Zakynthos International Airport "Dionysios Solomos"

LGZA · Ionian Islands, Greece

Climate Zakynthos International Airport "Dionysios Solomos" 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Zakynthos International Airport "Dionysios Solomos" (LGZA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 81.4 96 84 96 78 94
February 85.9 93 92 83 89 82
March 90.4 95 88 86 94 95
April 93.3 91 96 94 98 97
May 97.5 97 98 99 100
June 98.3 100 99 100 99
July 99.3 100 100 100 100
August 99.3 99 98 100 100
September 96.5 98 94 100 93
October 92.7 100 96 87 92
November 88.8 92 89 83 96
December 81.4 87 76 80 76
Average 93.1 93.6 94.9 94.3 94.2 94.0

12th 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 99.2 100 97 99 99 100
February 99.8 100 100 100 100 100
March 99.3 100 99 99 100 100
April 99.3 99 100 98 100 99
May 99.7 100 99 100 100
June 99.7 100 100 100 100
July 99.7 100 100 100 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 99.2 100 100 100 96
October 99.5 100 99 99 100
November 99.0 100 99 98 100
December 98.8 100 100 99 98
Average 99.5 99.7 99.6 99.4 99.7 99.3

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 14.1 15 16 14 15 15
February 15.4 17 15 15 16 16
March 17.1 18 18 14 16 17
April 20.3 23 19 20 19 19
May 24.5 23 26 25 26
June 29.8 29 32 30 28
July 33.3 35 35 34 33
August 33.4 33 33 34 33
September 28.9 29 29 28 29
October 24.3 26 25 23 24
November 20.3 22 21 20 20
December 16.2 17 18 15 17
Average 22.5 18.3 23.4 23.6 23.0 23.1

6th 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 8.2 9 9 8 11 8
February 8.1 8 6 8 8 8
March 9.5 11 10 8 9 10
April 12.1 14 12 13 12 13
May 15.6 16 14 16 19
June 19.8 19 21 19 23
July 21.7 22 23 22 21
August 22.4 22 23 23 22
September 19.6 20 19 19 21
October 15.9 17 15 15 16
November 13.4 14 13 14 13
December 10.4 10 15 10 11
Average 14.2 10.4 14.7 14.9 14.9 15.4

19th 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 8.5 5 6 3 10 3
February 4.4 5 1 3 4 3
March 3.6 2 4 6 2 4
April 3.0 2 5 2 2 5
May 2.4 5 2 1 1
June 0.6 0 0 0 0
July 0.3 0 0 0 0
August 0.2 1 1 0 0
September 1.9 1 1 2 5
October 2.9 1 2 6 3
November 5.5 2 6 12 3
December 9.0 3 12 6 11
Average 3.1 3.4 2.3 2.4 2.8 2.8

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 6.7 7 5 6 9 5
February 6.4 6 6 6 6 5
March 6.6 6 7 6 6 6
April 6.1 7 6 6 6 6
May 5.7 6 5 6 6
June 5.5 5 6 5 7
July 5.9 6 7 7 5
August 6.1 6 7 6 6
September 6.3 7 7 6 8
October 5.5 6 7 6 6
November 6.1 7 6 6 6
December 6.2 5 8 7 6
Average 6.1 6.6 5.9 6.2 6.2 5.9

6th 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 038° 169° 015° 223° 342°
February 143° 041° 046° 044° 320°
March 174° 332° 027° 356° 279°
April 349° 248° 167° 223° 352°
May 083° 084° 013° 330°
June 008° 066° 047° 321°
July 022° 008° 012° 010°
August 007° 007° 014° 042°
September 012° 028° 032° 344°
October 133° 014° 072° 132°
November 233° 160° 172° 034°
December 120° 161° 283° 178°

Prevailing wind direction

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