Climate João Paulo II Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of João Paulo II Airport (LPPD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	79.8	72	79	92	64	78
February	81.0	66	76	90	82	90
March	82.4	78	65	87	85	92
April	82.9		76	85	76	86
May	79.7		71	82	82	75
June	85.8		76	79	93	87
July	87.2		83	84	84	91
August	90.0		92	95	93	91
September	92.0		89	88	94	93
October	84.9		79	94	80	87
November	82.5		69	70	88	88
December	79.1		77	71	79	81
Average	83.0	72.0	77.7	85.0	83.8	86.5

7th 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	95.1	97	96	98	85	92
February	93.9	87	93	98	94	98
March	94.6	99	86	96	93	99
April	93.3		92	96	91	94
May	93.3		95	93	93	92
June	95.1		92	90	97	98
July	97.1		95	99	95	100
August	97.6		100	98	99	99
September	98.2		99	94	100	99
October	97.5		96	99	96	98
November	93.9		87	89	95	97
December	93.9		94	93	95	96
Average	95.3	94.4	93.7	95.1	94.5	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	16.8	18	16	17	16	18
February	16.5	18	16	17	16	17
March	16.6	17	17	17	16	17
April	17.3		18	17	18	18
May	18.7		20	18	19	19
June	20.9		21	20	21	20
July	23.2		23	23	23	23
August	24.7		25	25	25	25
September	23.9		24	24	24	23
October	21.8		22	21	23	21
November	19.3		20	19	20	18
December	17.9		18	17	18	16
Average	19.5	17.3	20.0	19.7	19.8	19.5

15th 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	13.8	14	13	13	14	14
February	12.8	15	12	13	12	13
March	13.1	13	14	13	13	13
April	13.6		14	14	14	14
May	15.0		16	15	15	15
June	17.0		18	17	17	16
July	18.7		19	19	19	18
August	20.3		21	20	21	21
September	19.7		19	20	19	19
October	17.9		18	17	19	17
November	15.9		17	15	17	14
December	14.5		14	15	14	14
Average	15.8	14.1	16.3	15.8	16.3	15.6

11th 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	8.4	14	7	11	10	9
February	10.3	8	14	5	11	7
March	8.1	8	8	9	9	5
April	7.7		8	7	9	9
May	6.2		9	12	5	7
June	6.2		10	8	3	10
July	3.8		4	4	6	2
August	4.2		3	3	5	1
September	5.2		2	6	8	9
October	8.0		10	7	9	6
November	9.0		11	10	10	9
December	10.6		11	10	13	9
Average	7.4	9.8	7.8	7.3	7.6	6.7

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	11.4	12	11	11	13	12
February	11.6	12	10	10	15	10
March	12.1	14	13	12	10	11
April	11.7		11	12	12	12
May	10.1		10	10	9	11
June	9.5		10	10	8	10
July	8.7		8	8	11	8
August	8.5		9	7	10	9
September	9.3		10	9	9	11
October	10.5		12	10	9	10
November	11.2		11	11	11	13
December	12.2		10	15	12	13
Average	10.7	12.8	10.1	10.3	10.6	10.6

15th 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	215°	093°	068°	195°	227°
February	227°	128°	028°	258°	251°
March	288°	229°	282°	086°	315°
April		234°	243°	264°	296°
May		330°	274°	275°	283°
June		332°	345°	281°	353°
July		293°	001°	320°	053°
August		038°	336°	284°	268°
September		298°	288°	005°	041°
October		258°	275°	234°	338°
November		216°	249°	107°	001°
December		195°	264°	255°	336°

Prevailing wind direction

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