Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport

LPPR · Porto, Portugal

Climate Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (LPPR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 75.1 71 76 87 66 71
February 80.0 68 94 90 70 67
March 79.7 73 67 85 92 78
April 82.9 80 85 89 75
May 81.2 88 83 81 77
June 80.0 83 86 77 78
July 77.4 84 87 70 86
August 75.8 84 66 77 71
September 80.9 88 78 86 90
October 77.7 75 72 79 79
November 76.8 57 73 94 85
December 70.7 77 76 69 68
Average 77.7 70.8 79.9 80.8 79.1 77.3

13th 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 86.4 86 91 93 74 81
February 91.2 86 100 96 86 85
March 92.1 93 88 94 98 89
April 93.4 91 93 97 89
May 92.0 98 94 88 87
June 90.4 92 93 89 90
July 88.2 93 89 83 92
August 82.7 90 72 86 78
September 90.0 98 89 93 96
October 89.3 92 92 86 91
November 86.9 75 83 98 88
December 84.3 88 90 81 87
Average 89.0 88.6 91.6 89.6 88.3 87.8

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 14.1 16 14 16 12 14
February 15.8 17 16 17 15 16
March 16.3 17 16 16 18 16
April 17.9 20 17 19 17
May 20.5 22 22 18 22
June 21.3 23 21 21 21
July 23.4 23 26 22 26
August 23.6 25 23 23 23
September 23.4 24 23 23 24
October 21.1 23 21 22 19
November 16.7 17 17 16 18
December 15.0 15 16 16 14
Average 18.8 16.3 19.8 19.5 18.7 19.0

17th 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 6.3 9 7 6 5 8
February 7.8 10 6 7 10 9
March 8.5 9 10 9 8 8
April 10.2 11 9 11 11
May 12.6 14 13 11 14
June 14.1 16 15 13 14
July 15.5 15 16 15 16
August 15.1 16 16 14 15
September 14.7 16 16 16 15
October 12.9 16 14 13 11
November 10.0 12 11 7 11
December 8.4 8 10 10 8
Average 11.1 9.1 12.1 11.9 11.0 11.6

2nd 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 13.5 15 13 6 20 15
February 9.4 18 2 3 17 6
March 10.3 17 8 11 2 9
April 9.0 8 6 9 13
May 4.4 3 4 7 4
June 3.8 2 5 5 2
July 1.1 1 0 4 0
August 2.2 3 2 1 4
September 3.4 6 5 7 2
October 10.1 20 14 6 11
November 16.0 18 24 4 13
December 17.4 15 18 17 28
Average 8.6 16.7 7.3 7.2 7.6 8.1

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.6 8 8 7 7 9
February 8.2 9 7 7 10 7
March 8.6 8 9 9 7 7
April 7.9 7 9 7 8
May 8.1 9 8 8 7
June 7.3 7 8 8 7
July 7.2 8 7 8 7
August 6.9 8 6 6 8
September 7.0 7 9 7 6
October 7.7 8 9 7 8
November 7.9 8 7 6 9
December 8.0 8 9 9 8
Average 7.7 8.3 7.8 7.8 7.4 7.6

17th 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 156° 002° 096° 212° 154°
February 259° 088° 043° 189° 199°
March 232° 205° 041° 013° 329°
April 300° 291° 274° 223°
May 330° 287° 300° 250°
June 298° 287° 306° 309°
July 313° 307° 311° 315°
August 316° 287° 302° 293°
September 212° 251° 265° 297°
October 202° 196° 176° 226°
November 220° 189° 009° 141°
December 144° 156° 166° 207°

Prevailing wind direction

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