Lampedusa Airport

LICD · Sicily, Italy

Climate Lampedusa Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lampedusa Airport (LICD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 93.7 90 90 82 94 100
February 93.6 88 89 85 94 100
March 90.1 77 89 80 93 96
April 90.6 96 79 88 98
May 94.3 84 96 100 88
June 96.9 92 98 96 97
July 98.6 98 99 97 97
August 98.4 99 98 99 95
September 97.9 98 97 95 97
October 94.7 95 95 89 93
November 94.8 93 97 94 90
December 93.4 85 98 91 88
Average 93.8 84.6 92.3 92.0 94.4 94.8

41st best VFR conditions of Italy

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

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 15.8 17 17 15 17 16
February 16.0 17 16 16 17 17
March 17.0 18 18 16 17 17
April 18.4 19 18 18 19
May 21.6 21 23 22 23
June 25.8 25 28 26 25
July 29.2 31 30 29 28
August 29.9 30 31 31 30
September 28.1 28 29 29 28
October 24.8 27 26 24 24
November 21.1 22 22 21 21
December 17.6 18 20 17 18
Average 21.5 17.4 22.6 22.8 22.2 22.1

18th highest temperature of Italy

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 12.8 14 13 12 14 13
February 12.7 14 13 12 13 13
March 13.6 15 14 13 13 14
April 14.9 15 15 15 15
May 17.7 18 18 18 19
June 21.8 22 23 22 21
July 24.9 26 26 25 24
August 25.8 25 27 27 26
September 24.6 25 25 26 24
October 21.3 23 23 21 20
November 17.8 19 19 18 18
December 14.8 16 17 14 15
Average 18.0 14.1 19.0 19.1 18.7 18.4

93rd lowest temperature of Italy

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.4 1 4 6 4 1
February 3.2 2 7 4 1 0
March 2.8 0 1 3 3 3
April 1.6 3 1 1 1
May 1.3 5 1 0 0
June 0.9 6 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.1 0 0 0 0
September 1.0 0 2 1 2
October 2.2 0 0 5 3
November 4.8 3 5 7 5
December 4.0 7 2 4 7
Average 1.8 0.9 2.9 1.6 1.9 1.6

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 12.3 12 11 12 13 12
February 11.5 12 10 12 11 11
March 12.0 11 11 14 11 13
April 11.2 10 12 12 9
May 10.5 12 9 11 10
June 9.2 9 8 9 11
July 8.7 8 8 10 9
August 8.4 9 9 8 9
September 9.4 11 9 11 9
October 10.0 9 8 11 10
November 10.9 11 11 9 9
December 13.0 13 10 13 13
Average 10.6 11.5 10.3 10.2 10.6 10.3

18th highest wind speed of Italy

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 288° 287° 324° 263° 358°
February 285° 047° 317° 244° 308°
March 236° 297° 105° 353° 338°
April 341° 063° 080° 057°
May 025° 207° 017° 025°
June 019° 356° 068° 014°
July 352° 340° 344° 341°
August 337° 344° 004° 342°
September 354° 141° 097° 018°
October 292° 040° 339° 339°
November 297° 277° 263° 189°
December 320° 230° 293° 262°

Prevailing wind direction

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