Vatican City Heliport

VA-0001 · Vatican

Climate Vatican City Heliport 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport (LIRA) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 91.6 88 91 92 86
February 89.8 91 90 97 91
March 91.0 85 91 95 95
April 94.5 96 95 98 92
May 93.5 95 91 100 97
June 97.8 99 92 100 98
July 98.9 98 98 100 100
August 98.5 100 96 100 100
September 97.6 95 98 98 100
October 95.8 94 98 98 99
November 90.9 95 90 96 94
December 89.8 95 86 86 95
Average 94.6 94.5 93.5 97.3 95.9

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
January 98.8 99 98 98 98
February 97.6 98 99 100 97
March 99.1 99 99 100 99
April 99.1 100 100 100 99
May 99.1 100 98 100 99
June 99.8 100 99 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.8 100 100 100 100
September 99.7 100 100 100 100
October 99.3 99 100 99 100
November 98.9 100 100 100 99
December 98.4 99 100 98 100
Average 99.2 99.5 99.3 99.7 99.2

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
January 12.3 14.4 12.5 12.1 11.1
February 14.3 16.1 13.5 15.0 15.1
March 16.0 16.8 16.3 15.1 15.4
April 19.1 20.8 18.0 18.3 17.3
May 23.1 23.6 22.3 26.0 22.0
June 28.9 29.0 27.8 32.1 28.8
July 32.2 34.2 32.7 33.2 31.5
August 32.1 34.1 31.3 31.8 31.8
September 27.2 26.3 29.5 27.1 28.8
October 22.8 22.8 25.6 24.1 21.5
November 17.4 17.6 18.1 18.0 17.3
December 13.6 13.5 14.8 14.9 13.1
Average 21.7 22.5 21.9 22.6 21.2

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 4.0 6.2 5.0 3.2 3.5
February 5.3 7.0 3.9 5.0 5.9
March 7.0 9.1 8.3 4.2 5.5
April 9.1 10.0 8.5 8.3 7.7
May 13.7 14.3 13.6 15.0 12.8
June 18.2 18.3 18.1 20.1 18.3
July 21.2 22.6 22.5 22.0 21.1
August 21.3 23.3 20.5 21.6 21.5
September 17.4 17.3 18.5 17.8 18.5
October 13.5 14.8 16.3 14.0 12.0
November 9.4 8.0 10.0 9.0 10.3
December 5.6 4.4 7.0 8.5 5.2
Average 12.2 13.0 12.7 12.5 11.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 7.5 8 9 6 18
February 7.0 8 4 1 6
March 6.6 9 5 3 4
April 5.3 4 9 3 6
May 6.0 5 12 2 3
June 1.3 2 2 0 1
July 0.5 1 0 0 1
August 1.2 0 3 1 1
September 2.4 4 1 2 1
October 4.4 9 4 2 3
November 9.5 4 9 6 14
December 10.2 8 5 16 12
Average 4.7 4.6 5.0 2.8 5.0

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
January 6.4 6 6 6 8
February 6.7 7 5 8 6
March 7.3 9 8 6 6
April 6.7 7 7 7 7
May 6.4 7 6 6 8
June 6.4 7 6 7 6
July 6.6 7 7 7 8
August 6.3 7 7 7 7
September 6.1 7 6 8 6
October 6.1 6 8 5 7
November 6.0 5 7 6 6
December 6.3 6 6 7 7
Average 6.5 6.6 6.5 6.6 6.7

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 074° 026° 053° 160°
February 162° 026° 003° 200°
March 179° 208° 317° 299°
April 207° 235° 233° 211°
May 221° 246° 239° 221°
June 230° 247° 252° 239°
July 234° 209° 262° 222°
August 236° 224° 248° 229°
September 194° 295° 206° 248°
October 172° 187° 251° 045°
November 004° 196° 029° 132°
December 025° 096° 167° 107°

Prevailing wind direction

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