Lunuango Airstrip

AO-0056 · Zaire, Angola

Climate Lunuango Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cabinda Airport (FNCA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 84.2 84 81 86 72 94
February 86.4 87 85 88 67 92
March 86.5 89 86 76 66 91
April 88.4 83 82 81 89
May 68.6 80 66 75 76
June 49.8 45 61 42 53
July 49.7 58 39 47 62
August 43.9 51 47 31 38
September 38.5 40 34 54 39
October 43.9 44 43 35 35
November 71.9 68 65 71 73
December 77.1 78 73 75 72
Average 68.0 86.5 66.4 63.5 58.7 68.4

12th 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 99.0 100 100 99 99 99
February 98.5 97 98 100 98 98
March 99.2 99 96 100 99 100
April 99.4 98 100 99 100
May 99.4 98 100 100 99
June 99.6 99 100 100 100
July 99.0 97 100 100 100
August 99.0 95 100 100 99
September 98.9 99 100 100 99
October 98.9 98 100 99 98
November 99.1 98 100 99 99
December 98.4 97 98 98 99
Average 99.0 98.8 97.8 99.7 99.2 99.1

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 30.3 31 30 30 31 31
February 30.9 32 31 31 31 31
March 31.1 32 30 31 30 32
April 31.0 31 31 31 31
May 29.9 31 29 31 30
June 27.5 28 27 28 28
July 26.4 26 26 27 27
August 26.3 26 25 27 26
September 27.6 30 27 28 27
October 28.7 30 29 29 29
November 29.7 30 29 30 29
December 29.7 30 29 30 30
Average 29.4 31.7 29.2 28.7 29.2 29.2

4th 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 24.7 25 25 25 26 26
February 24.9 22 27 25 25 25
March 25.5 26 26 26 25 26
April 25.3 25 26 26 26
May 25.0 26 25 26 26
June 22.8 23 23 24 24
July 21.6 21 22 22 22
August 21.5 20 22 23 23
September 21.0 8 22 23 23
October 24.2 25 24 25 25
November 25.0 25 25 25 25
December 24.9 26 25 24 25
Average 24.0 24.6 23.0 24.1 24.5 24.6

13th 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 3.0 2 4 1 3 4
February 3.4 4 0 0 7 7
March 2.0 2 4 2 4 4
April 1.1 1 1 1 1
May 1.5 0 2 1 4
June 0.4 0 0 2 1
July 0.6 0 2 0 1
August 0.7 1 1 2 2
September 3.4 2 6 2 2
October 3.9 6 3 3 7
November 4.2 7 4 3 5
December 3.8 4 4 6 2
Average 2.4 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.6 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 5.0 6 5 5 5 5
February 5.3 6 7 5 5 5
March 5.4 6 6 6 5 5
April 5.3 6 5 5 5
May 5.4 7 5 5 5
June 5.3 7 5 5 5
July 5.2 6 5 5 5
August 5.4 6 6 5 6
September 5.7 6 6 6 6
October 6.0 7 6 6 6
November 5.6 5 5 6 6
December 5.0 5 5 5 5
Average 5.5 5.9 6.2 5.4 5.3 5.4

4th 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 222° 219° 223° 244° 222°
February 216° 195° 225° 217° 229°
March 206° 215° 224° 244° 236°
April 212° 200° 241° 200°
May 188° 203° 218° 209°
June 189° 212° 210° 206°
July 196° 209° 214° 206°
August 203° 204° 208° 199°
September 208° 211° 217° 210°
October 202° 202° 206° 211°
November 214° 215° 208° 202°
December 213° 213° 200° 212°

Prevailing wind direction

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