Climate Malta International Airport 2022-2024

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 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	93.6	91	97	93
February	88.1	88	85	92
March	86.1	88	91	78
April	92.4		98	86
May	89.2		85	94
June	98.5		98	100
July	99.0		99	99
August	99.0		99	100
September	99.1		100	99
October	99.0		99	99
November	93.4		96	91
December	88.8		84	96
Average	92.4	89.0	94.5	93.6

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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
January	99.6	99	100	100
February	98.1	100	95	99
March	96.7	94	99	97
April	97.6		99	96
May	97.1		95	99
June	99.6		99	100
July	99.6		100	100
August	99.8		100	100
September	99.8		100	100
October	100.0		100	100
November	98.8		99	98
December	99.8		100	100
Average	98.5	97.6	98.8	98.9

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
January	15.7	17	16	14
February	15.9	17	15	15
March	17.4	19	18	15
April	19.0		19	19
May	23.4		23	24
June	29.9		28	32
July	33.6		35	33
August	31.5		31	32
September	28.9		29	29
October	26.2		28	25
November	21.8		23	21
December	18.5		18	20
Average	21.5	17.6	23.5	23.4

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Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	10.1	11	10	9
February	9.9	11	9	10
March	11.1	13	12	10
April	12.5		13	13
May	16.1		16	16
June	21.1		20	22
July	24.1		24	24
August	23.6		23	24
September	21.8		21	23
October	19.0		20	18
November	16.0		17	15
December	13.5		14	14
Average	14.9	11.7	16.5	16.6

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Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	7.9	9	10	5
February	7.0	8	10	2
March	2.8	1	2	6
April	2.7		5	1
May	3.2		5	1
June	1.3		2	0
July	0.1		0	0
August	1.4		1	3
September	2.8		2	4
October	0.6		0	1
November	7.8		8	8
December	5.1		7	3
Average	4.1	5.7	3.8	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	2024	2023	2022
January	10.3	10	10	11
February	10.5	11	9	12
March	11.6	11	12	12
April	11.9		11	13
May	10.7		11	10
June	8.5		9	8
July	7.2		8	7
August	8.2		9	8
September	9.0		9	9
October	7.7		8	8
November	10.4		11	10
December	10.5		11	10
Average	10.0	10.6	9.7	9.7

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Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022
January	290°	288°	317°
February	282°	069°	302°
March	250°	282°	107°
April		288°	068°
May		044°	239°
June		331°	305°
July		281°	304°
August		308°	288°
September		332°	216°
October		233°	022°
November		290°	290°
December		318°	239°

Prevailing wind direction

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