Geneva Cointrin International Airport

LSGG · Geneva, Switzerland

Climate Geneva Cointrin International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Geneva Cointrin International Airport (LSGG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 65.4 68 62 71 67 74
February 84.4 96 87 95 84 91
March 89.2 94 82 95 93 88
April 96.3 99 88 96 98 98
May 95.9 93 97 99 96 93
June 97.9 97 99 99 98 99
July 99.0 99 100 100 97 100
August 97.6 97 100 98 95 100
September 97.1 97 97 96 94
October 87.8 94 89 82 88
November 70.2 87 85 57 57
December 64.4 77 40 54 67
Average 89.9 94.0 90.6 92.4 87.3 89.5

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 88.6 94 97 84 98 82
February 95.4 98 97 97 98 98
March 97.2 99 98 100 99 99
April 99.3 100 99 97 100 100
May 99.1 98 100 100 99 99
June 99.3 99 99 100 100 100
July 99.5 100 100 100 98 100
August 99.6 99 100 100 100 100
September 99.7 100 99 100 100
October 95.7 97 94 92 96
November 91.2 98 92 91 80
December 86.8 87 83 79 87
Average 96.9 98.4 98.0 96.7 96.7 96.0

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 5.6 7 6 5 5 7
February 9.4 11 10 10 10 12
March 12.5 14 13 13 12 12
April 16.3 16 14 15 15 19
May 19.8 19 20 23 17 21
June 25.3 24 27 27 25 23
July 27.8 27 29 30 24 28
August 27.3 29 28 29 24 27
September 22.5 25 21 22 23
October 17.1 19 19 15 14
November 9.7 10 12 8 11
December 6.5 8 5 6 7
Average 16.9 18.4 17.4 17.8 15.2 16.9

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 -1.8 1 2 -1 0 -1
February 0.6 3 -1 1 1 2
March 2.8 4 4 2 2 3
April 5.3 6 5 5 4 6
May 9.4 10 11 12 7 10
June 14.3 14 15 15 15 13
July 16.0 16 17 17 15 16
August 15.4 17 17 16 14 15
September 11.7 14 11 13 12
October 8.0 10 11 6 7
November 3.5 4 5 3 4
December 1.0 2 0 0 1
Average 7.5 8.9 8.2 8.0 6.6 7.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 16.3 18 19 5 26 9
February 10.8 7 1 11 9 22
March 11.1 7 16 2 5 11
April 8.8 10 14 13 7 7
May 11.5 18 6 5 22 8
June 6.4 7 4 5 4 14
July 3.4 2 4 1 11 1
August 5.5 1 10 3 6 8
September 6.1 6 9 7 6
October 11.6 16 9 10 17
November 14.5 32 15 8 3
December 21.3 21 15 21 21
Average 9.6 8.3 11.2 6.9 10.8 9.9

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 6.0 6 7 6 6 5
February 6.2 5 5 6 7 9
March 6.6 5 8 5 7 7
April 6.6 7 7 7 8 5
May 6.3 6 7 7 6 8
June 5.5 6 5 6 5 5
July 5.7 5 6 7 6 6
August 5.3 5 6 6 6 5
September 5.4 5 6 5 6
October 5.1 6 4 5 6
November 5.1 6 5 6 4
December 5.1 5 4 4 5
Average 5.8 5.6 6.0 5.7 5.9 5.8

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 250° 335° 027° 248° 225°
February 225° 044° 208° 199° 226°
March 212° 224° 052° 064° 042°
April 247° 088° 055° 046° 075°
May 203° 042° 064° 222° 048°
June 222° 049° 128° 054° 211°
July 172° 228° 051° 092° 046°
August 065° 212° 050° 048° 093°
September 119° 202° 064° 076°
October 215° 209° 033° 239°
November 226° 221° 031° 039°
December 223° 031° 239° 234°

Prevailing wind direction

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