Lóvua Airport

AO-0022 · Angola

Climate Lóvua Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lubumbashi International Airport (FZQA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.6 72 100 71 75 59
February 58.8 63 100 58 69 52
March 58.3 61 0 56 50
April 63.8 58 67 77
May 90.4 95 89 89
June 94.3 89 100 98 88
July 89.2 89 97 91 95
August 76.0 70 75 88 71
September 75.9 61 84 86 63
October 83.0 83 82 87 78
November 76.6 82 74 92 78
December 65.7 52 78 60
Average 75.4 64.5 75.3 74.3 83.9 69.4

1st best VFR conditions of Congo

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 91.0 85 100 98 90 85
February 92.1 100 100 91 98 91
March 93.8 98 0 93 92
April 94.4 91 99 100
May 99.3 100 99 100
June 99.0 100 100 99 99
July 97.2 94 100 99 98
August 94.9 88 92 98 94
September 95.4 89 96 96 93
October 98.2 95 100 99 99
November 96.5 100 96 100 100
December 90.7 76 93 90
Average 95.2 95.0 92.5 95.7 97.4 94.5

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 23.7 25 19 25 23 24
February 23.9 25 22 24 24 25
March 24.0 26 18 23 24
April 23.1 24 25 23
May 22.0 23 25 24
June 20.9 23 23 25 23
July 21.1 22 24 23 22
August 22.7 23 22 26 27
September 26.4 30 25 29 27
October 27.9 29 27 31 29
November 25.4 26 26 30 28
December 24.2 24 27 23
Average 23.9 25.4 25.1 24.4 25.5 25.0

4th highest temperature of Congo

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 18.4 18 19 19 18 18
February 19.5 21 22 17 21 20
March 19.2 22 18 18 18
April 19.5 21 19 21
May 17.4 21 16 21
June 14.8 19 23 14 18
July 14.5 16 14 14 17
August 16.3 16 18 17 16
September 19.8 20 21 20 20
October 21.4 22 22 22 21
November 19.3 20 18 23 21
December 18.8 20 19 18
Average 18.4 20.3 19.1 18.4 17.7 18.9

1st lowest temperature of Congo

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.1 15 100 6 10 7
February 9.7 6 0 12 7 4
March 7.2 0 0 7 11
April 0.0 0 0 0
May 0.3 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.1 0 0 0 0
November 3.2 2 3 0 3
December 6.7 6 2 14
Average 2.7 6.3 0.7 3.7 1.2 3.6

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 5.4 5 4 6 6 5
February 5.1 4 4 6 6 4
March 5.8 8 0 7 5
April 7.9 9 9 6
May 8.1 8 9 7
June 7.6 8 8 8 7
July 8.7 10 9 11 9
August 8.0 10 9 10 7
September 7.7 8 8 9 7
October 7.1 8 9 8 7
November 5.1 6 5 5 6
December 5.1 5 8 5
Average 6.6 5.9 8.0 6.7 8.7 6.1

4th highest wind speed of Congo

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 344° 090° 241° 302° 283°
February 065° 090° 289° 324° 038°
March 117° 360° 116° 118°
April 115° 108° 131°
May 122° 128° 134°
June 115° 098° 117° 123°
July 128° 111° 117° 123°
August 116° 108° 113° 120°
September 112° 105° 112° 118°
October 105° 096° 099° 104°
November 104° 103° 098° 114°
December 066° 135° 358°

Prevailing wind direction

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