Climate Akpaka Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cadjehoun Airport (DBBB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	39.5	43	24	35	66	22
February	59.9	62	58	54	68	31
March	95.6	100	98	97	85	98
April	92.4		96	91	84	94
May	90.2		90	89	93	94
June	87.2		86	87	89	85
July	88.7		89	90	95	95
August	89.4		75	90	91	93
September	86.2		81	81	81	88
October	89.4		90	91	95	92
November	88.2		90	90	91	94
December	52.8		34	78	53	76
Average	79.2	69.3	76.6	81.9	82.8	80.9

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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	53.1	64	41	45	74	31
February	72.3	65	67	69	83	49
March	99.3	100	100	100	98	100
April	97.8		99	97	95	99
May	96.5		97	96	99	97
June	95.1		94	97	94	93
July	96.4		94	97	98	98
August	97.8		94	97	98	99
September	93.4		89	90	93	96
October	96.3		95	99	99	99
November	95.6		96	98	98	100
December	68.0		50	86	72	83
Average	87.5	77.1	85.3	90.0	92.0	87.5

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	32.1	33	32	32	32	32
February	32.3	33	32	32	32	33
March	32.0	33	32	32	32	32
April	31.8		32	31	32	32
May	31.2		32	31	31	32
June	29.5		29	29	31	30
July	28.3		29	28	29	28
August	28.2		28	28	29	28
September	28.6		29	28	29	28
October	29.9		30	30	31	30
November	31.3		32	31	31	31
December	32.0		33	31	32	31
Average	30.8	32.9	30.8	30.2	30.8	30.4

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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	25.4	27	26	25	26	24
February	26.6	27	27	26	27	26
March	26.9	28	26	28	27	27
April	26.2		26	25	27	26
May	25.8		26	26	26	26
June	24.7		25	24	25	25
July	24.8		25	25	25	25
August	24.3		25	24	25	24
September	24.3		25	25	25	24
October	25.0		26	25	25	25
November	25.7		26	26	26	26
December	25.7		26	26	26	26
Average	25.6	27.0	25.5	25.2	25.7	25.3

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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	0.4	0	0	0	1	0
March	0.5	0	1	0	2	1
April	0.7		0	1	1	1
May	2.3		4	3	1	1
June	6.2		10	7	5	6
July	8.8		9	8	2	6
August	6.1		14	4	5	0
September	9.4		13	14	7	13
October	3.4		3	2	3	6
November	0.2		0	0	0	0
December	0.1		0	0	0	1
Average	2.9	0.1	4.7	3.4	2.2	2.9

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	7.0	7	7	7	8	6
February	7.9	8	8	9	8	7
March	9.5	9	9	10	10	10
April	8.7		9	8	9	8
May	7.6		8	8	9	8
June	8.3		10	8	7	9
July	10.4		10	11	11	10
August	11.0		11	11	11	11
September	9.2		9	10	8	10
October	7.5		8	8	8	8
November	7.0		8	7	7	7
December	6.7		7	7	7	8
Average	8.4	8.1	8.6	8.6	8.7	8.6

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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	210°	218°	206°	224°	188°
February	208°	212°	217°	209°	206°
March	218°	214°	219°	216°	225°
April		220°	212°	210°	215°
May		205°	212°	219°	212°
June		229°	223°	218°	224°
July		229°	233°	230°	235°
August		226°	226°	229°	226°
September		229°	225°	226°	234°
October		211°	218°	220°	220°
November		213°	220°	213°	211°
December		213°	222°	216°	227°

Prevailing wind direction

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