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.

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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.