Climate Mussuma Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Luena Airport (FNUE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	76.1	83		93	81	67
February	73.6	89		69	82	67
March	79.2	93	79	72	80	82
April	81.8		85	90	90	74
May	97.3		100	100	91	99
June	97.8		88	98	100	98
July	98.9		98	97	100	99
August	95.5		87	96	100	99
September	96.5		87	100	99	98
October	88.4		95	89	79	94
November	84.9		84	76	83	83
December	71.1		79		83	71
Average	86.8	87.1	89.2	89.3	88.6	85.3

3rd best VFR conditions of Angola

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	98.2	96		99	100	99
February	98.0	97		98	99	96
March	98.4	99	92	100	96	96
April	98.6		93	98	99	98
May	99.8		100	100	100	99
June	99.1		96	99	100	99
July	99.7		99	100	100	100
August	99.5		98	100	100	99
September	99.3		97	100	99	99
October	99.5		98	100	100	99
November	97.8		92	95	99	99
December	96.9		89		100	95
Average	98.4	97.3	95.6	99.1	99.2	98.1

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	26.7	27		27	26	26
February	27.0	27		26	28	27
March	27.1	28	25	25	27	28
April	27.1		26	27	27	27
May	27.4		29	27	27	27
June	25.7		27	25	26	26
July	26.0		26	26	26	26
August	29.0		30	27	29	29
September	30.0		30	28	31	30
October	29.6		30	31	28	30
November	27.5		26	26	28	28
December	26.3		26		27	26
Average	27.4	27.4	27.4	26.8	27.3	27.3

9th highest temperature of Angola

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	19.2	19		20	20	19
February	18.9	17		20	20	18
March	18.5	17	15	20	19	19
April	18.8		16	21	19	19
May	17.7		14	20	18	19
June	15.3		12	17	17	16
July	14.8		13	19	16	15
August	17.8		15	22	20	17
September	19.7		16	23	23	21
October	19.6		16	22	21	21
November	18.8		16	18	20	20
December	19.0		18		20	19
Average	18.1	17.5	15.3	20.1	19.2	18.5

6th lowest temperature of Angola

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.7	2		2	4	10
February	4.0	9		3	2	9
March	3.1	2	6	3	4	2
April	2.6		3	5	0	2
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.2		0	0	0	1
September	0.3		0	0	1	0
October	1.5		1	0	2	2
November	2.0		1	4	4	1
December	6.0		7		4	9
Average	2.2	3.6	1.6	1.4	1.7	3.4

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	6.0	6		6	7	5
February	5.5	6		5	6	6
March	5.1	5	5	4	4	5
April	5.8		7	6	6	5
May	6.4		7	6	5	6
June	5.6		6	7	3	5
July	6.4		8	6	5	6
August	6.3		8	7	5	6
September	5.9		7	6	7	6
October	5.3		6	5	4	5
November	5.2		6	5	5	5
December	5.3		5		5	7
Average	5.8	5.8	6.4	5.6	5.1	5.5

9th highest wind speed of Angola

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	301°		308°	299°	298°
February	256°		315°	300°	307°
March	016°	023°	328°	098°	252°
April		116°	105°	100°	113°
May		112°	106°	104°	124°
June		125°	102°	112°	123°
July		120°	112°	113°	111°
August		126°	110°	106°	124°
September		104°	075°	096°	123°
October		330°	097°	070°	019°
November		009°	004°	016°	329°
December		308°		010°	311°

Prevailing wind direction

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