Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport

LIMJ · Liguria, Italy

Climate Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (LIMJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 88.1 84 85 83 88 86
February 82.3 77 90 84 77 79
March 86.2 73 88 93 96 86
April 89.8 88 95 87 91
May 92.6 99 94 85 95
June 93.8 98 96 99 92
July 95.4 95 99 93 98
August 96.8 98 98 96 96
September 96.3 95 96 96 97
October 87.7 85 89 92 84
November 85.9 85 95 91 85
December 84.5 80 89 84 84
Average 89.3 77.5 91.4 93.3 90.9 90.2

36th 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 98.5 98 98 97 98 100
February 97.0 96 100 98 97 97
March 97.4 94 99 100 100 94
April 98.9 98 100 98 100
May 99.3 100 100 98 100
June 99.8 100 100 100 99
July 99.7 100 100 99 100
August 99.8 100 100 100 100
September 99.7 100 99 100 100
October 98.7 99 99 99 99
November 97.6 96 99 97 99
December 97.1 95 96 99 99
Average 98.5 95.8 98.9 99.2 98.8 98.8

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 12.2 13 13 13 10 13
February 13.0 14 13 14 13 15
March 14.9 15 15 15 15 15
April 17.3 17 17 16 18
May 20.7 22 22 18 21
June 25.2 26 27 25 22
July 27.5 27 30 26 27
August 28.3 28 29 27 28
September 25.4 27 25 26 26
October 21.3 22 22 21 19
November 16.0 17 17 16 16
December 12.8 14 11 13 11
Average 18.9 14.1 20.0 20.3 18.7 19.2

63rd 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 6.9 8 8 8 5 8
February 8.1 10 8 8 9 9
March 9.5 10 10 9 9 9
April 11.9 12 11 10 13
May 15.7 16 17 14 18
June 20.4 21 22 21 18
July 22.9 24 25 22 22
August 23.2 23 24 23 23
September 19.7 21 20 21 20
October 16.1 18 18 15 14
November 10.9 11 12 11 12
December 7.6 9 7 7 7
Average 13.8 9.3 15.0 15.2 13.8 14.4

79th 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 7.5 6 8 6 18 4
February 7.5 14 3 4 3 6
March 6.9 16 2 2 1 9
April 7.0 4 3 7 8
May 6.0 10 2 7 4
June 2.1 4 1 0 5
July 1.2 1 1 2 1
August 1.1 2 2 1 1
September 2.7 1 5 3 4
October 6.0 6 1 5 11
November 12.7 5 7 16 7
December 14.6 16 17 9 28
Average 6.3 12.4 4.7 3.4 5.3 6.4

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 8.5 9 9 8 9 8
February 7.9 8 8 8 9 9
March 8.3 8 9 9 8 9
April 7.0 7 8 7 7
May 6.8 8 6 9 7
June 5.6 5 6 6 7
July 5.7 7 6 6 6
August 6.2 7 6 7 7
September 7.3 9 8 7 8
October 8.1 8 7 11 9
November 8.9 9 10 11 10
December 8.6 9 11 8 10
Average 7.3 8.5 7.6 7.3 7.9 7.8

63rd 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 059° 055° 082° 048° 058°
February 109° 065° 088° 076° 113°
March 111° 121° 041° 080° 033°
April 124° 114° 068° 087°
May 035° 102° 135° 117°
June 134° 145° 151° 131°
July 142° 142° 151° 126°
August 128° 122° 127° 113°
September 084° 118° 115° 049°
October 117° 104° 052° 116°
November 089° 048° 039° 042°
December 073° 038° 053° 050°

Prevailing wind direction

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