Potchefstroom Airport

FAPS · North-West, South Africa

Climate Potchefstroom Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lanseria International Airport (FALA) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 81.5 67 89 88 80 74
February 79.3 84 86 66 91 73
March 83.0 68 87 84 84 83
April 83.5 86 93 74 93
May 93.7 97 80 91 97
June 93.3 95 93 91 93
July 94.2 99 82 97 94
August 94.6 93 96 94 92
September 92.8 86 92 96 94
October 89.4 91 86 95 80
November 87.0 89 88 77 82
December 80.1 82 78 85 79
Average 85.7 69.4 89.7 85.3 87.7 85.5

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 96.7 93 100 99 96 94
February 97.6 100 100 96 100 96
March 98.0 94 100 100 99 97
April 97.6 100 100 95 98
May 98.7 100 97 97 99
June 98.6 100 95 99 99
July 99.2 100 95 100 100
August 99.8 99 100 100 100
September 99.5 100 99 100 100
October 98.6 99 97 99 98
November 97.9 99 98 97 97
December 96.7 99 99 97 96
Average 97.8 94.4 99.5 97.9 98.2 97.7

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 27.7 27.3 27.8 28.8 26.3 27.1
February 27.2 27.3 29.6 26.3 28.1 26.3
March 26.9 25.6 29.6 26.8 25.5 26.1
April 23.9 24.3 25.1 21.8 25.8
May 22.2 24.8 21.3 21.0 22.1
June 19.7 19.5 20.5 18.6 19.5
July 19.8 21.3 18.8 19.8 18.1
August 22.7 23.8 22.3 21.8 22.3
September 26.8 26.1 27.3 27.3 26.6
October 27.7 28.1 27.3 29.3 25.6
November 27.9 28.8 28.3 25.1 28.3
December 27.6 29.8 27.8 26.6 25.5
Average 25.2 26.6 26.1 25.0 24.2 24.4

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 16.7 18.0 16.5 16.3 16.6 16.6
February 16.8 18.6 17.3 16.8 16.1 16.8
March 15.3 16.5 16.6 15.1 15.4 14.0
April 11.5 12.0 10.9 11.1 11.3
May 7.7 8.5 8.6 7.2 6.7
June 4.4 4.4 4.7 4.2 5.2
July 3.9 3.1 3.7 5.4 2.7
August 7.1 7.0 6.2 6.9 7.2
September 10.8 11.5 10.3 11.3 11.4
October 13.6 13.0 13.5 15.1 12.3
November 15.0 16.1 16.1 14.0 14.8
December 16.6 17.8 16.8 16.3 15.0
Average 12.2 17.3 12.0 11.6 11.4 11.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 2.9 5 1 1 3 4
February 4.3 1 0 7 2 6
March 2.8 4 0 2 3 3
April 2.9 0 1 12 1
May 0.6 0 1 1 0
June 0.2 0 0 1 0
July 0.2 0 1 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.4 2 0 0 0
October 1.3 1 4 1 2
November 2.2 1 2 6 2
December 5.3 4 4 7 4
Average 2.2 4.4 0.7 1.8 2.7 2.0

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 6.7 6 6 6 7 7
February 6.3 7 6 6 6 6
March 6.1 5 6 6 6 6
April 5.8 6 6 7 5
May 5.2 4 6 6 5
June 5.6 6 6 7 6
July 5.9 7 7 5 6
August 7.4 7 7 8 8
September 7.8 9 8 7 8
October 8.0 8 8 8 8
November 7.9 8 7 7 9
December 7.6 8 7 7 8
Average 6.7 6.0 6.8 6.7 6.5 6.9

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 029° 002° 013° 026° 034°
February 072° 320° 042° 020° 066°
March 356° 344° 359° 357° 317°
April 348° 314° 348° 318°
May 331° 333° 333° 292°
June 343° 300° 041° 325°
July 291° 330° 313° 306°
August 323° 339° 316° 334°
September 336° 320° 341° 340°
October 349° 004° 337° 346°
November 341° 343° 343° 327°
December 329° 005° 325° 342°

Prevailing wind direction

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