Climate Poprad-Tatry Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Poprad-Tatry Airport (LZTT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	73.3	80	58	87	73	75
February	79.3	78	85	92	72	86
March	87.2	77	93	93	91	91
April	87.7		85	86	85	99
May	90.4		79	99	94	91
June	94.0		90	99	100	84
July	95.9		98	94	95	96
August	93.8		92	95	93	95
September	89.4		94	84	89	91
October	87.0		80	92	93	75
November	71.3		70	69	74	60
December	66.1		61	60	73	43
Average	85.7	78.1	84.1	90.0	87.9	84.6

1st best VFR conditions of Slovakia

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	86.0	88	83	93	88	81
February	92.4	96	95	99	82	95
March	96.4	95	98	98	98	97
April	96.6		95	98	96	100
May	97.0		90	100	98	98
June	99.0		97	100	100	98
July	98.8		100	99	98	98
August	98.9		99	99	99	98
September	95.9		97	93	96	98
October	95.8		96	95	99	89
November	86.3		91	83	87	77
December	81.2		73	73	84	57
Average	94.7	93.4	93.7	95.8	94.9	92.5

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	0.5	2	3	2	0	1
February	3.7	8	3	4	3	5
March	7.7	10	9	7	6	8
April	12.1		10	10	9	15
May	16.6		16	19	15	15
June	22.3		20	24	23	21
July	23.2		24	24	25	22
August	23.7		24	24	21	24
September	18.3		21	16	18	19
October	13.9		15	15	13	12
November	6.9		6	7	7	6
December	1.5		2	0	0	2
Average	11.8	6.5	12.7	13.1	11.7	12.5

5th highest temperature of Slovakia

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	-8.8	-5	-3	-7	-8	-8
February	-5.3	1	-7	-3	-8	-2
March	-3.3	1	-2	-5	-4	-3
April	0.6		0	0	-1	-1
May	5.2		5	5	4	4
June	10.2		9	9	9	12
July	11.1		11	11	13	11
August	11.3		13	12	9	11
September	6.9		9	7	6	7
October	3.0		5	2	1	4
November	-1.1		-1	-2	-1	-2
December	-6.8		-4	-6	-8	-3
Average	1.8	-2.7	3.0	2.2	1.0	2.5

1st lowest temperature of Slovakia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	21.0	31	20	26	33	7
February	18.6	17	21	19	18	26
March	11.7	8	17	9	11	13
April	13.2		16	16	16	4
May	11.5		14	6	15	14
June	6.5		8	3	3	14
July	7.4		7	9	4	8
August	7.2		9	4	12	6
September	8.8		7	14	8	10
October	10.6		11	7	5	20
November	13.5		24	11	10	6
December	19.9		25	22	17	15
Average	12.3	17.5	13.5	10.6	11.6	11.6

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	7.9	10	7	11	7	5
February	8.9	8	10	12	6	12
March	8.8	7	10	8	9	9
April	8.5		8	9	9	8
May	7.5		7	8	8	8
June	6.8		7	6	6	7
July	7.0		7	7	6	6
August	6.3		6	7	7	6
September	6.4		6	7	6	6
October	7.5		8	6	7	7
November	6.0		8	5	7	4
December	6.8		9	5	6	4
Average	7.5	8.5	7.6	7.5	7.1	7.0

5th highest wind speed of Slovakia

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	253°	236°	255°	242°	244°
February	248°	254°	253°	248°	250°
March	231°	246°	049°	277°	299°
April		027°	279°	249°	264°
May		066°	261°	236°	278°
June		041°	126°	053°	031°
July		253°	265°	106°	275°
August		229°	044°	259°	210°
September		175°	263°	236°	171°
October		237°	229°	225°	218°
November		245°	225°	237°	217°
December		252°	227°	255°	190°

Prevailing wind direction

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