Bizana Airport

FABZ · Eastern Cape, South Africa

Climate Bizana Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of K. D. Matanzima Airport (FAUT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 54.2 44 46 65 55 52
February 51.9 52 37 49 52 53
March 55.0 62 47 45 61 70
April 64.0 75 59 74 54
May 76.7 56 78 95 78
June 81.8 74 79 81 78
July 82.6 74 80 89 82
August 75.2 67 80 73 80
September 67.9 61 67 61 75
October 63.7 42 62 69 61
November 53.2 56 52 49 43
December 47.4 30 52 52 46
Average 62.0 52.0 53.3 63.2 65.7 63.1

13th 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 84.4 82 64 96 86 84
February 81.2 88 69 76 85 78
March 80.4 82 75 71 87 84
April 86.7 96 86 86 81
May 88.7 81 91 99 82
June 89.5 86 89 93 80
July 91.2 87 93 94 84
August 90.5 87 91 89 88
September 87.8 85 86 90 93
October 87.8 80 92 90 87
November 83.2 82 83 85 79
December 82.5 71 95 90 79
Average 85.6 83.8 79.1 87.0 89.1 83.0

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 27.3 27 29 27 27 27
February 27.1 28 27 27 26 27
March 26.3 30 28 26 22 27
April 23.2 23 21 26 23
May 22.4 22 22 23 23
June 21.1 20 21 20 22
July 21.7 21 21 21 23
August 21.6 24 21 21 21
September 23.8 24 23 23 24
October 24.4 23 24 24 25
November 24.8 27 23 24 24
December 25.1 24 27 24 25
Average 24.5 28.2 24.3 23.4 23.2 24.1

14th 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 15.8 17 17 15 16 16
February 16.1 16 16 16 16 16
March 14.9 16 16 15 12 15
April 11.3 9 9 13 12
May 8.3 7 8 9 8
June 5.7 6 5 7 5
July 4.8 5 5 4 4
August 6.1 5 7 5 5
September 9.0 8 8 10 9
October 10.4 9 10 9 12
November 12.4 14 11 11 13
December 14.7 15 16 14 16
Average 11.4 16.3 10.4 10.2 10.4 10.9

6th 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 9.3 11 12 6 12 9
February 8.6 3 13 7 7 13
March 6.7 4 6 8 3 4
April 7.7 0 18 9 6
May 3.4 10 5 1 0
June 1.2 3 1 5 0
July 0.4 0 2 0 0
August 2.1 0 4 2 1
September 5.8 7 11 9 1
October 8.4 15 8 4 11
November 9.3 5 15 9 13
December 11.0 16 9 12 9
Average 6.5 6.2 7.9 7.7 6.4 5.9

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 6.5 6 6 6 6 7
February 5.9 6 6 5 6 6
March 5.4 6 6 5 5 5
April 4.1 5 5 5 5
May 4.1 4 4 4 5
June 4.8 6 4 5 5
July 4.9 6 4 5 5
August 6.0 6 6 5 7
September 6.3 7 5 6 6
October 7.1 7 6 7 8
November 7.2 7 7 7 7
December 6.9 6 7 7 7
Average 5.9 6.3 5.9 5.3 5.8 6.0

14th 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 153° 151° 117° 114° 127°
February 152° 163° 114° 122° 116°
March 145° 151° 133° 108° 118°
April 172° 186° 138° 189°
May 221° 209° 259° 252°
June 299° 281° 261° 295°
July 267° 339° 246° 261°
August 199° 216° 188° 223°
September 186° 120° 124° 126°
October 177° 149° 135° 134°
November 162° 141° 117° 133°
December 154° 131° 124° 120°

Prevailing wind direction

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