Statistics Malta International Airport 2022-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Malta International Airport (LMML) between 2022 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022
January	95.0	97	93
February	88.2	85	92
March	85.1	91	78
April	92.4	98	86
May	93.7		94
June	99.7		100
July	98.8		99
August	99.7		100
September	98.4		99
October	98.5		99
November	90.7		91
December	96.3		96
Average	93.4	93.2	93.6

1st best VFR conditions of Malta

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 8 km or more
• Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022
January	99.8	100	100
February	97.1	95	99
March	98.0	99	97
April	97.6	99	96
May	99.1		99
June	100.0		100
July	99.7		100
August	100.0		100
September	99.6		100
October	100.0		100
November	98.2		98
December	100.0		100
Average	98.7	98.4	98.9

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 5 km or more
• Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022
January	15.1	16	14
February	15.3	15	15
March	16.6	18	15
April	19.0	19	19
May	24.4		24
June	31.9		32
July	32.6		33
August	31.9		32
September	29.0		29
October	24.9		25
November	20.9		21
December	19.4		20
Average	20.2	17.1	23.4

1st highest temperature of Malta

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022
January	9.5	10	9
February	9.2	9	10
March	10.5	12	10
April	12.5	13	13
May	16.3		16
June	22.1		22
July	24.0		24
August	24.2		24
September	22.8		23
October	18.2		18
November	15.2		15
December	13.6		14
Average	13.6	10.7	16.6

1st lowest temperature of Malta

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022
January	7.5	10	5
February	6.3	10	2
March	3.7	2	6
April	2.7	5	1
May	1.3		1
June	0.0		0
July	0.2		0
August	2.5		3
September	4.3		4
October	1.0		1
November	8.2		8
December	3.1		3
Average	4.5	6.2	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	2023	2022
January	10.4	10	11
February	10.2	9	12
March	12.0	12	12
April	11.9	11	13
May	10.1		10
June	8.0		8
July	6.6		7
August	7.5		8
September	9.0		9
October	7.8		8
November	10.2		10
December	9.5		10
Average	10.1	10.5	9.7

1st highest wind speed of Malta

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2023	2022
January	288°	317°
February	069°	302°
March	282°	107°
April	288°	068°
May		239°
June		305°
July		304°
August		288°
September		216°
October		022°
November		290°
December		239°

Prevailing wind direction

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