Climate Horta Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Horta Airport (LPHR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	77.5	67	83	94	60	78
February	80.7	70	89	96	76	77
March	79.5	82	72	75	81	88
April	79.8		80	81	76	82
May	75.1		76	76	77	71
June	80.9		74	68	82	91
July	87.2		78	91	82	92
August	89.5		90	94	93	81
September	90.2		82	85	84	100
October	86.9		78	92	79	89
November	77.6		57	68	75	93
December	77.3		66	88	72	87
Average	81.2	73.4	77.3	83.3	78.9	85.7

12th best VFR conditions of Portugal

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	93.0	88	98	99	80	94
February	97.0	91	97	99	96	100
March	94.2	99	93	91	93	97
April	95.6		94	97	96	99
May	89.5		91	89	88	87
June	93.7		94	79	99	100
July	96.8		93	98	94	100
August	97.6		98	99	99	96
September	98.1		96	98	94	100
October	97.1		90	100	96	98
November	93.2		89	90	87	99
December	93.4		89	97	92	94
Average	94.8	93.2	93.4	94.3	93.3	96.8

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	17.4	17	17	17	17	18
February	16.9	18	17	17	16	17
March	17.0	17	17	17	17	17
April	17.8		18	18	18	18
May	19.1		20	19	19	19
June	21.6		22	21	22	21
July	24.2		24	25	24	24
August	25.3		26	26	25	25
September	24.5		24	25	24	24
October	22.2		22	22	23	22
November	19.7		20	20	21	18
December	18.0		18	17	18	17
Average	20.0	17.4	20.2	20.3	20.3	20.1

13th highest temperature of Portugal

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	14.5	15	14	14	15	15
February	13.6	15	13	13	13	14
March	13.9	14	15	14	14	14
April	14.4		15	14	15	14
May	15.6		16	15	16	16
June	17.7		18	17	18	17
July	19.8		20	20	20	20
August	21.3		21	22	21	22
September	20.4		20	21	20	19
October	18.5		18	18	19	18
November	16.5		17	16	18	15
December	15.3		16	15	15	15
Average	16.5	14.6	16.9	16.6	17.0	16.4

14th lowest temperature of Portugal

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	9.4	20	2	7	20	8
February	6.7	14	5	3	10	3
March	9.6	6	14	12	12	6
April	7.9		5	10	9	8
May	8.2		9	11	7	9
June	5.7		9	8	3	5
July	3.9		11	2	6	1
August	4.5		4	6	5	4
September	4.0		6	8	7	2
October	7.3		13	7	10	5
November	9.9		13	9	16	5
December	10.9		12	18	10	7
Average	7.7	12.7	8.6	7.8	9.0	4.9

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	12.8	13	12	11	16	12
February	12.5	12	12	10	18	11
March	13.0	15	15	14	12	11
April	12.3		13	13	13	11
May	10.4		10	11	10	11
June	9.1		10	9	9	10
July	8.3		8	8	11	8
August	8.5		10	7	9	9
September	9.7		9	11	9	10
October	11.0		13	11	10	9
November	12.1		12	12	14	10
December	13.7		12	15	14	15
Average	11.2	13.6	11.0	10.7	11.7	10.4

13th highest wind speed of Portugal

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	221°	172°	078°	199°	219°
February	230°	156°	141°	263°	253°
March	276°	235°	249°	189°	226°
April		242°	235°	208°	257°
May		266°	256°	248°	271°
June		260°	325°	245°	333°
July		241°	305°	289°	152°
August		091°	197°	258°	246°
September		261°	262°	110°	065°
October		249°	280°	235°	255°
November		202°	260°	117°	350°
December		196°	256°	249°	296°

Prevailing wind direction

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