Klagenfurt Airport

LOWK · Carinthia, Austria

Climate Klagenfurt Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Klagenfurt Airport (LOWK) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 67.5 78 77 53 51 56
February 79.3 69 82 93 90 80
March 87.9 87 76 89 98 96
April 92.6 86 91 87 98
May 89.9 95 91 83 92 87
June 94.5 100 93 92 96 98
July 93.4 94 84 98 98
August 93.3 93 92 95 91
September 86.2 88 91 86 96
October 73.1 51 74 73 73
November 47.1 40 61 48 43
December 46.2 64 39 36 31
Average 82.8 88.0 80.4 80.8 83.4 82.6

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 79.0 84 81 61 65 79
February 89.8 91 90 96 93 90
March 94.8 97 91 94 99 97
April 96.7 93 97 95 99
May 96.8 99 98 94 97 97
June 98.2 100 98 98 100 99
July 97.8 97 96 99 99
August 98.3 98 98 98 99
September 93.9 96 93 97 99
October 84.6 79 85 82 81
November 70.8 61 78 76 62
December 62.3 76 48 79 40
Average 91.0 95.3 89.9 88.6 92.0 89.4

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 2.4 4.7 3.2 2.9 1.0 -1.8
February 6.7 5.9 10.3 4.5 7.5 7.2
March 12.0 12.6 13.0 12.5 11.6 11.5
April 16.3 17.8 13.8 14.9 13.5
May 19.7 20.1 20.3 18.8 22.1 17.3
June 26.5 29.6 24.8 25.3 27.3 27.6
July 27.4 28.5 26.3 29.1 27.5
August 26.8 29.3 26.0 26.8 24.5
September 21.1 20.8 23.8 19.6 23.0
October 16.2 15.5 17.8 17.6 13.3
November 7.4 5.7 8.0 8.8 6.5
December 2.0 3.1 2.6 1.5 -1.7
Average 15.3 14.6 16.0 15.2 16.1 14.3

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -6.7 -4.0 -5.4 -3.7 -6.2 -7.5
February -3.3 -2.5 -1.9 -5.2 -3.2 -3.0
March 0.4 1.8 3.2 1.3 -3.9 -2.5
April 4.1 4.7 3.2 3.1 1.7
May 9.2 8.9 10.1 10.4 10.5 6.4
June 13.9 15.4 14.1 13.1 13.3 14.0
July 15.0 16.8 14.0 14.5 15.4
August 15.0 17.5 14.1 14.0 13.8
September 10.6 10.9 12.4 9.5 10.3
October 6.3 8.5 8.3 7.5 4.0
November 1.7 0.4 0.6 2.9 1.0
December -4.9 -4.2 -3.9 -2.1 -5.9
Average 5.3 4.1 6.5 5.8 5.5 4.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 7.9 6 8 18 2 13
February 7.8 9 10 2 5 7
March 9.3 18 16 8 4 6
April 9.9 12 14 12 7
May 14.8 11 19 23 9 20
June 7.0 2 12 9 5 4
July 5.4 5 9 5 5
August 7.5 4 17 7 7
September 10.4 16 5 17 3
October 9.1 15 12 3 6
November 12.1 5 8 13 11
December 13.3 5 10 31 10
Average 9.4 9.0 10.8 11.5 8.4 8.0

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 2.6 3 3 2 3 3
February 3.1 3 3 3 4 3
March 3.8 4 4 4 3 4
April 4.2 5 4 4 5
May 3.9 5 5 4 4 4
June 4.0 5 4 4 4 4
July 3.7 4 4 4 4
August 3.4 4 3 3 3
September 3.1 4 3 3 3
October 2.8 3 3 3 3
November 2.5 3 3 2 2
December 2.4 3 3 2 2
Average 3.4 4.0 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.4

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 185° 016° 010° 348° 337°
February 095° 345° 076° 016° 061°
March 307° 317° 327° 099° 021°
April 306° 046° 075° 321°
May 073° 125° 080° 078° 228°
June 101° 180° 058° 081° 300°
July 085° 021° 051° 247°
August 064° 050° 021° 035°
September 323° 068° 353° 063°
October 014° 309° 071° 045°
November 003° 331° 001° 307°
December 301° 339° 307° 316°

Prevailing wind direction

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