 19.0 21 18 20 19 18
May 23.2 21 23 26 23
June 27.3 26 27 28 27
July 29.5 31 28 31 29
August 29.1 29 29 32 29
September 26.7 26 27 26 28
October 22.8 23 22 21 26
November 19.3 21 19 19 20
December 16.1 17 18 15 18
Average 20.8 16.8 21.3 21.2 21.9 21.7

28th 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 9.9 11 12 9 12 9
February 10.7 12 10 10 11 11
March 11.8 13 12 9 11 13
April 14.1 16 13 14 14 15
May 17.3 16 17 18 19
June 21.3 20 22 22 22
July 23.4 25 23 25 23
August 23.6 24 24 25 24
September 21.2 22 21 22 23
October 17.8 19 18 17 20
November 15.5 17 15 15 15
December 12.3 14 14 12 14
Average 16.1 13.3 16.9 16.3 16.9 17.2

27th 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 5.8 3 4 9 4 3
February 3.9 2 2 4 3 3
March 3.0 1 1 4 3 6
April 1.6 0 1 2 4 3
May 0.8 1 2 0 3
June 0.5 1 0 1 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.4 1 0 0 1
October 0.5 0 1 0 2
November 3.1 3 4 2 3
December 4.2 2 3 9 2
Average 1.8 1.6 1.2 2.0 1.9 1.7

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 11.0 13 6 10 11 15
February 11.3 12 10 9 13 12
March 10.3 10 10 11 11 13
April 10.4 15 6 9 11 14
May 10.6 13 11 10 12
June 10.3 14 2 10 10
July 12.4 15 6 16 7
August 16.0 14 14 13 15
September 13.2 15 7 15 14
October 12.1 11 14 12 9
November 10.9 10 10 10 13
December 9.8 9 7 7 11
Average 11.7 12.3 11.3 9.1 11.7 11.7

28th 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 339° 001° 003° 202° 350°
February 035° 011° 359° 006° 330°
March 040° 358° 005° 343° 010°
April 010° 346° 004° 020° 348°
May 006° 002° 006° 353°
June 004° 356° 001° 328°
July 005° 003° 357° 360°
August 356° 358° 001° 358°
September 005° 356° 360° 359°
October 002° 007° 001° 006°
November 216° 007° 360° 003°
December 339° 013° 354° 290°

Prevailing wind direction

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