Climate Mambasa Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kigali International Airport (HRYR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	62.3	39	69	67	67	54
February	59.9	54	58	54	55	64
March	60.4	56	61	68	60	48
April	50.3		54	51	50	42
May	61.6		68	63	62	60
June	82.0		78	82	86	78
July	87.0		95	89	89	84
August	75.7		81	69	80	84
September	62.7		50	62	65	68
October	59.5		56	67	66	56
November	50.9		35	43	68	53
December	56.7		50	52	56	62
Average	62.7	49.9	62.9	64.4	67.5	63.1

2nd best VFR conditions of Rwanda

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	94.3	89	99	99	96	86
February	95.7	94	99	94	93	95
March	96.7	97	96	96	99	94
April	96.4		97	96	98	94
May	97.8		99	97	97	97
June	98.6		99	99	100	98
July	95.7		99	96	100	98
August	97.0		98	99	99	98
September	96.8		97	97	99	98
October	96.7		96	99	99	96
November	95.1		91	95	99	96
December	94.3		94	96	98	93
Average	96.0	93.1	96.9	96.7	98.1	95.2

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	26.1	25	26	27	25	26
February	26.3	27	27	25	25	26
March	25.9	27	26	26	25	26
April	25.1		25	25	25	25
May	25.6		26	25	25	28
June	25.7		27	25	26	26
July	26.2		27	26	26	26
August	27.1		29	26	27	28
September	26.9		27	26	27	27
October	26.3		26	27	27	26
November	25.2		25	25	26	25
December	25.3		26	25	25	25
Average	26.0	26.2	26.3	25.7	25.9	26.0

1st highest temperature of Rwanda

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	15.9	17	16	17	17	14
February	15.9	18	17	17	17	14
March	15.5	18	17	16	17	12
April	16.8		17	17	17	17
May	16.5		18	17	17	15
June	15.6		18	16	17	14
July	14.8		17	16	17	15
August	15.7		18	17	17	16
September	16.0		18	17	17	16
October	16.4		17	17	17	16
November	16.1		17	17	17	16
December	15.0		17	16	17	17
Average	16.0	17.6	17.2	16.7	17.0	15.2

1st lowest temperature of Rwanda

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	2.6	3	2	2	3	6
February	3.5	5	1	7	4	3
March	5.9	5	6	6	7	7
April	7.8		6	9	7	9
May	4.1		2	2	5	3
June	0.9		0	0	1	3
July	0.4		0	1	1	1
August	1.0		0	1	1	1
September	3.7		4	4	6	4
October	4.7		7	5	6	4
November	6.8		15	5	3	8
December	4.7		7	5	7	3
Average	3.9	4.4	4.2	3.7	4.2	4.0

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	5.1	5	6	5	5	4
February	5.2	5	5	5	5	5
March	5.0	6	5	5	5	5
April	4.6		5	5	5	4
May	4.8		5	5	5	5
June	5.0		6	5	5	5
July	5.8		6	6	6	6
August	5.9		7	5	6	6
September	5.5		6	5	6	6
October	5.3		6	5	5	5
November	5.2		5	5	5	5
December	5.0		5	5	5	5
Average	5.2	5.4	5.7	5.2	5.2	5.0

1st highest wind speed of Rwanda

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	090°	072°	059°	071°	064°
February	099°	118°	121°	114°	067°
March	149°	083°	109°	116°	131°
April		147°	142°	138°	160°
May		162°	152°	158°	156°
June		165°	165°	163°	171°
July		166°	162°	163°	169°
August		157°	146°	155°	150°
September		125°	144°	118°	134°
October		104°	080°	107°	089°
November		104°	070°	066°	090°
December		094°	081°	116°	044°

Prevailing wind direction

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