Climate Lugano Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lugano Airport (LSZA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	85.1	86	81	94	85	98
February	80.6	82	79	93	80	90
March	83.6	76	87	86	93	91
April	90.7		92	96	89	93
May	93.5		89	97	95	94
June	96.5		97	97	100	91
July	98.7		98	99	97	99
August	97.4		97	98	97	96
September	95.0		91	96	93	97
October	82.7		86	87	86	91
November	82.9		94	87	79	84
December	82.9		83	83	94	69
Average	89.2	80.8	90.5	93.8	91.5	91.8

2nd best VFR conditions of Switzerland

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	93.5	97	87	99	92	100
February	92.8	92	94	99	92	97
March	95.3	92	97	98	100	100
April	97.6		98	99	95	98
May	98.8		98	99	99	98
June	99.0		99	98	100	97
July	99.6		99	100	99	100
August	99.1		99	99	98	99
September	98.6		97	100	97	100
October	94.3		95	96	95	96
November	95.7		97	98	91	97
December	91.1		91	94	96	89
Average	96.4	93.3	96.5	98.5	96.6	97.7

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	8.9	10	9	11	7	10
February	11.9	13	13	13	12	14
March	14.5	14	15	14	15	14
April	18.2		18	18	16	20
May	22.0		22	24	20	23
June	27.7		28	29	29	25
July	29.6		29	32	28	29
August	29.0		29	30	28	29
September	24.1		25	24	24	25
October	19.3		21	21	18	17
November	12.7		13	14	13	14
December	8.5		11	7	9	7
Average	18.1	12.3	19.3	20.1	18.2	18.9

1st highest temperature of Switzerland

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	-2.5	-1	1	-2	-2	-2
February	0.8	3	0	0	2	1
March	3.3	5	4	2	2	3
April	6.5		6	6	5	6
May	11.5		12	14	10	12
June	16.1		16	16	17	15
July	17.8		18	19	17	17
August	17.2		18	18	16	17
September	13.4		15	13	14	14
October	9.2		11	11	8	7
November	3.7		2	4	4	4
December	-1.6		1	0	-1	1
Average	7.4	2.3	8.7	8.6	7.5	7.9

16th lowest temperature of Switzerland

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.5	4	7	0	16	0
February	8.1	22	3	0	5	1
March	9.9	24	4	4	4	11
April	10.5		7	6	12	10
May	11.6		15	10	10	8
June	5.5		6	7	2	11
July	2.9		3	2	5	3
August	4.4		5	2	5	5
September	6.5		11	10	5	6
October	10.1		11	11	13	13
November	13.3		9	8	17	0
December	11.7		11	18	5	22
Average	8.9	17.4	7.4	5.9	7.6	7.3

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	3.5	3	3	4	3	2
February	3.8	3	4	6	3	5
March	4.4	4	5	4	5	4
April	4.9		5	5	6	5
May	4.3		4	4	4	4
June	3.9		4	4	4	4
July	4.0		4	4	4	4
August	3.8		4	4	4	4
September	3.4		3	3	3	3
October	3.1		3	2	3	3
November	2.8		3	3	3	3
December	2.8		3	3	3	3
Average	3.8	3.1	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.8

1st highest wind speed of Switzerland

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	007°	030°	012°	019°	322°
February	175°	191°	009°	196°	011°
March	195°	196°	192°	201°	192°
April		186°	193°	180°	193°
May		188°	192°	194°	195°
June		193°	199°	194°	194°
July		192°	200°	201°	193°
August		194°	194°	193°	188°
September		192°	202°	191°	194°
October		183°	193°	216°	189°
November		014°	352°	189°	203°
December		360°	011°	356°	006°

Prevailing wind direction

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