Xassengue Airport

AO-0042 · Angola

Climate Xassengue Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nova Lisboa Airport (FNHU) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 73.0 85 70 77 85 87
February 67.9 51 88 74 65
March 59.3 34 64 73 61
April 68.5 62 93 64 73
May 89.5 97 95 90 89
June 94.2 83 98 84 94
July 87.2 64 80 89 92
August 73.5 46 48 70 71
September 83.7 84 94 73 79
October 81.5 90 95 83 79
November 67.0 66 73 58 74
December 65.7 77 75 66 69
Average 77.0 85.1 67.5 81.9 76.4 79.3

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 95.3 97 84 99 99 97
February 91.7 61 99 99 98
March 85.5 45 67 98 91
April 93.5 73 98 97 100
May 99.4 100 99 100 100
June 98.2 85 100 98 100
July 94.0 71 85 100 97
August 90.1 64 58 98 99
September 97.7 85 96 98 98
October 98.7 99 99 99 100
November 96.6 93 99 98 98
December 96.0 93 94 98 99
Average 95.0 97.3 78.9 91.5 98.6 98.5

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 25.2 25.8 24.8 22.8 25.1 27.1
February 26.0 26.3 25.6 24.6 27.1
March 24.3 26.5 7.2 24.8 24.6
April 25.6 26.1 25.1 24.3 25.1
May 26.0 26.5 26.8 25.0 24.8
June 25.0 25.3 25.6 23.6 25.5
July 25.3 26.8 25.5 23.8 24.6
August 27.6 28.3 28.3 24.3 27.3
September 29.1 28.8 29.8 28.0 29.6
October 28.1 29.1 28.1 27.1 28.3
November 25.6 24.8 24.6 25.8 25.6
December 25.1 24.6 24.5 24.6 25.1
Average 26.1 25.9 26.4 25.1 25.1 26.5

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 16.5 15.5 16.5 18.0 18.3 18.3
February 16.7 12.6 19.5 18.6 18.1
March 15.5 17.0 3.7 18.0 17.0
April 16.3 15.5 14.5 17.1 18.6
May 14.3 11.4 14.3 15.5 15.9
June 11.7 11.1 11.3 13.5 13.6
July 11.9 11.4 11.4 15.8 12.5
August 14.1 12.5 12.8 17.1 16.6
September 16.5 13.0 15.5 18.8 18.6
October 16.9 14.6 16.6 18.8 18.8
November 16.1 8.1 15.9 19.1 18.0
December 16.5 12.0 16.6 18.3 17.6
Average 15.3 15.4 13.0 14.4 17.4 17.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 5.9 3 1 10 5 0
February 4.1 2 2 6 0
March 4.4 2 0 4 4
April 3.6 3 1 3 2
May 0.5 0 1 0 4
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.5 0 2 0 2
October 3.7 2 1 3 1
November 6.3 3 7 4 5
December 8.7 7 4 5 6
Average 3.0 2.6 1.7 2.3 2.3 1.7

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 5.0 6 5 5 5 5
February 4.8 5 4 5 5
March 4.8 5 5 4 3
April 5.6 6 7 5 6
May 5.1 6 5 4 5
June 5.1 6 5 5 3
July 5.5 5 6 3 6
August 5.9 7 6 5 4
September 5.4 5 6 6 5
October 5.7 7 6 4 6
November 4.9 5 5 5 4
December 4.9 5 5 6 4
Average 5.2 5.5 5.4 5.4 4.7 4.7

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 274° 248° 254° 211° 254°
February 059° 168° 185° 245°
March 102° 355° 095° 181°
April 093° 092° 080° 067°
May 092° 052° 091° 080°
June 073° 071° 069° 077°
July 117° 098° 080° 080°
August 102° 090° 082° 105°
September 127° 096° 069° 101°
October 102° 054° 076° 113°
November 219° 004° 133° 142°
December 008° 282° 225° 089°

Prevailing wind direction

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