Statistics Sam Mbakwe International Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sam Mbakwe International Airport (DNIM) between 2019 and 2023.

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VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	48.2	40	47	50	100
February	41.6	20	46	33	0
March	16.6	0	100	0	0
April	16.8	14	13	40	100
May	17.4	18	0	33
June	7.4	8	0		0
July	0.0	0		0	0
August	2.5	2	0	7		0
September	8.0	10	0	4	0	20
October	12.3	12	0	13		0
November	6.5	4	0	13	0	0
December	25.3		50	24	25	0
Average	20.7	8.1	39.8	15.5	31.8	8.3

15th best VFR conditions of Nigeria

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

Visibility: 8 km or more
Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	93.7	100	94	83	100
February	94.4	100	96	67	0
March	83.3	100	100	67	100
April	93.6	93	100	100	100
May	94.3	96	89	33
June	92.0	92	100		100
July	96.5	97		100	100
August	87.2	89	50	78		0
September	85.8	91	100	77	0	80
October	91.1	94	100	87		67
November	84.4	90	100	71	100	0
December	79.3		88	77	100	100
Average	87.0	92.8	93.6	78.1	95.4	75.0

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

Visibility: 5 km or more
Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	32.2	33	33	31	32
February	31.1	33	33	27	28
March	29.8	25	27	30	32
April	30.3	31	29	29	30
May	30.6	32	28	26
June	30.1	30	30		28
July	29.1	30		26	28
August	28.2	29	25	28		27
September	28.0	29	28	28	25	26
October	29.7	31	29	29		26
November	30.7	32	33	30	29	27
December	30.0		23	33	29	23
Average	29.1	30.5	30.4	29.4	29.4	25.5

5th highest temperature of Nigeria

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	27.1	30	26	30	32
February	28.1	29	28	27	28
March	29.8	25	27	30	32
April	27.1	26	28	29	30
May	25.5	25	27	26
June	24.7	24	30		27
July	25.0	25		26	27
August	24.9	25	25	25		26
September	25.3	25	28	26	25	25
October	24.8	25	29	25		25
November	25.1	25	32	24	29	27
December	24.8		21	25	28	23
Average	26.1	24.9	26.7	25.4	28.8	24.7

15th lowest temperature of Nigeria

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	0.0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0	0	0	0	0
May	2.5	3	0	0
June	3.2	3	0		0
July	2.9	3		0	0
August	4.5	4	0	7		0
September	5.5	5	0	8	0	0
October	0.3	0	0	1		0
November	1.0	1	0	1	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.8	2.3		2.0

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	7.3	9	7	5	7
February	3.2	1	4	4	0
March	5.1	0	0	9	5
April	5.3	5	8	3	7
May	5.8	6	3	2
June	4.5	5	12		7
July	3.3	3		6	5
August	2.7	3	9	2		0
September	4.0	3	7	6	0	6
October	3.0	3	3	4		4
November	2.2	2	4	3	5	0
December	6.3		4	7	3	0
Average	4.6	3.6	6.0	4.6	4.5	4.2

5th 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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	061°	047°	036°	060°
February	233°	355°	052°	360°
March	360°	360°	245°	026°
April	219°	214°	153°	218°
May	213°	209°	210°
June	229°	210°		235°
July	236°		240°	252°
August	238°	200°	260°		360°
September	225°	243°	222°	360°	199°
October	199°	090°	215°		293°
November	203°	180°	217°	206°	360°
December		054°	039°	225°	360°

Prevailing wind direction

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