Climate Mallam Aminu International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mallam Aminu International Airport (DNKN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	45.0	56	45	48	62	14
February	35.8	44	25	21	42	27
March	48.9	58	78	22	29	48
April	79.0		76	96	87	76
May	93.2		97	86	95	90
June	92.3		92	91	93	97
July	82.1		89	82	79	76
August	64.7		73	59	71	61
September	82.2		92	87	83	86
October	68.1		36	51	86	73
November	57.4		36	59	68	50
December	51.1		51	59	41	74
Average	64.2	53.3	65.8	61.5	69.2	64.4

8th 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	60.8	68	60	63	78	30
February	56.6	65	41	55	56	45
March	66.7	78	88	44	50	66
April	90.1		86	100	95	89
May	98.2		100	96	99	97
June	97.1		96	95	97	100
July	96.9		98	95	94	98
August	92.8		95	86	96	90
September	96.4		99	98	93	98
October	85.2		69	78	99	82
November	79.5		65	83	93	69
December	67.5		71	80	62	83
Average	80.0	70.7	80.7	79.6	84.2	78.8

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	28.4	30	30	28	31	27
February	31.1	32	32	31	31	30
March	36.8	39	38	36	36	37
April	39.0		39	39	39	40
May	37.9		39	39	39	39
June	34.1		34	34	36	35
July	30.7		33	30	31	31
August	29.3		31	29	30	28
September	31.3		32	31	31	30
October	33.4		34	32	35	33
November	32.8		34	32	35	32
December	29.8		31	32	27	33
Average	32.8	33.7	33.7	32.6	33.5	32.8

6th 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	13.6	13	12	13	13	13
February	15.7	17	14	14	14	15
March	20.3	20	19	19	20	20
April	25.0		23	26	22	26
May	25.1		25	23	25	27
June	23.8		24	22	25	25
July	21.6		21	19	21	22
August	21.2		20	22	22	18
September	22.1		23	20	23	22
October	18.9		19	15	20	18
November	16.2		18	13	15	15
December	13.5		13	12	15	14
Average	19.4	16.3	19.0	18.2	19.3	19.3

2nd 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	0.1	0	1	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.4		0	0	1	1
June	0.2		0	0	0	0
July	1.1		1	1	1	2
August	2.6		2	6	1	3
September	0.6		0	0	0	1
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.3		0.4	0.5	0.3	0.5

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	8.5	8	8	9	9	9
February	8.6	8	10	9	9	10
March	7.7	7	8	8	8	8
April	8.2		8	8	7	9
May	8.2		8	7	8	9
June	7.8		8	8	7	8
July	7.8		6	9	9	8
August	7.0		7	7	7	8
September	5.5		6	5	5	6
October	6.1		6	6	6	6
November	7.4		7	8	6	8
December	7.8		7	8	9	7
Average	7.6	7.8	7.4	7.7	7.5	7.9

6th 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	058°	057°	055°	054°	058°
February	057°	053°	056°	054°	056°
March	055°	063°	058°	050°	063°
April		276°	236°	056°	153°
May		243°	244°	231°	227°
June		225°	224°	236°	236°
July		236°	229°	230°	230°
August		233°	239°	241°	241°
September		250°	240°	263°	238°
October		056°	048°	038°	027°
November		052°	056°	062°	057°
December		055°	056°	052°	054°

Prevailing wind direction

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