Climate Lomahasha 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Maputo Airport (FQMA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	57.5	55	73	44	54	62
February	51.0	59	34	70	36	63
March	67.3	51	62	67	75	76
April	66.7		76	61	72	68
May	80.5		65	70	87	91
June	81.6		88	73	77	82
July	82.4		78	78	90	81
August	69.7		63	77	63	75
September	64.0		65	66	69	58
October	55.0		44	57	48	53
November	52.4		60	46	45	52
December	49.8		42	45	41	60
Average	63.1	54.9	61.5	62.3	62.1	67.6

8th best VFR conditions of Mozambique

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	99.1	100	99	99	99	99
February	98.0	99	96	99	98	98
March	98.6	95	100	100	100	100
April	99.4		100	98	100	99
May	99.2		99	99	99	100
June	98.3		100	98	98	99
July	98.3		99	98	100	98
August	98.4		98	98	100	100
September	99.1		99	99	100	100
October	98.7		99	100	98	99
November	99.5		100	99	100	100
December	98.5		96	98	100	100
Average	98.7	97.9	98.5	98.8	99.2	99.3

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	31.1	30	31	30	31	31
February	31.2	31	30	31	30	31
March	31.0	30	30	30	31	31
April	29.6		30	28	29	29
May	28.1		28	26	28	28
June	26.4		27	24	26	25
July	26.0		25	26	25	25
August	26.8		25	26	26	26
September	28.0		29	29	27	26
October	27.9		27	30	27	26
November	29.4		30	29	28	31
December	30.5		29	30	31	31
Average	29.0	30.4	28.3	28.0	28.2	28.3

10th highest temperature of Mozambique

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	22.3	21	22	23	24	23
February	23.0	23	23	23	23	23
March	21.7	23	22	22	22	20
April	19.5		20	20	19	20
May	16.6		19	17	16	16
June	14.3		16	13	15	14
July	13.8		13	16	13	13
August	15.5		16	15	15	15
September	17.6		18	18	17	17
October	18.6		18	21	18	19
November	20.2		21	20	20	21
December	22.1		22	23	22	23
Average	19.2	22.3	19.0	19.0	18.6	18.5

4th lowest temperature of Mozambique

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	2.7	3	1	3	2	2
February	5.8	3	11	2	6	8
March	2.9	7	3	2	1	0
April	1.8		0	5	0	2
May	1.1		0	3	0	1
June	0.8		1	2	1	3
July	0.9		3	1	0	2
August	0.8		1	0	1	0
September	2.5		3	6	2	2
October	4.0		8	1	4	4
November	2.5		1	3	3	2
December	4.4		7	4	1	4
Average	2.8	4.3	3.5	2.5	1.7	2.4

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	9.4	8	10	8	10	10
February	9.2	10	9	9	11	9
March	8.4	9	9	9	8	9
April	8.2		9	9	8	8
May	7.5		8	7	8	7
June	7.6		8	7	8	8
July	8.2		9	7	9	8
August	9.2		9	9	10	10
September	9.6		10	10	11	9
October	9.6		11	10	11	9
November	9.9		10	10	10	10
December	9.6		9	9	9	10
Average	8.9	9.0	9.2	8.6	9.4	8.9

10th highest wind speed of Mozambique

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	139°	136°	132°	144°	121°
February	125°	148°	140°	183°	149°
March	154°	145°	134°	124°	110°
April		097°	169°	115°	178°
May		360°	166°	091°	107°
June		011°	189°	187°	153°
July		244°	099°	160°	084°
August		108°	097°	105°	107°
September		085°	089°	121°	129°
October		160°	108°	115°	104°
November		105°	123°	124°	112°
December		129°	120°	106°	097°

Prevailing wind direction

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