Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport

LIEO · Sardinia, Italy

Climate Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (LIEO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 89.6 92 83 98 86 92
February 90.6 90 87 99 88 100
March 92.7 89 98 87 92 78
April 94.0 93 95 92 87
May 93.0 87 94 97 98
June 98.8 99 99 99 99
July 99.6 100 100 100 100
August 99.0 100 98 98 99
September 97.1 98 96 99 97
October 95.5 99 95 91 97
November 91.7 94 96 85 87
December 94.7 98 91 96 91
Average 94.5 90.2 94.8 95.9 94.1 94.8

19th 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 98.6 100 99 100 97 100
February 98.7 99 98 100 97 100
March 99.2 100 100 98 99 100
April 98.9 99 100 99 96
May 98.4 99 99 99 100
June 99.7 100 100 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.8 100 100 100 100
September 99.4 100 100 99 100
October 99.5 100 98 100 100
November 99.3 100 99 99 100
December 99.5 100 100 99 98
Average 99.3 99.6 99.5 99.3 99.1 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 14.6 16 14 15 14 16
February 15.7 18 15 17 16 18
March 17.5 20 19 15 16 15
April 19.7 20 19 18 20
May 23.6 23 26 24 24
June 29.5 29 32 30 28
July 32.9 35 35 33 32
August 32.5 32 33 33 33
September 28.4 29 30 29 28
October 24.2 27 25 23 22
November 18.8 21 20 18 19
December 15.9 17 17 16 15
Average 22.3 17.8 23.4 23.7 22.4 23.4

8th 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 5.9 8 7 4 5 6
February 5.6 8 4 5 5 14
March 7.1 9 8 5 6 9
April 8.2 9 7 6 8
May 13.1 14 14 12 15
June 17.5 18 20 16 17
July 20.5 22 21 21 19
August 20.5 20 22 21 22
September 17.9 18 19 18 18
October 13.5 15 13 13 12
November 10.2 13 11 10 9
December 7.6 9 8 7 7
Average 11.9 8.1 12.9 12.5 11.6 13.0

55th 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 9.5 9 16 1 14 5
February 7.0 8 12 1 6 0
March 5.5 5 3 12 7 15
April 4.8 4 5 8 11
May 6.1 9 5 3 3
June 2.1 5 1 1 1
July 0.1 0 0 0 0
August 0.6 1 1 0 0
September 2.7 2 3 3 4
October 4.4 2 4 5 5
November 9.9 5 9 14 5
December 5.0 1 6 4 8
Average 4.7 7.0 4.6 3.6 4.9 4.1

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 9.7 10 9 10 10 8
February 8.4 8 7 11 9 12
March 9.9 10 11 8 8 7
April 8.9 10 11 8 8
May 9.0 8 7 11 9
June 8.3 7 9 8 11
July 9.4 10 8 10 8
August 9.2 11 8 10 10
September 8.9 8 10 8 8
October 8.3 8 7 8 10
November 8.2 14 8 7 6
December 9.4 11 6 8 8
Average 9.0 9.4 9.4 8.5 8.8 8.9

8th 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 249° 256° 260° 252° 213°
February 242° 069° 281° 244° 249°
March 239° 258° 080° 349° 022°
April 319° 270° 093° 053°
May 020° 057° 260° 021°
June 073° 011° 061° 266°
July 308° 054° 308° 050°
August 286° 051° 291° 294°
September 046° 274° 063° 260°
October 230° 042° 020° 245°
November 250° 272° 249° 032°
December 252° 249° 247° 240°

Prevailing wind direction

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