Perth International Airport

YPPH · Western Australia, Australia

Climate Perth International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Perth International Airport (YPPH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 97.8 99 97 99 99 99
February 97.3 97 99 99 96 95
March 95.8 95 97 95 96 96
April 95.3 91 97 90 96
May 95.5 95 96 98 90
June 91.6 85 92 93 93
July 90.9 93 88 86 96
August 92.7 93 86 96 95
September 92.8 84 94 95 92
October 94.5 97 96 95 96
November 96.6 98 95 98 94
December 98.3 99 98 100 98
Average 95.3 96.9 94.0 94.6 95.2 95.0

22nd best VFR conditions of Australia

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 99.8 100 100 100 100 100
February 99.6 100 100 100 99 100
March 99.7 99 99 100 100 100
April 98.9 97 99 97 100
May 98.5 99 97 99 97
June 96.7 93 99 96 98
July 97.2 99 95 96 99
August 98.0 98 96 98 98
September 98.3 96 99 99 99
October 99.3 100 100 99 100
November 99.6 100 100 100 100
December 99.7 100 100 100 100
Average 98.9 99.7 98.4 98.7 98.6 99.3

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 31.9 33 33 34 33 31
February 32.0 35 32 35 30 32
March 29.6 31 30 30 30 30
April 25.7 23 25 27 26
May 22.1 22 22 22 22
June 19.2 17 20 18 21
July 18.3 18 19 18 19
August 18.7 20 18 19 19
September 21.0 22 21 21 21
October 23.3 27 22 21 25
November 27.0 31 25 26 24
December 30.9 32 29 32 32
Average 25.9 32.9 25.4 24.6 24.6 25.0

63rd highest temperature of Australia

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 18.0 19 18 19 19 17
February 18.3 19 18 19 17 20
March 17.1 17 17 18 17 17
April 13.0 12 14 13 14
May 10.1 11 10 12 10
June 8.9 7 10 7 11
July 9.0 9 10 10 9
August 8.3 8 8 9 8
September 9.6 11 10 9 10
October 11.3 13 9 10 12
November 14.1 17 13 14 12
December 17.1 18 17 17 17
Average 13.5 18.0 13.1 12.7 12.8 13.1

19th lowest temperature of Australia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
February 1.8 4 0 1 4 5
March 3.3 2 2 3 4 5
April 5.2 11 2 2 3
May 7.8 5 7 7 21
June 15.7 18 12 9 22
July 22.1 12 20 24 13
August 17.6 10 25 10 17
September 12.9 14 9 7 13
October 6.5 2 3 8 2
November 3.1 1 6 0 8
December 1.9 0 3 1 1
Average 7.2 1.6 6.0 7.2 6.0 8.7

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 12.7 13 13 12 14 13
February 12.0 11 12 12 13 13
March 11.3 13 11 12 10 11
April 9.7 10 10 10 10
May 9.4 10 10 9 10
June 8.9 8 10 8 9
July 9.7 11 10 11 9
August 9.8 8 11 10 9
September 10.4 11 11 11 11
October 11.4 12 12 11 11
November 11.8 12 12 12 11
December 12.2 13 12 12 12
Average 11.0 12.3 11.0 11.1 10.9 10.8

63rd highest wind speed of Australia

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 186° 175° 193° 135° 219°
February 173° 164° 168° 175° 108°
March 108° 136° 122° 134° 182°
April 222° 121° 128° 220°
May 078° 075° 075° 353°
June 251° 027° 033° 357°
July 305° 002° 299° 012°
August 065° 298° 314° 278°
September 273° 234° 285° 264°
October 216° 207° 258° 219°
November 122° 221° 210° 239°
December 159° 144° 210° 190°

Prevailing wind direction

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