Graz Airport

LOWG · Styria, Austria

Climate Graz Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Graz Airport (LOWG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.3 90 68 87 67 64
February 82.3 91 89 97 79 97
March 89.9 86 92 97 96 93
April 90.9 91 81 92 98
May 92.3 79 94 94 96
June 95.9 93 94 99 94
July 98.0 98 99 99 97
August 96.1 92 99 97 95
September 89.4 95 83 95 91
October 84.7 88 81 85 86
November 57.1 87 57 51 49
December 63.8 75 26 64 32
Average 86.7 88.4 88.0 86.6 87.5 85.8

4th best VFR conditions of Austria

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 81.8 95 83 94 80 70
February 88.1 93 96 98 83 99
March 95.7 95 96 100 97 98
April 97.0 98 94 98 99
May 96.9 94 97 98 98
June 98.4 99 98 100 97
July 98.8 98 99 100 99
August 98.6 99 99 99 98
September 94.8 97 89 98 96
October 89.1 91 85 88 90
November 71.9 91 71 67 58
December 73.9 81 43 73 47
Average 92.3 94.3 94.3 91.9 92.0 89.9

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 2021 2020
January 3.9 5 6 6 3 4
February 8.8 13 9 10 9 11
March 12.1 14 13 12 11 12
April 16.0 14 14 14 19
May 19.7 19 22 18 19
June 25.7 25 26 27 24
July 26.9 27 28 28 25
August 26.4 26 27 24 26
September 21.3 24 20 23 22
October 17.1 19 18 15 15
November 8.7 10 10 8 7
December 4.2 6 2 4 3
Average 15.2 10.6 16.3 16.6 15.2 15.5

4th highest temperature of Austria

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 -5.0 -5 -2 -5 -5 -5
February -3.1 0 -4 -3 -3 -2
March -1.5 3 0 -3 -2 0
April 3.5 3 3 1 2
May 8.7 9 10 6 9
June 14.1 14 15 15 13
July 14.5 15 14 16 14
August 14.6 14 15 13 15
September 10.0 12 9 9 10
October 5.5 7 7 3 5
November 1.4 -1 2 1 0
December -4.6 -4 -2 -4 -2
Average 4.3 -1.0 5.3 5.3 4.2 4.9

3rd lowest temperature of Austria

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.9 8 17 4 9 3
February 8.1 8 4 4 6 5
March 5.7 9 3 3 4 9
April 10.3 19 14 8 4
May 13.0 21 13 17 7
June 6.0 9 6 2 13
July 5.1 7 3 6 7
August 6.4 13 4 7 7
September 8.0 5 15 3 5
October 6.7 8 4 7 10
November 11.4 7 13 11 7
December 10.3 12 22 8 14
Average 8.2 8.3 10.4 8.2 7.1 7.6

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 3.1 3 3 4 3 3
February 4.0 4 4 5 4 6
March 4.5 5 5 4 5 5
April 5.1 5 5 5 4
May 4.9 4 4 5 6
June 4.8 4 5 5 5
July 4.6 4 5 5 4
August 4.1 4 4 4 4
September 3.8 4 4 4 3
October 3.5 4 3 4 3
November 2.9 4 3 3 3
December 2.6 2 3 3 2
Average 4.1 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.2 4.2

4th highest wind speed of Austria

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 167° 330° 354° 172° 140°
February 176° 116° 004° 116° 314°
March 171° 308° 132° 075° 084°
April 027° 101° 109° 141°
May 077° 141° 186° 055°
June 112° 115° 128° 004°
July 154° 074° 134° 143°
August 141° 093° 144° 128°
September 153° 104° 130° 137°
October 153° 149° 146° 188°
November 200° 125° 168° 149°
December 123° 149° 253° 147°

Prevailing wind direction

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