Climate Salzburg Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Salzburg Airport (LOWS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	71.5	81	68	70	74	79
February	81.4	86	84	92	90	95
March	87.4	87	90	94	82	91
April	88.3		76	87	85	99
May	90.6		81	92	97	89
June	94.8		98	93	98	88
July	96.3		96	99	93	97
August	92.7		91	93	90	92
September	92.9		96	93	98	90
October	88.9		99	91	84	88
November	71.6		81	83	57	72
December	75.7		87	49	75	65
Average	87.3	84.9	88.0	89.1	87.1	88.4

2nd 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	88.3	91	91	86	94	92
February	93.0	97	92	99	96	99
March	96.1	98	99	97	91	99
April	97.7		97	97	97	100
May	98.5		97	98	100	98
June	98.8		100	100	100	97
July	99.3		99	100	98	100
August	98.7		98	99	99	98
September	97.9		100	98	100	97
October	96.7		99	97	96	99
November	86.4		99	95	76	83
December	88.4		94	70	85	81
Average	95.8	95.3	97.3	96.2	95.5	96.0

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	5	5	3	6
February	7.7	11	7	8	9	10
March	11.4	14	11	12	10	11
April	14.9		12	13	12	18
May	18.8		19	21	16	17
June	24.8		25	25	26	21
July	25.1		26	26	24	25
August	24.9		25	26	22	25
September	20.4		24	18	22	21
October	16.5		19	19	14	14
November	8.6		9	11	7	9
December	4.9		7	1	4	5
Average	14.5	10.0	15.7	15.7	14.0	15.1

7th 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	-3.2	-2	0	-2	-3	-2
February	-1.3	3	-1	0	-2	2
March	1.3	4	2	-1	0	1
April	4.0		3	3	2	5
May	8.3		9	10	7	7
June	13.3		12	13	14	12
July	14.5		14	14	14	14
August	14.6		14	14	13	15
September	10.3		12	9	10	11
October	6.8		8	9	5	6
November	1.5		3	3	1	2
December	-2.9		1	-4	-1	-2
Average	5.3	1.4	6.4	5.9	4.9	5.8

6th 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	22.4	18	26	22	24	14
February	17.9	17	16	20	9	22
March	17.1	16	15	5	28	16
April	18.5		34	24	21	5
May	17.0		18	14	24	14
June	9.9		5	14	4	20
July	11.7		11	8	11	16
August	13.0		20	9	23	13
September	14.4		5	25	5	17
October	13.2		9	10	8	24
November	16.1		27	21	15	5
December	21.9		26	19	22	14
Average	15.7	16.8	16.9	15.1	15.8	15.2

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	6.0	7	6	7	6	5
February	6.1	6	6	9	5	9
March	6.3	7	7	5	6	7
April	6.1		5	6	6	7
May	5.6		6	6	7	5
June	5.7		6	6	6	5
July	5.7		6	6	5	6
August	5.3		6	6	5	5
September	4.9		5	6	5	5
October	5.4		5	5	5	6
November	4.9		7	5	4	4
December	5.7		7	4	5	5
Average	5.7	6.4	5.9	5.7	5.4	5.6

7th 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	204°	205°	265°	217°	173°
February	224°	294°	240°	136°	229°
March	152°	252°	015°	282°	028°
April		292°	341°	305°	023°
May		024°	318°	249°	319°
June		014°	352°	351°	318°
July		175°	319°	336°	209°
August		260°	011°	269°	333°
September		338°	221°	009°	307°
October		187°	156°	306°	179°
November		208°	170°	237°	192°
December		185°	315°	165°	203°

Prevailing wind direction

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