Maiduguri International Airport

DNMA · Borno, Nigeria

Climate Maiduguri International Airport 2023-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Diffa Airport (DRZF) between 2023 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023
January 60.2 11 67
February 34.3 45 27
March 50.2 36 70
April 53.2 53
May 70.6 71
June 96.0 96
July 100.0 100
August 100.0 100
September 100.0 100
October 44.4 44
November 83.3 83
December 34.3 34
Average 50.9 36.2 65.6

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
January 70.1 16 78
February 51.5 53 51
March 62.0 46 84
April 76.1 76
May 86.2 86
June 97.3 97
July 100.0 100
August 100.0 100
September 100.0 100
October 66.6 67
November 86.1 86
December 50.0 50
Average 62.2 45.5 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
January 28.7 23 30
February 27.7 26 29
March 37.7 39 37
April 38.1 38
May 40.7 41
June 35.8 36
July 34.5 35
August 30.7 31
September 33.6 34
October 34.3 34
November 33.0 33
December 25.4 26
Average 33.2 32.0 34.4

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023
January 21.1 20 22
February 22.0 22 22
March 31.4 32 30
April 32.1 32
May 34.0 34
June 32.2 32
July 31.3 31
August 30.2 30
September 31.3 31
October 33.2 33
November 27.0 27
December 21.8 22
Average 27.8 27.0 28.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023
January 0.0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0
April 0.0 0
May 0.0 0
June 0.0 0
July 0.0 0
August 0.0 0
September 0.0 0
October 0.0 0
November 0.0 0
December 0.0 0
Average

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
January 12.0 15 12
February 13.5 14 13
March 12.5 13 12
April 10.5 11
May 9.7 10
June 8.6 9
July 9.5 10
August 8.8 9
September 6.0 6
October 16.5 17
November 25.4 25
December 14.1 14
Average 12.6 13.6 11.7

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023
January 062° 061°
February 065° 066°
March 070° 073°
April 059°
May 245°
June 239°
July 248°
August 259°
September 245°
October 077°
November 069°
December 066°

Prevailing wind direction

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