Climate King Shaka International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of King Shaka International Airport (FALE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	82.7	75	82	84	82	91
February	82.7	83	80	86	90	80
March	84.3	85	81	93	86	91
April	86.7		92	82	91	89
May	91.8		87	93	96	95
June	97.5		94	99	96	99
July	95.8		95	97	97	98
August	90.6		90	89	93	92
September	81.3		75	78	84	87
October	79.3		76	81	81	73
November	76.9		79	77	83	71
December	75.5		69	80	80	77
Average	84.5	80.6	82.6	86.2	87.5	86.3

8th 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	96.1	95	93	98	96	99
February	96.0	97	97	96	99	92
March	97.4	97	100	100	98	98
April	97.2		99	94	99	96
May	98.3		97	99	99	100
June	99.9		100	100	99	100
July	99.6		100	99	100	100
August	99.4		98	99	99	100
September	95.4		95	94	94	97
October	95.3		94	96	92	93
November	94.5		96	95	97	93
December	93.5		93	94	94	95
Average	96.7	96.4	96.6	96.9	96.9	96.7

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	27.0	27	28	28	27	28
February	27.2	27	28	27	27	28
March	26.9	28	27	27	27	27
April	25.1		26	24	26	25
May	24.0		24	23	24	24
June	23.1		23	23	23	23
July	22.5		23	23	21	23
August	22.4		22	22	22	23
September	23.1		24	24	23	23
October	23.4		23	25	22	24
November	24.3		25	25	24	25
December	25.5		25	26	26	27
Average	24.8	27.0	24.7	24.6	24.2	24.8

10th 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	19.9	20	20	20	21	21
February	20.5	20	21	21	20	21
March	19.4	19	20	19	19	19
April	16.9		16	16	17	17
May	13.4		14	13	13	12
June	10.1		11	9	10	9
July	9.1		10	10	8	8
August	11.3		11	11	11	10
September	14.1		14	15	14	14
October	15.7		16	18	14	17
November	17.4		18	17	17	19
December	19.4		19	20	19	21
Average	16.1	19.6	15.9	15.5	15.2	15.4

19th 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	7.2	11	9	4	11	4
February	8.1	5	9	7	4	13
March	4.9	5	3	3	2	3
April	6.7		2	17	5	8
May	4.7		8	7	3	1
June	0.9		1	1	2	2
July	0.8		2	0	1	0
August	2.2		3	2	4	1
September	6.6		8	6	9	6
October	8.9		14	6	11	12
November	8.3		4	10	6	13
December	10.0		16	9	9	6
Average	6.1	6.9	6.6	5.9	5.7	5.7

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	9.1	8	9	9	9	8
February	8.5	9	8	7	8	8
March	8.4	9	9	8	8	8
April	7.6		7	7	7	8
May	6.9		7	7	7	6
June	6.4		6	6	7	5
July	6.9		7	7	7	7
August	8.7		8	8	9	9
September	9.0		9	9	10	9
October	9.5		9	9	9	10
November	9.1		8	9	10	8
December	8.6		8	9	8	8
Average	8.4	9.0	8.0	7.9	8.2	8.0

10th 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	081°	051°	066°	097°	076°
February	063°	088°	078°	127°	120°
March	061°	079°	059°	083°	076°
April		117°	165°	141°	125°
May		147°	158°	097°	134°
June		121°	097°	135°	102°
July		143°	116°	105°	094°
August		068°	153°	140°	132°
September		105°	116°	111°	079°
October		139°	115°	079°	091°
November		075°	089°	100°	095°
December		099°	061°	093°	114°

Prevailing wind direction

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