Climate Cocos Island Ar 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cocos (Keeling) Islands Airport (YPCC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	82.7	70	81	90	77	94
February	84.4	82	76	73	94	80
March	83.2	78	75	80	88	88
April	84.6		79	89	93	90
May	81.7		81	66	79	83
June	75.4		69	63	70	82
July	79.4		80	72	76	85
August	78.2		75	72	81	81
September	79.7		86	62	80	90
October	74.7		74	83	65	89
November	80.4		90	79	66	83
December	81.4		86	58	80	80
Average	80.3	76.0	78.9	74.1	78.9	85.4

1st best VFR conditions of Cocos Islands

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	95.8	91	97	99	94	99
February	96.9	98	92	94	100	97
March	96.4	95	93	98	97	98
April	97.8		98	100	98	100
May	96.6		98	93	96	98
June	93.4		95	90	94	98
July	96.1		100	91	97	99
August	94.5		100	94	97	93
September	96.0		100	94	99	99
October	90.2		100	98	92	100
November	97.0		100	99	93	99
December	96.8		99	92	97	97
Average	95.5	94.6	97.5	95.0	96.0	98.0

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	29.6	31	29	30	29	30
February	29.9	31	29	30	30	30
March	29.8	30	29	30	30	30
April	29.9		29	31	30	31
May	29.2		29	29	29	29
June	28.4		28	28	28	28
July	28.0		27	29	29	28
August	27.6		28	28	28	28
September	27.6		28	28	28	29
October	28.2		29	29	28	28
November	28.6		29	28	28	29
December	29.0		30	29	29	29
Average	29.0	30.5	28.7	28.9	28.9	29.1

1st highest temperature of Cocos Islands

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	25.4	26	25	26	26	26
February	25.6	26	25	25	26	26
March	25.7	26	26	26	26	26
April	26.2		26	26	27	27
May	25.7		25	26	26	26
June	25.3		25	25	26	26
July	24.9		24	25	25	26
August	24.7		24	25	25	26
September	24.4		25	25	26	26
October	24.7		25	25	25	25
November	25.1		26	25	25	26
December	24.9		26	25	25	25
Average	25.3	26.1	25.0	25.3	25.5	25.8

1st lowest temperature of Cocos Islands

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.2	5	0	0	7	2
February	3.6	7	7	0	1	4
March	6.7	8	15	0	3	4
April	3.3		7	0	1	0
May	4.9		13	0	2	3
June	6.5		17	0	0	2
July	3.8		8	0	0	2
August	3.2		6	0	0	5
September	1.1		2	0	0	0
October	0.7		1	0	0	2
November	2.3		1	0	0	1
December	1.9		4	0	0	1
Average	3.9	6.5	6.8		1.1	2.1

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	10.1	9	10	9	11	10
February	9.4	9	11	9	9	9
March	9.8	10	12	9	9	9
April	11.2		11	9	11	9
May	12.8		11	13	12	14
June	12.4		9	12	13	14
July	13.9		15	13	12	14
August	14.4		14	14	15	13
September	13.6		13	14	15	14
October	13.5		13	13	14	13
November	12.8		11	13	13	13
December	11.8		10	14	11	12
Average	11.8	9.2	11.6	11.7	12.0	11.9

1st highest wind speed of Cocos Islands

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	090°	133°	137°	233°	142°
February	125°	176°	293°	157°	113°
March	129°	135°	106°	331°	120°
April		136°	120°	124°	090°
May		117°	128°	115°	109°
June		111°	126°	117°	114°
July		095°	099°	102°	112°
August		111°	113°	112°	100°
September		116°	114°	109°	101°
October		115°	111°	116°	112°
November		125°	130°	123°	114°
December		123°	115°	137°	122°

Prevailing wind direction

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