Climate Bisho Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ben Schoeman Airport (FAEL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	74.8	60	69	79	82	74
February	80.6	80	72	86	82	89
March	84.7	77	81	88	86	92
April	86.8		88	83	89	90
May	94.2		84	95	99	100
June	96.9		90	98	97	99
July	97.4		99	97	98	98
August	93.9		93	90	96	97
September	87.7		78	88	89	95
October	85.1		61	87	96	83
November	82.7		75	86	87	85
December	73.2		57	67	85	70
Average	84.3	71.8	77.3	86.6	89.8	87.9

7th best VFR conditions of South Africa

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	90.2	88	84	92	90	89
February	91.9	95	87	94	93	96
March	94.3	92	92	94	96	97
April	95.2		95	91	93	97
May	97.7		94	98	100	100
June	98.3		94	100	98	99
July	99.6		100	99	100	100
August	96.9		98	94	98	99
September	95.2		91	93	94	97
October	92.1		75	91	99	90
November	92.5		86	93	94	95
December	87.1		80	81	93	84
Average	93.6	91.5	89.0	93.3	95.3	94.5

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	25.6	26	27	26	26	26
February	25.9	25	27	26	25	27
March	25.3	26	25	26	26	26
April	23.4		25	22	24	23
May	22.7		21	22	23	24
June	22.1		21	22	23	24
July	21.8		20	21	21	23
August	20.8		23	20	20	21
September	21.6		21	22	21	21
October	21.9		20	23	22	22
November	22.9		24	23	22	23
December	23.9		23	25	24	24
Average	23.5	25.7	22.9	23.1	23.1	23.4

16th highest temperature of South Africa

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	19.1	19	20	20	19	20
February	19.0	19	20	20	19	19
March	18.0	19	18	19	18	19
April	15.9		16	15	16	16
May	13.8		13	14	14	14
June	12.4		12	12	13	13
July	11.5		10	13	11	11
August	11.5		12	12	11	11
September	13.3		12	14	13	13
October	14.5		13	16	14	15
November	15.9		16	17	15	17
December	17.3		16	19	18	17
Average	15.6	18.9	14.7	15.6	15.1	15.3

20th lowest temperature of South Africa

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.9	11	8	6	9	11
February	8.5	4	14	11	9	9
March	5.3	6	7	9	4	2
April	6.6		3	12	6	6
May	3.7		11	4	1	0
June	1.9		7	1	3	0
July	1.3		2	4	1	0
August	4.2		0	10	6	3
September	6.5		9	11	8	4
October	9.2		23	8	4	11
November	7.5		8	8	8	8
December	11.5		18	13	10	13
Average	6.5	6.9	9.5	8.1	6.0	6.3

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	10.6	10	10	11	10	10
February	10.0	12	9	10	10	9
March	10.1	11	10	9	11	10
April	9.2		10	10	8	9
May	8.3		8	8	8	9
June	9.1		10	8	8	10
July	9.7		10	9	10	10
August	11.0		10	11	11	12
September	11.2		12	9	11	12
October	11.6		11	11	13	12
November	10.7		8	10	11	11
December	10.5		10	10	10	10
Average	10.3	10.6	9.8	9.7	10.2	10.4

16th highest wind speed of South Africa

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	074°	116°	087°	154°	098°
February	179°	168°	090°	183°	118°
March	090°	175°	191°	122°	155°
April		246°	247°	181°	238°
May		249°	265°	263°	258°
June		273°	287°	277°	286°
July		269°	263°	275°	260°
August		260°	252°	235°	250°
September		235°	223°	205°	211°
October		160°	177°	151°	163°
November		194°	116°	188°	153°
December		156°	188°	104°	177°

Prevailing wind direction

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