Polokwane International Airport

FAPP · Limpopo, South Africa

Climate Polokwane International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Polokwane International Airport (FAPP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.8 52 76 70 59 68
February 66.9 54 47 76 65 74
March 76.7 61 73 72 78 81
April 75.0 77 64 86 68
May 82.6 61 74 83 93
June 86.7 77 80 90 90
July 87.2 75 83 85 89
August 81.5 70 85 82 82
September 80.5 59 84 85 79
October 77.8 62 85 66 68
November 77.1 72 64 72 78
December 70.8 52 70 71 56
Average 75.1 55.3 66.6 75.6 76.0 76.5

11th 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 91.0 74 92 89 90 95
February 89.7 74 80 90 91 95
March 93.2 78 94 89 95 98
April 94.0 90 89 93 95
May 92.7 78 90 95 96
June 94.3 82 94 98 96
July 95.1 90 94 92 98
August 95.4 87 94 96 98
September 94.6 79 93 97 98
October 93.1 77 95 95 91
November 92.8 83 88 91 94
December 91.2 76 90 91 93
Average 91.3 75.5 83.6 91.1 93.3 95.3

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 28 27 26 27 28
February 27.6 30 27 28 26 27
March 27.4 30 28 26 27 27
April 25.2 27 24 26 24
May 23.2 24 22 23 23
June 21.2 24 19 21 20
July 20.5 21 21 19 20
August 23.3 23 24 23 22
September 26.8 29 28 25 25
October 27.2 28 30 25 26
November 27.6 30 26 28 28
December 27.6 28 28 26 27
Average 25.8 29.3 26.2 24.9 24.7 24.7

8th 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 16.8 17 16 16 18 18
February 17.2 17 18 15 18 17
March 15.6 16 15 15 16 15
April 12.9 12 13 12 13
May 9.1 10 9 8 8
June 5.8 6 5 6 5
July 5.3 4 6 5 4
August 8.0 7 8 8 8
September 11.0 11 10 11 11
October 13.7 12 14 13 15
November 15.7 15 16 16 17
December 17.3 17 17 17 19
Average 12.8 16.4 11.6 11.7 12.1 12.4

13th 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 3.0 3 2 2 6 1
February 3.7 1 3 0 5 4
March 0.8 0 0 2 1 1
April 2.1 0 5 2 2
May 0.7 1 1 0 0
June 0.1 0 0 0 0
July 0.1 0 1 0 0
August 0.1 0 0 1 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.6 0 2 0 1
November 1.3 1 3 2 1
December 3.6 6 1 4 4
Average 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.8 1.1

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 6.0 5 7 6 7 6
February 5.8 6 7 5 6 5
March 5.6 7 6 5 5 5
April 5.3 6 6 5 6
May 4.7 6 5 5 5
June 5.2 6 6 5 5
July 5.4 7 5 6 6
August 6.4 7 7 7 6
September 6.8 8 7 7 7
October 7.5 8 8 8 7
November 7.3 7 7 8 7
December 6.8 7 7 7 7
Average 6.1 6.0 6.7 6.0 6.2 5.9

8th 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 064° 077° 067° 054° 054°
February 042° 092° 066° 072° 059°
March 059° 080° 053° 035° 050°
April 009° 029° 047° 043°
May 023° 010° 020° 141°
June 301° 067° 140° 120°
July 097° 045° 076° 090°
August 056° 009° 024° 015°
September 037° 056° 039° 039°
October 056° 050° 034° 047°
November 059° 044° 027° 034°
December 060° 051° 037° 046°

Prevailing wind direction

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