Madang Airport

AYMD · Madang, Papua New Guinea

Climate Madang Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Dortheys Hiyo Eluay International Airport (WAJJ) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 95.7 94 98 100 98 92
February 97.3 99 99 98 99 92
March 96.7 93 97 99 99 98
April 97.3 98 98 98 96
May 97.2 96 93 99 99 98
June 97.0 94 99 97 99 97
July 97.5 100 98 99 95
August 97.5 99 94 99 99
September 97.8 98 98 100 99
October 97.0 95 99 100 99
November 97.7 97 100 99 97
December 96.3 97 97 94 98
Average 96.9 95.1 97.3 97.9 98.6 96.6

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 98.7 97 100 100 100 94
February 99.5 99 100 99 100 100
March 99.0 97 99 100 100 100
April 99.6 99 100 100 100
May 99.2 97 99 100 99 100
June 99.0 98 99 100 100 99
July 99.4 100 99 99 98
August 99.6 99 99 100 100
September 99.5 100 100 100 100
October 99.4 99 99 100 100
November 99.5 99 100 100 99
December 98.8 99 98 99 100
Average 99.2 97.6 99.2 99.4 99.8 99.0

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 32.4 33.2 31.6 32.3 31.6 33.7
February 31.8 32.2 32.1 31.6 32.0 31.3
March 32.2 32.3 31.8 32.7 33.5 32.0
April 32.3 32.7 32.2 32.3 32.1
May 32.9 32.5 31.6 33.2 33.2 34.2
June 32.3 31.8 31.6 32.2 33.7 32.2
July 32.0 31.3 32.7 32.6 31.8
August 32.5 32.3 32.7 33.3 33.0
September 33.0 33.0 33.0 34.0 33.7
October 33.2 32.6 33.8 34.3 33.3
November 32.8 33.3 33.5 33.7 33.2
December 32.2 32.2 31.8 31.6 32.5
Average 32.5 32.4 32.2 32.6 33.0 32.7

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 23.8 23.6 24.6 24.3 24.1 24.3
February 24.0 24.3 24.3 24.3 23.1 23.8
March 23.9 24.6 24.6 24.1 24.1 23.6
April 24.0 24.5 24.3 24.1 23.8
May 24.4 24.1 24.6 24.6 24.5 24.6
June 23.7 24.1 24.1 24.1 23.8 23.8
July 23.5 23.8 24.6 24.0 23.1
August 23.6 24.3 24.3 24.0 23.8
September 24.2 25.0 24.6 24.0 24.3
October 24.2 24.1 23.8 24.8 24.6
November 24.1 24.8 24.8 24.3 24.6
December 24.2 24.8 24.5 24.3 24.6
Average 24.0 24.2 24.4 24.3 24.1 24.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 7.3 6 9 7 10 4
February 8.6 3 5 15 8 19
March 7.5 9 7 5 7 9
April 7.2 7 9 7 10
May 6.8 3 13 9 3 9
June 6.0 6 6 8 2 12
July 8.2 7 8 6 9
August 7.0 4 9 7 5
September 4.1 3 7 1 4
October 5.3 9 5 3 4
November 6.8 6 2 6 5
December 9.0 6 8 17 7
Average 6.9 5.4 6.6 7.4 6.0 7.9

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 6.9 4 5 6 8 6
February 7.2 5 5 7 6 7
March 7.0 5 5 7 6 7
April 6.2 5 6 6 6
May 5.4 5 5 6 6 5
June 5.5 5 5 5 7 6
July 5.3 5 5 6 5
August 6.1 7 6 6 6
September 6.2 6 5 7 6
October 5.9 6 6 7 6
November 6.0 6 7 6 5
December 6.4 5 5 6 8
Average 6.1 4.8 5.5 5.9 6.4 6.0

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 120° 243° 249° 274° 229°
February 228° 253° 272° 269° 272°
March 106° 235° 261° 202° 266°
April 113° 238° 181° 255°
May 110° 110° 213° 145° 141°
June 103° 105° 145° 129° 134°
July 103° 142° 136° 143°
August 102° 141° 129° 135°
September 103° 140° 131° 132°
October 102° 200° 133° 136°
November 103° 234° 227° 141°
December 241° 248° 269° 275°

Prevailing wind direction

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