Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo

LPMA · Madeira, Portugal

Statistics Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo (LPMA) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 81.4 59 80 79 89 88
February 86.1 79 79 92 94 96
March 87.9 91 83 82 87 90
April 91.0 95 85 93 92 91
May 93.3 93 87 95 96 99
June 91.7 90 90 85 93 93
July 93.3 86 89 94 98 94
August 95.9 97 93 95 98 95
September 93.9 88 94 94 97
October 91.7 92 92 92 94
November 85.9 87 84 85 87
December 83.1 80 75 84 85
Average 90.0 87.2 86.4 88.6 92.1 92.4

4th best VFR conditions of Portugal

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:
  • Visibility: 8 km or more
  • Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more
Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 99.4 100 100 98 100 100
February 99.4 98 100 100 100 100
March 99.8 100 100 100 100 100
April 99.7 100 99 100 100 100
May 99.9 100 100 100 100 100
June 99.3 97 100 99 99 100
July 100.0 100 100 100 100 100
August 99.7 100 100 99 100 100
September 99.9 100 100 100 100
October 99.8 100 100 100 100
November 99.1 98 100 100 100
December 99.8 100 100 100 100
Average 99.6 99.3 99.6 99.6 99.8 99.8

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:
  • Visibility: 5 km or more
  • Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more
Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 18.6 18 19 18 19 18
February 18.8 18 19 19 20 19
March 19.3 21 19 19 19 20
April 20.2 22 19 21 20 20
May 21.9 23 22 22 23 22
June 23.4 25 23 23 23 24
July 25.1 26 25 25 26 25
August 26.5 28 26 27 27 26
September 25.5 26 26 26 25
October 24.1 24 25 24 24
November 21.6 23 21 21 22
December 20.1 22 20 19 21
Average 22.1 22.5 22.2 22.1 22.2 22.1

4th highest temperature of Portugal

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 15.0 15 16 14 15 15
February 14.6 14 16 14 16 15
March 15.0 16 14 15 15 15
April 15.5 17 15 16 16 15
May 17.1 18 17 17 18 17
June 18.8 20 18 18 19 18
July 20.1 21 20 20 20 20
August 21.5 23 21 22 22 22
September 21.0 21 21 21 21
October 19.7 20 20 19 20
November 17.4 18 17 17 18
December 16.3 17 17 16 17
Average 17.7 18.0 17.7 17.6 17.7 17.6

17th lowest temperature of Portugal

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 5.9 7 6 10 2 6
February 6.2 6 7 7 3 2
March 4.8 2 7 5 7 3
April 4.4 1 7 3 5 7
May 2.1 3 1 2 2 2
June 3.4 5 1 4 7 4
July 1.4 2 1 1 1 4
August 1.6 1 1 3 1 1
September 2.0 2 3 3 3
October 4.6 3 3 3 5
November 6.5 5 5 9 6
December 7.5 12 7 7 11
Average 3.9 3.0 3.9 4.1 3.9 4.2

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 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 9.6 11 10 7 10 8
February 10.0 10 12 8 9 10
March 10.6 9 9 11 11 11
April 9.7 11 11 9 9 10
May 10.7 11 11 12 10 10
June 10.2 10 10 11 10 10
July 11.5 11 11 13 13 11
August 11.8 12 11 10 12 12
September 9.8 8 9 9 10
October 9.9 11 10 10 11
November 8.9 7 10 10 9
December 9.6 12 11 9 10
Average 10.3 10.6 10.1 10.1 10.2 10.2

4th 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 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 017° 040° 021° 334° 021°
February 015° 013° 351° 029° 334°
March 034° 360° 015° 015° 016°
April 022° 019° 340° 326° 013°
May 005° 016° 018° 012° 021°
June 028° 014° 018° 012° 016°
July 021° 018° 022° 017° 017°
August 023° 022° 025° 024° 023°
September 027° 020° 024° 019°
October 005° 022° 020° 020°
November 028° 020° 341° 015°
December 218° 346° 016° 004°

Prevailing wind direction

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