George Airport

FAGG · Western Cape, South Africa

Climate George Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of George Airport (FAGG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 65.5 67 59 55 71 59
February 73.8 83 56 69 88 71
March 75.3 72 73 71 75 83
April 81.4 85 83 69 94
May 88.4 74 92 90 88
June 91.5 80 93 97 93
July 91.3 90 87 95 93
August 90.1 92 87 88 91
September 81.8 77 81 81 81
October 75.2 70 65 81 70
November 79.4 85 76 81 77
December 70.0 67 53 59 70
Average 78.7 73.2 74.6 75.1 80.0 79.3

12th 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 84.5 80 79 78 86 83
February 88.8 92 76 86 97 89
March 90.6 87 91 85 93 94
April 90.6 95 90 79 98
May 96.0 93 96 98 95
June 96.9 92 98 99 98
July 97.1 96 96 98 97
August 97.7 100 96 95 99
September 93.1 90 93 94 92
October 88.8 80 87 90 87
November 92.4 94 87 95 91
December 87.8 86 74 79 88
Average 91.1 86.2 88.6 88.3 91.3 91.8

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 24.3 25 24 26 24 24
February 24.6 26 24 26 24 25
March 23.8 24 24 25 24 24
April 22.1 21 21 22 24
May 20.9 19 21 21 21
June 20.0 18 21 21 21
July 19.1 17 19 18 20
August 18.2 20 18 18 18
September 19.2 18 19 19 20
October 20.4 20 21 21 19
November 21.4 23 22 20 22
December 22.5 23 23 21 22
Average 21.8 25.0 20.8 21.6 20.9 21.5

21st 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 16 16 17 16 17
February 15.7 15 15 17 15 17
March 14.6 15 15 16 15 15
April 12.0 12 11 12 12
May 10.5 10 10 10 11
June 9.2 9 9 11 10
July 7.8 7 8 7 8
August 7.4 8 8 7 7
September 9.2 9 9 9 9
October 11.3 12 13 10 11
November 12.4 13 12 12 13
December 14.4 14 16 15 15
Average 12.1 15.3 11.5 11.9 11.4 11.9

14th 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 6.8 7 9 2 6 12
February 4.5 2 8 5 4 6
March 6.5 7 7 5 9 3
April 4.2 6 7 6 2
May 5.7 16 4 5 4
June 4.7 14 4 3 2
July 4.2 5 7 5 5
August 4.7 3 7 5 8
September 6.5 9 3 8 7
October 7.9 15 8 8 10
November 4.4 2 2 5 7
December 6.4 12 9 6 5
Average 5.5 5.4 8.7 5.0 5.6 6.0

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 8.3 8 7 8 9 9
February 8.0 8 8 7 8 8
March 7.4 7 8 7 8 7
April 6.9 7 7 5 7
May 6.6 6 7 7 7
June 8.0 10 6 8 9
July 7.6 7 7 8 8
August 8.2 8 8 7 10
September 8.1 9 7 8 9
October 8.7 9 8 8 9
November 8.2 7 8 8 8
December 8.4 8 8 8 9
Average 7.9 7.6 7.8 7.3 7.7 8.3

21st 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 156° 165° 157° 160° 148°
February 190° 153° 170° 165° 149°
March 180° 173° 169° 172° 164°
April 245° 195° 155° 173°
May 239° 252° 253° 255°
June 275° 298° 288° 294°
July 263° 288° 265° 277°
August 280° 239° 231° 260°
September 232° 216° 181° 208°
October 134° 171° 205° 165°
November 176° 173° 167° 181°
December 167° 174° 150° 161°

Prevailing wind direction

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