Climate Nadzab Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nadzab Airport (AYNZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	98.8	100	100	100	98	99
February	99.5	100	99	100	98	100
March	98.6	98	97	100	97	100
April	97.6		99	100	100	100
May	96.8		96	100	97	91
June	93.7		94	99	95	95
July	92.9		91	99	90	93
August	94.1		92	96	95	95
September	92.4		80	99	92	92
October	98.1		99	99	100	94
November	99.2		100	100	99	98
December	97.2		95	100	99	100
Average	96.2	99.2	95.0	99.1	96.8	96.2

1st best VFR conditions of Papua New Guinea

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	99.4	100	100	100	98	99
February	99.6	100	99	100	98	100
March	99.2	99	100	100	97	100
April	99.2		100	100	100	100
May	98.4		99	100	98	95
June	97.1		99	100	97	95
July	95.4		96	99	92	94
August	96.4		96	97	95	98
September	96.3		92	99	97	94
October	99.0		100	100	100	97
November	99.7		100	100	100	99
December	98.1		100	100	99	100
Average	98.0	99.6	98.5	99.4	97.6	97.4

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	33.2	33	34	33	34	33
February	32.6	34	33	33	32	32
March	32.6	34	34	34	32	32
April	31.3		33	32	29	31
May	31.0		32	33	32	30
June	29.5		30	32	30	28
July	29.3		30	32	30	28
August	30.0		30	32	30	30
September	30.1		30	33	30	30
October	32.1		32	35	33	31
November	32.7		33	35	34	32
December	33.0		34	33	33	33
Average	31.6	33.7	32.0	32.9	31.4	30.7

1st highest temperature of Papua New Guinea

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	23.1	24	24	24	24	23
February	21.9	21	23	24	24	18
March	22.0	19	25	20	23	20
April	21.2		22	21	20	19
May	20.9		22	20	23	14
June	20.8		22	22	23	13
July	19.1		18	23	20	7
August	19.6		20	20	24	10
September	19.4		16	20	23	10
October	21.4		21	22	24	12
November	22.6		22	23	25	18
December	22.7		20	23	24	24
Average	21.4	21.3	21.0	21.7	23.1	15.5

2nd lowest temperature of Papua New Guinea

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.2	1	0	0	1	1
February	0.4	0	1	0	3	0
March	0.6	1	0	0	1	0
April	0.8		0	0	0	1
May	2.5		1	0	1	14
June	3.1		2	2	5	2
July	4.9		3	4	8	9
August	4.8		4	6	7	8
September	6.3		12	1	6	9
October	0.9		0	0	1	3
November	0.7		0	1	2	1
December	0.4		0	2	1	1
Average	2.7	0.4	1.8	1.3	2.6	3.9

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	8.0	6	7	7	7	9
February	8.7	7	7	8	8	11
March	7.7	6	7	8	7	8
April	8.3		7	8	7	9
May	8.3		6	8	8	9
June	7.6		7	7	7	9
July	7.8		7	8	7	8
August	9.1		9	10	8	9
September	9.0		8	8	9	9
October	9.4		8	8	10	10
November	9.6		9	10	11	9
December	8.5		8	8	9	8
Average	7.8	6.6	7.5	8.2	8.0	9.0

1st highest wind speed of Papua New Guinea

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	135°	133°	096°	115°	112°
February	116°	121°	124°	104°	176°
March	110°	115°	106°	112°	109°
April		104°	097°	101°	094°
May		094°	096°	100°	081°
June		095°	092°	096°	085°
July		092°	093°	087°	076°
August		095°	090°	082°	060°
September		093°	092°	083°	065°
October		097°	098°	084°	068°
November		100°	102°	067°	085°
December		105°	107°	062°	091°

Prevailing wind direction

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