Asaba International Airport

DNAS · Delta, Nigeria

Climate Asaba International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Akanu Ibiam International Airport (DNEN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 19.5 29 28 13 24 4
February 23.7 52 31 15 32 14
March 46.3 44 60 48 37 37
April 50.6 42 47 51 64
May 50.4 40 66 48 100
June 27.1 20 30 41 33
July 21.8 18 37 28 16
August 22.1 22 20 15 35
September 24.2 21 27 26 15
October 34.6 27 48 32 27
November 57.0 50 64 57 53
December 34.4 26 51 12 35
Average 34.3 39.0 31.0 39.4 32.7 31.1

14th best VFR conditions of Nigeria

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 65.4 69 71 65 80 44
February 63.8 87 68 57 75 55
March 93.4 98 96 97 82 90
April 97.5 99 96 94 100
May 94.7 94 94 96 100
June 90.8 94 89 95 83
July 88.7 94 96 88 79
August 84.2 92 83 79 91
September 82.4 88 89 78 74
October 85.5 94 91 91 85
November 94.4 95 93 96 97
December 76.4 78 87 45 82
Average 84.1 85.2 87.9 86.0 82.1 79.0

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 34.1 33 35 34 35 34
February 34.9 31 36 36 35 36
March 34.5 34 34 36 34 35
April 33.0 33 33 34 33
May 31.3 33 31 32 28
June 29.9 31 31 30 29
July 29.2 31 30 29 29
August 28.9 30 28 29 30
September 29.4 30 30 30 28
October 30.6 30 31 32 30
November 32.6 30 34 33 34
December 33.2 31 33 33 35
Average 31.4 32.4 31.9 32.1 32.1 32.0

9th highest temperature of Nigeria

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 22.3 22 22 22 24 22
February 24.4 27 25 23 25 23
March 26.0 27 24 27 27 26
April 25.4 26 25 26 26
May 25.1 24 24 26 27
June 23.7 23 23 25 25
July 23.9 24 23 24 24
August 23.4 22 24 23 24
September 23.5 24 23 24 24
October 23.6 23 24 24 24
November 23.8 26 24 22 23
December 21.5 22 21 19 24
Average 24.4 25.4 23.6 23.4 23.9 24.0

10th lowest temperature of Nigeria

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.4 0 1 0 1 0
April 0.8 3 0 0 0
May 0.3 0 1 1 0
June 2.3 5 1 0 2
July 1.1 1 0 2 3
August 2.8 3 4 2 0
September 3.0 5 3 4 1
October 0.3 1 1 0 0
November 0.1 0 0 1 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average 0.6 1.5 0.7 0.7 0.3

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 5.4 4 7 5 4 6
February 5.2 5 6 4 5 5
March 4.7 4 5 5 5 5
April 5.3 6 6 5 4
May 5.1 6 5 5 4
June 4.8 5 5 4 4
July 5.3 4 6 7 5
August 5.4 5 6 6 6
September 5.1 5 7 5 4
October 4.3 5 5 5 3
November 3.6 4 4 4 4
December 4.5 5 4 5 4
Average 4.7 4.4 5.3 5.1 4.8 4.6

9th highest wind speed of Nigeria

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 064° 044° 035° 098° 073°
February 043° 039° 044° 075° 074°
March 220° 244° 216° 258° 277°
April 236° 212° 244° 242°
May 212° 221° 245° 223°
June 234° 213° 243° 277°
July 252° 239° 237° 286°
August 247° 228° 246° 293°
September 247° 238° 205° 282°
October 214° 147° 210° 231°
November 311° 056° 208° 097°
December 053° 051° 035° 091°

Prevailing wind direction

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