Alice Springs Airport

YBAS · Northern Territory, Australia

Climate Alice Springs Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Alice Springs Airport (YBAS) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 96.2 99 100 86 92 100
February 98.1 100 99 99 95 95
March 94.0 80 98 100 88
April 98.1 100 91 96 100
May 99.2 97 100 99 100
June 95.7 92 91 94 95
July 96.8 91 89 100 98
August 99.2 100 100 100 100
September 98.0 97 99 97 98
October 98.1 100 100 99 98
November 97.3 98 98 98 96
December 97.6 99 96 100 100
Average 97.5 99.6 95.9 95.6 97.2 97.2

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 98.6 99 100 95 99 100
February 99.0 100 99 100 97 98
March 97.3 91 100 100 94
April 99.2 100 94 100 100
May 99.7 99 100 100 100
June 98.7 100 97 97 97
July 99.1 98 96 100 99
August 99.4 100 100 100 100
September 99.2 100 99 97 100
October 99.2 100 100 99 99
November 99.2 100 100 99 100
December 99.2 100 99 100 100
Average 99.0 99.6 98.8 98.2 98.8 98.8

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 37.0 40.1 38.6 33.2 36.2 34.7
February 36.0 38.1 37.6 35.2 32.5 34.8
March 33.6 31.5 35.2 34.6 30.6
April 28.7 25.3 27.1 30.3 27.1
May 22.9 22.6 21.1 23.3 23.6
June 20.2 21.3 21.6 19.3 19.0
July 21.2 18.8 20.1 19.5 23.3
August 24.2 27.8 26.1 22.5 23.1
September 28.2 28.1 29.8 26.1 27.1
October 32.0 34.2 31.3 30.8 32.1
November 33.2 35.0 34.2 29.8 29.1
December 36.5 37.1 37.1 34.8 36.2
Average 30.5 39.1 29.8 29.3 28.1 28.4

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 23.5 22.5 24.8 21.6 23.1 22.0
February 21.2 22.5 23.6 19.6 17.3 21.1
March 18.8 21.0 18.8 17.3 18.5
April 12.9 9.0 13.4 14.1 10.0
May 7.1 7.0 4.2 9.3 7.4
June 4.5 6.2 7.2 4.9 4.7
July 4.1 3.1 5.2 1.1 7.2
August 6.6 9.9 7.0 5.5 5.2
September 11.4 12.5 10.5 10.9 11.6
October 16.2 17.1 12.4 16.3 17.1
November 18.9 20.6 19.8 16.5 16.3
December 21.4 22.6 19.6 19.5 20.5
Average 14.8 22.5 14.7 13.2 12.7 13.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 3.5 0 1 10 8 1
February 1.7 3 2 0 5 0
March 4.6 15 0 0 10
April 1.3 0 7 0 0
May 1.1 4 1 1 0
June 2.1 2 11 2 2
July 0.8 1 5 0 0
August 0.3 0 0 2 0
September 2.3 5 0 6 2
October 1.7 0 0 3 3
November 4.0 3 4 10 6
December 2.5 1 0 1 2
Average 2.1 1.6 2.7 3.2 3.2 2.2

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 9.8 11 6 10 10 11
February 10.8 12 12 12 9 11
March 9.9 10 10 9 9
April 9.8 11 10 9 10
May 9.5 10 10 9 9
June 8.3 7 7 9 8
July 8.5 9 8 9 9
August 9.4 9 9 10 10
September 10.6 11 10 11 11
October 10.6 11 11 12 11
November 9.9 11 9 10 9
December 9.9 10 10 9 10
Average 9.9 11.5 9.7 9.6 9.6 9.7

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 115° 146° 107° 115° 096°
February 113° 118° 098° 121° 086°
March 099° 101° 126° 110°
April 120° 110° 118° 119°
May 110° 119° 117° 107°
June 128° 105° 117° 145°
July 111° 114° 114° 295°
August 044° 100° 119° 116°
September 085° 103° 094° 106°
October 095° 122° 302° 073°
November 055° 068° 109° 142°
December 143° 142° 117° 113°

Prevailing wind direction

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