Climate Murtala Muhammed International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Murtala Muhammed International Airport (DNMM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	17.8	12	17	11	23	13
February	26.1	26	29	31	18	13
March	57.1	67	67	50	42	61
April	56.3		58	58	56	66
May	54.1		51	55	51	63
June	45.4		53	51	53	35
July	33.3		43	34	40	30
August	34.4		39	31	37	45
September	33.1		32	26	36	40
October	36.6		45	40	41	44
November	35.5		26	40	33	38
December	20.0		14	33	16	32
Average	37.2	34.6	40.4	39.6	38.4	40.7

13th 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	48.4	57	48	33	68	30
February	66.3	57	63	69	74	55
March	96.9	99	97	98	88	99
April	95.5		95	92	96	99
May	93.7		93	93	93	95
June	89.4		94	90	87	82
July	88.0		93	80	95	89
August	90.9		94	88	92	97
September	87.8		84	83	90	93
October	89.9		93	93	98	91
November	91.1		93	93	92	93
December	59.4		50	86	59	83
Average	81.9	70.8	82.9	84.9	87.3	83.2

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	35	35	34	33	35
February	34.0	35	34	35	33	36
March	33.5	35	33	34	33	34
April	32.8		33	33	33	33
May	32.0		32	32	32	33
June	30.6		30	32	31	32
July	28.8		29	28	30	29
August	29.2		29	31	29	30
September	29.1		29	29	30	29
October	30.5		31	31	31	30
November	32.2		32	33	32	32
December	33.5		34	33	34	33
Average	32.0	34.7	31.8	32.0	31.7	31.9

11th 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	24.0	26	24	22	25	23
February	25.6	26	26	25	26	25
March	25.8	26	24	27	26	26
April	25.3		24	25	25	26
May	24.9		25	25	25	25
June	23.8		24	23	23	24
July	23.9		24	24	24	24
August	23.8		25	23	24	24
September	23.5		23	23	24	24
October	23.9		25	24	23	24
November	24.8		26	25	24	25
December	24.5		25	25	24	25
Average	24.6	25.5	24.4	24.0	24.5	24.5

14th 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	0.3	1	0	0	1	0
February	0.4	0	0	0	1	0
March	0.2	0	1	0	0	1
April	0.4		0	0	1	1
May	1.0		1	1	1	1
June	5.1		6	3	2	3
July	9.4		10	11	3	5
August	7.6		11	9	8	2
September	9.2		13	14	2	14
October	3.4		1	2	3	5
November	1.4		4	2	1	1
December	0.8		0	2	0	1
Average	3.0	0.4	3.5	3.5	2.1	2.4

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	5.2	6	6	6	5	5
February	5.7	7	6	6	5	6
March	6.4	8	7	7	6	6
April	6.0		7	6	5	6
May	5.6		7	6	6	5
June	5.5		8	5	5	5
July	6.2		8	6	8	5
August	7.0		8	7	8	6
September	6.0		7	6	6	5
October	5.6		6	5	5	5
November	4.8		5	5	5	5
December	4.8		6	4	5	5
Average	5.9	7.0	6.7	5.9	5.8	5.3

11th 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	224°	194°	146°	241°	083°
February	197°	190°	193°	235°	205°
March	217°	183°	189°	218°	230°
April		211°	184°	218°	219°
May		203°	183°	216°	212°
June		227°	199°	215°	230°
July		230°	205°	231°	246°
August		229°	201°	232°	243°
September		236°	202°	229°	239°
October		212°	201°	207°	214°
November		224°	210°	194°	233°
December		281°	211°	230°	242°

Prevailing wind direction

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