Sir Seretse Khama International Airport

FBSK · Kweneng, Botswana

Climate Sir Seretse Khama International Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mmabatho International Airport (FAMM) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 83.8 75 77 91 81 75
February 80.8 76 79 73 85 73
March 84.1 84 68 78 80
April 82.4 77 85 78 86
May 88.2 83 76 88 91
June 89.4 88 82 89 86
July 89.9 84 82 92 89
August 89.7 82 82 88 91
September 91.3 82 87 98 93
October 87.8 87 81 94 86
November 83.1 83 79 79 87
December 79.2 75 65 83 81
Average 84.6 75.1 81.5 79.1 85.9 84.4

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 91.6 98 80 95 90 83
February 91.5 95 83 93 86 90
March 89.4 85 77 89 87
April 89.6 85 88 91 88
May 90.0 83 80 92 92
June 91.0 89 83 94 89
July 90.8 84 85 93 89
August 91.3 84 83 93 94
September 92.9 88 89 98 94
October 91.5 87 85 95 95
November 87.5 89 81 93 92
December 87.4 84 75 94 93
Average 91.1 96.7 84.9 84.4 92.1 90.6

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 30.3 29.6 30.8 30.8 28.0 28.3
February 29.5 28.1 33.3 28.3 30.5 27.8
March 29.0 32.1 28.3 26.3 28.1
April 25.9 26.1 27.3 23.3 28.1
May 24.4 26.8 24.1 22.5 23.6
June 21.6 20.6 22.8 19.6 21.3
July 21.6 23.3 20.8 21.6 19.8
August 24.8 26.1 24.8 24.1 24.0
September 28.6 28.1 29.0 28.6 28.5
October 30.2 30.1 30.8 31.1 27.8
November 30.9 31.3 32.0 27.6 31.6
December 30.6 32.2 31.6 28.6 27.3
Average 27.5 29.2 28.4 27.5 25.9 26.3

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 18.1 19.1 17.6 17.3 17.1 18.3
February 17.5 18.8 18.1 16.6 16.8 17.1
March 15.6 17.3 15.8 15.4 14.0
April 12.0 12.5 11.8 10.9 11.0
May 7.6 9.5 9.0 7.0 5.7
June 4.3 5.0 4.0 3.9 4.5
July 3.8 3.5 4.2 5.7 2.1
August 7.0 7.4 6.2 6.2 7.7
September 10.2 11.9 10.5 11.1 12.1
October 14.4 13.1 14.5 16.5 12.8
November 16.4 16.8 17.3 15.5 15.6
December 17.7 18.6 17.6 16.6 15.8
Average 12.8 19.0 12.6 12.0 11.7 11.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 1.8 5 1 0 2 4
February 3.6 6 0 4 0 8
March 1.8 0 0 4 0
April 1.8 1 0 5 0
May 0.3 0 0 1 0
June 0.3 0 0 1 2
July 0.1 0 0 1 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.6 0 1 1 0
November 1.3 3 1 3 0
December 2.4 2 2 2 2
Average 1.6 4.7 0.5 0.7 1.7 1.4

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 7.4 5 7 7 8 7
February 6.8 7 8 6 7 6
March 6.9 8 8 7 6
April 6.7 8 7 7 6
May 5.8 6 8 6 5
June 6.9 8 7 7 7
July 7.4 8 9 7 7
August 8.8 9 9 9 9
September 9.3 10 9 9 11
October 9.3 10 10 10 11
November 9.6 10 10 8 11
December 9.0 9 10 8 9
Average 7.6 5.1 8.4 8.2 7.8 8.1

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 025° 016° 040° 041° 047°
February 040° 009° 041° 033° 048°
March 012° 014° 032° 359°
April 022° 002° 030° 030°
May 035° 015° 023° 004°
June 028° 350° 049° 023°
July 332° 033° 030° 030°
August 013° 036° 021° 017°
September 002° 344° 023° 029°
October 020° 025° 025° 028°
November 011° 023° 014° 354°
December 006° 020° 021° 012°

Prevailing wind direction

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