Climate Tshimpumpu Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ndjili International Airport (FZAA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	26.7	34	38	15	26	23
February	29.6	34	22	17	14	33
March	38.9	42	25	29	33	34
April	36.5		35	21	27	31
May	15.7		22	1	7	8
June	0.8		1	1	0	0
July	0.4		1	1	0	1
August	4.6		1	2	3	3
September	15.2		9	8	7	11
October	31.1		25	19	20	35
November	37.4		24	24	17	32
December	31.5		23	29	28	21
Average	22.4	37.0	17.0	12.0	14.2	19.1

5th best VFR conditions of Congo

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	97.0	98	100	97	100	96
February	94.4	95	92	98	95	94
March	97.3	99	99	96	98	96
April	97.4		100	94	97	99
May	89.4		98	89	89	81
June	66.0		72	66	70	71
July	58.1		59	50	66	69
August	78.1		70	81	75	85
September	94.0		95	99	90	93
October	93.4		90	97	95	93
November	95.0		85	96	95	95
December	95.2		94	96	97	97
Average	88.1	97.4	86.8	87.5	87.2	89.1

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	30	31	31	29	31
February	31.2	32	31	31	29	32
March	32.3	33	32	32	30	33
April	31.5		31	29	33	32
May	30.9		32	30	32	32
June	28.9		28	29	30	28
July	28.2		29	27	29	29
August	29.2		29	29	29	29
September	30.6		32	30	31	30
October	30.9		32	31	30	31
November	29.9		30	29	28	30
December	29.9		30	29	29	30
Average	30.4	31.8	30.5	29.6	29.8	30.5

2nd highest temperature of Congo

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	23.2	25	25	22	23	24
February	22.9	24	23	24	24	23
March	23.4	25	24	24	23	24
April	23.4		25	23	24	23
May	22.9		23	23	23	24
June	21.6		23	21	23	22
July	20.5		22	20	21	21
August	21.0		22	21	22	22
September	22.4		24	23	21	23
October	22.9		24	24	23	23
November	22.9		24	24	24	23
December	22.6		24	24	24	22
Average	22.6	24.5	23.3	22.5	22.8	22.7

3rd lowest temperature of Congo

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	3.5	2	0	2	4	4
February	3.1	3	2	1	2	3
March	1.9	2	0	4	1	4
April	2.7		4	2	2	1
May	1.0		0	1	2	3
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	1	0	0
August	0.1		0	0	0	0
September	1.2		0	2	1	2
October	3.7		5	1	2	2
November	6.1		5	4	5	6
December	6.2		8	4	8	6
Average	2.3	2.4	2.1	1.6	1.8	2.3

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	5.7	6	6	6	5	6
February	5.9	6	5	6	6	6
March	6.3	5	6	6	6	7
April	5.6		5	5	6	6
May	5.4		6	5	5	5
June	6.3		6	6	6	6
July	6.9		6	7	6	7
August	7.7		7	8	7	8
September	7.3		8	7	7	7
October	6.5		7	6	7	6
November	6.1		6	5	6	5
December	5.6		5	6	5	5
Average	6.2	5.6	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2

2nd highest wind speed of Congo

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	292°	341°	288°	277°	275°
February	288°	276°	287°	261°	276°
March	269°	267°	295°	280°	284°
April		241°	244°	254°	281°
May		275°	281°	299°	280°
June		266°	268°	274°	274°
July		285°	265°	278°	285°
August		278°	271°	265°	274°
September		294°	272°	269°	269°
October		277°	262°	273°	276°
November		262°	280°	270°	270°
December		278°	213°	281°	322°

Prevailing wind direction

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