Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo

LPMA · Madeira, Portugal

Climate Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo 2021-2025

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 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 81.4 85 78 59 80 79
February 86.2 89 84 79 79 92
March 86.7 80 85 91 83 82
April 91.3 93 95 85 93
May 91.8 90 84 93 87 95
June 90.2 87 82 90 90 85
July 93.1 92 86 89 94
August 95.8 95 97 93 95
September 92.4 85 90 88 94
October 91.2 89 91 92 92
November 86.5 91 86 87 84
December 81.8 74 82 80 75
Average 89.2 86.3 86.3 87.3 86.4 88.6

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 99.3 100 98 100 100 98
February 99.3 100 98 98 100 100
March 99.8 100 100 100 100 100
April 99.6 99 100 99 100
May 99.9 100 100 100 100 100
June 99.4 100 100 97 100 99
July 100.0 100 100 100 100
August 99.7 100 100 100 99
September 99.9 100 100 100 100
October 99.8 100 100 100 100
November 99.3 100 100 98 100
December 99.8 100 100 100 100
Average 99.7 99.9 99.5 99.4 99.6 99.6

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 19.0 20.1 21.1 18.3 19.3 18.0
February 19.1 19.5 20.8 18.3 19.1 18.8
March 19.4 19.1 20.0 20.8 18.5 19.1
April 20.4 21.5 21.5 19.3 20.6
May 21.9 21.3 22.0 22.5 22.1 22.1
June 23.4 23.8 23.1 24.6 23.1 23.1
July 25.2 25.6 25.5 25.1 25.1
August 26.6 27.5 28.3 25.5 26.6
September 25.6 25.3 26.1 25.8 25.6
October 24.5 25.3 26.5 24.3 24.5
November 21.9 23.1 22.6 22.5 21.3
December 20.2 20.1 21.1 21.5 20.1
Average 22.1 20.8 22.9 23.0 22.2 22.1

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 15.4 16.1 17.1 15.1 16.1 14.1
February 14.9 14.9 16.8 14.0 15.9 13.9
March 14.9 14.1 15.0 16.3 14.0 15.1
April 15.6 16.5 16.6 14.9 15.6
May 17.0 16.3 17.1 18.0 17.1 17.3
June 18.8 19.1 18.6 20.0 18.3 18.3
July 20.2 20.6 20.8 19.8 19.8
August 21.6 22.5 22.8 20.5 21.5
September 21.0 21.0 21.1 21.1 21.3
October 20.0 20.3 21.3 20.0 19.8
November 17.7 18.6 18.5 18.1 17.3
December 16.5 16.8 17.3 17.1 16.5
Average 17.6 16.1 18.4 18.5 17.7 17.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 6.0 5 8 7 6 10
February 5.9 4 5 6 7 7
March 5.3 11 3 2 7 5
April 4.1 2 1 7 3
May 2.1 3 2 3 1 2
June 3.2 1 4 5 1 4
July 1.2 1 2 1 1
August 1.6 2 1 1 3
September 2.4 3 4 2 3
October 4.3 3 4 3 3
November 5.7 6 1 5 5
December 7.0 8 3 12 7
Average 3.9 4.4 3.7 3.1 3.9 4.1

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 9.8 10 11 11 10 7
February 9.9 9 10 10 12 8
March 10.5 11 10 9 9 11
April 9.8 10 11 11 9
May 10.4 9 9 11 11 12
June 10.0 9 10 10 10 11
July 11.3 10 11 11 13
August 12.0 14 12 11 10
September 9.6 10 8 8 9
October 9.8 10 9 11 10
November 8.7 8 8 7 10
December 9.7 12 9 12 11
Average 10.2 9.7 10.2 9.9 10.1 10.1

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 245° 213° 017° 040° 021°
February 346° 017° 015° 013° 351°
March 348° 357° 034° 360° 015°
April 021° 022° 019° 340°
May 020° 021° 005° 016° 018°
June 020° 015° 028° 014° 018°
July 024° 021° 018° 022°
August 019° 023° 022° 025°
September 022° 016° 027° 020°
October 020° 283° 005° 022°
November 209° 017° 028° 020°
December 020° 020° 218° 346°

Prevailing wind direction

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