Ben Gurion International Airport

LLBG · Tel Aviv, Israel

Climate Ben Gurion International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ben Gurion International Airport (LLBG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 92.6 92 96 93 90 89
February 93.5 91 93 90 96 97
March 94.3 96 97 97 94 94
April 94.4 96 87 98 96
May 95.3 94 92 96 98
June 97.2 96 99 100 94
July 96.9 97 97 99 97
August 97.0 92 95 98 97
September 98.4 97 97 99 98
October 98.8 97 98 100 100
November 97.3 97 98 98 96
December 94.9 96 98 93 98
Average 95.6 93.3 95.6 95.2 96.7 96.0

2nd best VFR conditions of Israel

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 98.0 99 99 99 94 98
February 99.1 100 99 99 99 100
March 98.7 100 100 100 98 100
April 98.6 99 98 98 100
May 98.9 99 97 99 99
June 99.6 100 100 100 100
July 99.8 99 100 100 100
August 100.0 100 100 100 100
September 99.9 100 100 100 100
October 99.8 99 100 100 100
November 99.3 99 99 99 100
December 99.2 100 100 98 100
Average 99.3 99.8 99.3 99.2 98.8 99.6

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 18.1 19 20 17 20 16
February 19.0 19 18 19 20 18
March 21.5 23 23 18 21 22
April 24.9 25 27 25 24
May 29.1 28 28 30 29
June 30.1 30 30 30 29
July 32.1 33 32 32 31
August 32.3 32 32 34 32
September 31.4 32 31 31 33
October 29.1 30 29 29 30
November 25.3 26 25 27 24
December 21.1 23 23 20 22
Average 25.5 20.4 26.8 25.9 26.5 25.9

3rd highest temperature of Israel

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 9.4 11 11 8 10 10
February 9.6 11 9 9 10 10
March 11.6 12 13 9 12 12
April 14.2 15 15 14 14
May 18.4 18 18 19 18
June 21.6 22 22 21 21
July 24.4 24 24 25 24
August 25.1 26 25 25 25
September 23.6 24 23 23 25
October 20.4 21 21 20 21
November 15.5 17 16 15 16
December 11.9 13 13 12 12
Average 16.4 11.4 17.6 17.0 17.1 17.3

2nd lowest temperature of Israel

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 15.3 27 7 21 12 22
February 11.1 19 14 14 8 9
March 6.8 2 10 12 7 9
April 2.3 4 0 1 5
May 1.1 1 1 0 2
June 0.4 2 0 0 0
July 0.1 0 0 1 0
August 0.1 0 0 0 1
September 0.4 1 0 0 0
October 2.0 3 0 4 0
November 6.7 7 12 4 8
December 10.6 8 5 17 10
Average 5.5 15.5 4.2 4.8 4.0 4.9

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 7.6 7 6 8 8 9
February 7.3 8 8 8 7 8
March 8.0 8 8 9 8 8
April 7.8 8 7 8 8
May 7.9 8 9 7 8
June 7.7 8 8 7 8
July 7.8 8 8 8 8
August 7.9 8 8 8 8
September 7.5 7 8 8 7
October 7.1 7 7 8 7
November 6.5 7 7 7 6
December 6.9 6 5 7 6
Average 7.6 7.8 7.3 7.6 7.6 7.7

3rd highest wind speed of Israel

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 214° 207° 213° 216° 204°
February 223° 261° 235° 278° 238°
March 262° 266° 269° 268° 255°
April 280° 283° 285° 276°
May 283° 280° 287° 298°
June 285° 285° 296° 284°
July 277° 274° 271° 276°
August 291° 291° 287° 269°
September 307° 298° 290° 308°
October 299° 292° 320° 312°
November 278° 246° 285° 247°
December 194° 272° 194° 171°

Prevailing wind direction

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