Kashobwe Airport

CD-0002 · Luapula, Congo

Climate Kashobwe Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sumbawanga Airport (HTSU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.1 77 72 72 70 69
February 79.1 84 81 71 79 75
March 83.3 93 73 85 87 83
April 81.2 79 88 85 74
May 86.8 83 93 87 88
June 93.4 92 94 95 96
July 96.5 95 96 98 98
August 94.6 90 93 98 96
September 93.3 91 97 94 95
October 93.9 94 96 95 97
November 83.4 75 83 88 85
December 75.7 73 77 89 75
Average 84.9 84.5 82.8 86.8 88.1 85.4

8th best VFR conditions of Tanzania

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 98.1 98 98 97 100 99
February 99.3 98 99 100 100 100
March 99.2 100 99 99 99 100
April 99.6 100 100 99 99
May 99.7 100 100 99 100
June 99.4 100 100 99 98
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 99.4 100 100 100 99
September 99.7 100 100 100 99
October 99.8 100 100 100 100
November 99.7 100 100 100 100
December 99.6 100 100 100 100
Average 99.2 98.4 99.5 99.6 99.6 99.5

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 21.9 23 23 22 21 22
February 22.9 24 24 21 22 23
March 23.1 25 24 23 23 23
April 22.7 24 24 23 23
May 23.0 24 23 24 23
June 23.0 25 22 24 23
July 21.9 24 21 23 21
August 24.1 25 23 24 25
September 24.8 27 25 25 25
October 25.8 28 26 25 26
November 24.5 25 24 25 25
December 22.8 24 23 25 23
Average 22.5 23.9 24.6 23.0 23.4 23.3

16th highest temperature of Tanzania

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 15.5 16 15 16 15 16
February 15.4 16 15 15 14 17
March 15.8 17 15 16 15 16
April 15.4 15 16 16 15
May 13.7 14 14 13 14
June 11.8 11 11 11 12
July 11.1 10 11 10 12
August 13.1 13 12 13 13
September 14.6 15 13 16 14
October 16.7 18 16 17 17
November 16.9 17 16 18 16
December 16.1 15 15 18 15
Average 15.7 16.3 14.4 14.1 14.4 14.7

1st lowest temperature of Tanzania

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.1 6 10 7 12 10
February 7.6 7 6 6 12 10
March 6.7 6 7 5 5 11
April 4.5 5 6 3 3
May 0.3 1 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.2 0 0 0 1
November 3.1 1 4 1 3
December 9.2 10 6 1 8
Average 3.7 6.4 3.5 2.8 3.3 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 1.9 1 2 2 2 4
February 2.2 1 2 3 2 5
March 2.8 2 2 3 4 4
April 4.9 4 4 6 7
May 5.2 5 4 5 7
June 5.0 5 4 5 7
July 5.6 6 5 5 8
August 5.4 6 4 5 5
September 5.1 5 5 4 5
October 6.6 7 5 5 7
November 5.2 7 4 6 4
December 3.0 3 3 6 2
Average 4.0 1.3 4.3 3.7 4.3 5.2

16th highest wind speed of Tanzania

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 282° 070° 306° 288° 285°
February 194° 068° 261° 272° 045°
March 088° 076° 100° 080° 083°
April 109° 099° 102° 098°
May 108° 115° 123° 122°
June 122° 149° 132° 130°
July 121° 129° 131° 137°
August 115° 130° 109° 112°
September 097° 098° 100° 096°
October 093° 093° 087° 088°
November 099° 083° 086° 079°
December 101° 080° 078° 071°

Prevailing wind direction

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