Klagenfurt Airport

LOWK · Carinthia, Austria

Climate Klagenfurt Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Klagenfurt Airport (LOWK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 66.2 77 53 51 56 89
February 80.7 82 93 90 80 97
March 88.0 76 89 98 96 88
April 93.6 91 87 98 99
May 89.1 83 92 87 95
June 93.9 92 96 98 89
July 93.3 84 98 98 93
August 93.4 92 95 91 94
September 85.9 91 86 96 82
October 76.3 74 73 73 75
November 48.1 61 48 43 30
December 43.4 39 36 31 18
Average 81.8 77.9 80.8 83.4 82.6 81.9

6th 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 78.3 81 61 65 79 92
February 89.7 90 96 93 90 98
March 94.6 91 94 99 97 96
April 97.3 97 95 99 99
May 96.3 94 97 97 98
June 98.0 98 100 99 96
July 98.0 96 99 99 98
August 98.3 98 98 99 98
September 93.6 93 97 99 89
October 85.5 85 82 81 92
November 72.2 78 76 62 43
December 60.2 48 79 40 35
Average 90.2 87.5 88.6 92.0 89.4 88.8

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 2.1 3 3 1 0 5
February 6.8 10 5 8 7 10
March 11.9 13 13 12 12 11
April 16.1 14 15 14 19
May 19.6 19 22 17 20
June 26.3 25 27 28 23
July 27.2 26 29 28 26
August 26.4 26 27 25 26
September 21.2 24 20 23 21
October 16.3 18 18 13 15
November 7.6 8 9 7 6
December 1.8 3 2 0 2
Average 14.5 8.8 15.2 16.1 14.3 15.1

6th 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 -6.6 -5 -2 -6 -7 -5
February -3.2 0 -5 -3 -3 -2
March 0.2 3 1 -2 -2 0
April 4.0 3 3 2 4
May 9.1 10 11 6 8
June 13.7 13 13 14 13
July 14.7 14 15 15 14
August 14.7 14 14 14 16
September 10.6 12 10 10 11
October 6.0 8 8 4 5
November 1.9 1 3 1 1
December -3.0 -2 -2 -4 -1
Average 4.6 -1.5 5.8 5.5 4.3 5.2

4th 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 8.2 8 18 2 13 3
February 7.6 10 2 5 7 4
March 8.2 16 8 4 6 10
April 9.5 14 12 7 3
May 14.7 23 9 20 8
June 7.0 9 5 4 14
July 5.6 9 5 5 6
August 8.0 17 7 7 9
September 9.7 5 17 3 5
October 8.2 12 3 6 14
November 13.1 8 13 11 4
December 14.5 10 31 10 24
Average 9.5 11.8 11.5 8.4 8.0 8.3

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 2.6 3 2 3 3 2
February 3.1 3 3 4 3 4
March 3.8 4 4 3 4 4
April 4.2 4 4 5 4
May 3.8 4 4 4 4
June 3.9 4 4 4 4
July 3.7 4 4 4 3
August 3.3 3 3 3 3
September 3.0 3 3 3 3
October 2.7 3 3 3 3
November 2.5 3 2 2 2
December 2.3 3 2 2 2
Average 3.3 2.9 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.3

6th 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 016° 010° 348° 337° 014°
February 345° 076° 016° 061° 342°
March 317° 327° 099° 021° 054°
April 046° 075° 321° 075°
May 080° 078° 228° 062°
June 058° 081° 300° 310°
July 021° 051° 247° 043°
August 050° 021° 035° 052°
September 068° 353° 063° 065°
October 309° 071° 045° 279°
November 331° 001° 307° 040°
December 339° 307° 316° 336°

Prevailing wind direction

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