Porto Santo Airport

LPPS · Madeira, Portugal

Climate Porto Santo Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Porto Santo Airport (LPPS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 90.7 95 73 97 86 96
February 89.6 75 81 93 96 97
March 90.9 77 87 95 92 97
April 94.1 85 93 97 95
May 95.0 93 95 97 96
June 93.2 89 95 92 97
July 93.5 86 95 96 96
August 91.1 91 96 91 97
September 94.2 96 96 98 96
October 95.5 94 97 97 98
November 90.7 78 95 96 87
December 92.4 85 95 93 93
Average 91.6 81.5 87.1 95.0 94.4 95.5

1st 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 99.1 99 100 100 95 100
February 99.1 100 99 100 99 100
March 98.6 100 99 99 99 100
April 99.4 100 100 99 99
May 99.7 100 100 99 100
June 98.4 98 100 98 99
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 99.2 100 100 98 99
September 99.5 100 100 100 100
October 99.6 100 100 100 99
November 99.4 100 99 100 99
December 99.2 100 98 100 99
Average 99.3 99.4 99.6 99.6 98.8 99.3

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 18.4 21 18 19 18 19
February 18.3 20 18 18 18 19
March 18.8 20 21 18 18 19
April 19.7 21 19 21 20
May 21.1 22 22 21 21
June 22.6 24 22 22 23
July 24.1 25 24 24 24
August 25.1 26 25 26 25
September 24.7 25 25 25 25
October 23.7 25 24 24 23
November 21.2 22 22 21 21
December 19.5 21 21 20 18
Average 21.2 20.1 22.3 21.5 21.4 21.2

7th 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 15.2 18 15 16 14 15
February 14.7 17 14 15 14 15
March 14.9 15 16 14 15 15
April 15.4 17 15 16 16
May 16.8 18 17 17 17
June 18.4 20 18 18 19
July 19.9 21 20 20 20
August 21.0 22 20 21 21
September 20.7 21 21 21 21
October 19.7 21 20 20 19
November 17.4 18 18 17 17
December 16.4 17 17 17 15
Average 17.4 16.5 18.2 17.6 17.4 17.4

16th 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 2.4 2 3 1 5 1
February 3.8 3 3 3 4 3
March 1.9 3 1 2 3 2
April 1.7 1 3 1 1
May 1.2 3 1 1 2
June 1.7 2 1 3 3
July 0.8 0 2 2 1
August 1.0 0 1 1 0
September 1.4 3 1 1 2
October 1.7 2 1 2 3
November 2.8 1 2 4 6
December 2.4 2 4 4 4
Average 1.9 2.3 1.5 1.7 2.3 2.1

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 10.9 11 10 13 10 10
February 11.1 11 10 13 11 9
March 12.1 14 8 12 12 13
April 11.5 11 12 10 11
May 11.7 12 11 11 12
June 11.2 11 12 11 10
July 11.6 11 12 12 13
August 11.0 11 11 10 11
September 10.1 10 10 10 10
October 10.2 10 11 10 11
November 10.0 9 8 10 11
December 10.7 9 14 11 11
Average 11.2 12.0 10.2 11.3 10.7 10.9

7th 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 162° 044° 089° 017° 081°
February 047° 028° 050° 321° 068°
March 322° 071° 342° 037° 013°
April 028° 017° 316° 315°
May 004° 014° 013° 345°
June 351° 353° 009° 012°
July 017° 006° 016° 013°
August 018° 012° 004° 022°
September 339° 352° 006° 019°
October 274° 333° 027° 027°
November 052° 005° 038° 024°
December 096° 259° 117° 028°

Prevailing wind direction

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