Climate Pilanesberg International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Pilanesberg International Airport (FAPN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	1.8	0	0	0		87
February	2.1	0	2	0	0	100
March	2.4	0	2		0
April	1.6		1		0
May	1.8		1		0
June	1.5		2		0
July	1.9		0		0
August	2.0		0		0
September	1.8		0		0
October	2.5		0		0
November	2.3		0		0
December	1.6		0		0
Average	12.8		0.5			89.4

17th 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	2.2	0	0	0		93
February	2.7	0	2	0	0	100
March	2.5	0	2		0
April	2.0		1		0
May	1.8		1		0
June	1.8		3		0
July	1.9		0		0
August	2.0		0		0
September	1.8		0		0
October	2.6		0		0
November	2.4		0		0
December	1.8		0		0
Average	13.6		0.7			94.7

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	26.5	31	32	29		27
February	29.9	33	29	31	29	28
March	30.0	28	29		30
April	26.8		29		26
May	20.6		25		1
June	14.5		23		0
July	15.0		22		1
August	19.7		25		19
September	30.2		31		29
October	28.0		32		32
November	24.1		32		24
December	24.7		32		27
Average	25.9	30.6	28.1	29.7	20.0	27.3

1st 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	16.7	18	23	18		27
February	19.1	19	23	18	19	28
March	16.8	14	19		15
April	12.1		11		9
May	5.8		9		-2
June	1.8		3		0
July	1.5		2		0
August	5.0		4		5
September	11.8		14		12
October	14.2		17		16
November	13.5		17		14
December	14.1		18		17
Average	14.5	17.0	12.8	17.7	9.5	27.1

23rd 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	0.0	0	0	0		7
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0		0
April	0.0		0		0
May	0.1		0		0
June	0.0		0		0
July	0.0		0		0
August	0.0		0		0
September	0.0		0		0
October	0.0		0		0
November	0.0		0		0
December	0.0		0		0
Average	0.6		0.0			5.2

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	4.0	3	5	4		5
February	3.7	4	4	4	3	6
March	3.8	5	4		4
April	3.0		3		3
May	2.9		3		3
June	2.8		3		3
July	3.4		4		3
August	4.2		4		5
September	4.3		5		5
October	4.9		5		5
November	5.1		5		6
December	5.1		5		5
Average	4.0	3.7	4.1	3.9	3.8	5.3

1st 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	047°	073°	043°		073°
February	349°	118°	081°	069°	045°
March	005°	066°		279°
April		327°		210°
May		356°		246°
June		267°		294°
July		095°		082°
August		055°		334°
September		307°		017°
October		011°		008°
November		030°		343°
December		036°		026°

Prevailing wind direction

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