Tunta Airport

CD-0048 · Kasaï-Oriental, Congo

Climate Tunta Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kigoma Airport (HTKA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 94.7 99 94 97 94 86
February 97.0 98 98 99 96 97
March 95.4 91 93 96 94 96
April 89.2 88 96 82 85
May 94.8 98 96 95 92
June 98.2 97 99 99 99
July 98.6 100 98 98 97
August 97.5 98 94 96 98
September 97.7 97 97 96 97
October 94.3 93 98 97 95
November 93.4 92 93 95 92
December 93.6 96 91 93 96
Average 95.5 95.5 95.2 95.9 94.3 94.0

2nd 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 99.5 99 100 99 99 99
February 99.7 99 100 100 100 100
March 99.6 100 99 99 99 100
April 99.6 99 99 100 99
May 99.9 100 100 100 100
June 99.8 100 100 100 100
July 99.7 100 99 99 100
August 99.4 100 99 99 99
September 99.7 100 100 99 100
October 99.8 100 100 100 100
November 99.5 99 100 100 99
December 99.5 99 100 100 100
Average 99.6 99.4 99.7 99.6 99.5 99.6

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 27.6 28 28 27 28 28
February 27.8 29 28 26 28 29
March 28.2 29 28 28 29 28
April 27.9 28 28 28 29
May 28.5 29 28 28 30
June 28.2 30 28 29 29
July 28.4 30 27 29 29
August 29.9 31 29 30 30
September 30.4 30 30 31 30
October 29.4 30 30 30 29
November 27.5 27 27 28 28
December 27.3 28 27 27 28
Average 28.4 28.8 29.0 27.9 28.7 28.8

8th 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 20.1 21 20 21 20 20
February 20.2 21 20 21 19 21
March 19.6 20 21 20 19 19
April 20.1 20 21 20 20
May 19.5 19 20 19 18
June 18.1 18 17 16 17
July 16.9 17 18 15 15
August 17.5 19 18 17 17
September 19.6 21 19 19 19
October 19.8 21 21 20 18
November 19.3 21 19 20 18
December 19.0 21 19 20 19
Average 19.3 20.6 19.6 19.4 18.5 18.3

12th 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 3.0 3 2 1 5 4
February 4.3 3 2 11 3 5
March 4.0 5 4 3 2 5
April 5.5 7 5 6 6
May 2.4 4 1 4 2
June 0.3 0 1 0 0
July 0.2 0 0 0 0
August 0.2 0 0 0 0
September 0.4 1 0 0 1
October 2.9 3 0 1 4
November 5.0 7 7 2 4
December 5.6 6 5 9 8
Average 3.0 3.8 2.8 3.0 2.6 3.3

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 4.0 2 5 4 4 4
February 4.2 2 5 4 4 4
March 4.4 2 5 5 5 4
April 5.5 5 5 6 5
May 6.3 6 6 6 7
June 7.2 7 7 8 7
July 7.4 8 7 8 8
August 7.5 9 7 7 8
September 7.3 7 7 7 7
October 6.6 7 7 6 6
November 4.6 3 5 5 5
December 3.6 2 4 4 4
Average 5.3 2.0 5.5 5.5 5.8 5.7

8th 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 215° 209° 240° 238° 272°
February 236° 248° 251° 259° 240°
March 204° 232° 231° 230° 265°
April 246° 278° 244° 259°
May 193° 212° 209° 149°
June 188° 142° 184° 180°
July 149° 157° 187° 166°
August 175° 180° 189° 198°
September 270° 151° 239° 228°
October 235° 216° 266° 260°
November 203° 193° 237° 263°
December 191° 244° 247° 246°

Prevailing wind direction

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