Yola Airport

DNYO · Adamawa, Nigeria

Climate Yola Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Yola Airport (DNYO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.9 73 79 50 72 50
February 50.5 49 45 59 55 69
March 75.3 78 93 43 55 75
April 79.5 74 100 94 100
May 93.8 94 100 97 0
June 80.9 80 75 90 50
July 78.3 79 89 71 0
August 73.7 80 51 86 75
September 78.2 82 73 54 100
October 87.9 83 93 100 94
November 88.5 85 97 79 78
December 84.4 86 96 59 55
Average 75.9 66.5 79.9 78.9 73.8 73.2

1st 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 88.4 83 95 70 90 70
February 76.3 72 74 85 82 85
March 90.2 96 100 68 70 81
April 91.7 89 100 100 100
May 98.9 99 100 97 100
June 98.0 98 100 97 100
July 94.0 93 100 100 67
August 97.1 100 92 94 100
September 96.0 99 90 100 100
October 94.5 91 96 100 100
November 98.3 99 99 90 98
December 95.7 96 99 78 97
Average 91.8 83.8 94.3 92.3 89.2 92.9

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 33.3 34 35 29 35 28
February 35.0 36 37 35 35 30
March 38.4 41 39 37 37 36
April 37.8 39 37 38 35
May 36.1 37 35 35 30
June 32.5 33 29 32 34
July 31.4 33 31 30 27
August 30.4 32 29 29 31
September 30.7 32 30 29 28
October 32.1 34 32 34 32
November 35.0 36 35 37 34
December 33.4 34 36 33 33
Average 33.6 37.1 35.0 32.8 33.9 32.0

3rd 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 24.1 23 19 27 30 27
February 26.5 25 23 28 30 29
March 31.0 32 27 32 33 35
April 32.0 29 35 35 35
May 29.1 27 33 33 30
June 27.2 25 28 30 34
July 26.4 25 28 28 25
August 26.4 26 25 28 31
September 25.1 24 24 28 28
October 26.6 26 25 32 29
November 27.5 28 24 32 28
December 25.7 25 21 29 29
Average 27.6 26.3 25.2 25.9 30.6 29.5

11th 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 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 2.3 2 0 3 0
July 1.0 1 0 4 0
August 2.5 1 8 0 0
September 2.1 2 3 0 0
October 0.4 1 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average 0.5 0.1 0.6 1.2 0.4

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 4.5 5 4 6 3 5
February 5.5 6 6 6 5 5
March 5.9 6 5 5 7 5
April 6.8 7 8 5 5
May 5.3 6 1 4 0
June 6.0 6 7 5 4
July 5.8 6 6 6 5
August 6.0 7 5 4 4
September 5.2 5 5 7 10
October 5.1 6 4 5 6
November 5.3 6 5 5 5
December 4.8 6 5 5 2
Average 4.9 5.7 5.8 5.0 4.7 4.8

3rd 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 054° 048° 095° 065° 063°
February 055° 080° 068° 051° 032°
March 312° 315° 343° 281° 261°
April 289° 276° 302° 276°
May 285° 279° 267° 360°
June 281° 304° 248° 260°
July 291° 280° 266° 282°
August 278° 285° 276° 273°
September 291° 309° 276° 319°
October 289° 311° 290° 265°
November 319° 076° 333° 077°
December 074° 084° 021° 075°

Prevailing wind direction

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