Nyonyane

FDNY · Hhohho, Eswatini

Climate Nyonyane 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of King Mswati III International Airport (FDSK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 89.1 79 84 98 88 94
February 86.6 78 65 96 81 91
March 89.4 79 81 97 99 98
April 91.6 89 94 97 91
May 94.2 86 95 99 98
June 95.6 96 95 96 93
July 95.3 86 95 97 99
August 93.2 85 97 96 96
September 92.2 86 97 93 89
October 86.5 67 91 88 87
November 88.7 78 90 90 94
December 83.4 61 83 93 94
Average 89.5 78.8 79.9 93.8 92.5 93.7

2nd best VFR conditions of Eswatini

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 99.5 100 100 100 99 100
February 99.1 99 99 100 99 98
March 99.0 99 98 99 100 100
April 98.8 100 99 100 98
May 99.4 100 100 100 100
June 98.7 99 100 98 97
July 99.4 100 98 100 100
August 99.1 99 99 100 100
September 98.6 98 100 100 97
October 98.4 99 99 100 96
November 99.2 100 100 99 100
December 98.3 97 99 99 99
Average 99.0 99.2 98.9 99.3 99.3 98.7

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 29.7 29 30 29 30 31
February 29.3 31 27 30 27 29
March 29.0 29 28 29 29 29
April 27.0 28 26 27 27
May 25.5 25 24 26 26
June 24.0 26 22 23 23
July 24.1 24 24 23 24
August 25.4 25 25 24 25
September 27.2 28 28 26 25
October 27.3 26 29 27 27
November 28.2 29 28 26 30
December 28.9 27 29 28 31
Average 27.4 29.3 26.8 26.7 26.4 27.1

4th highest temperature of Eswatini

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 24 24 23
February 21.9 21 22 22 23 21
March 21.3 21 21 20 24 22
April 19.2 18 18 22 20
May 16.6 15 16 20 18
June 13.1 12 11 13 15
July 12.8 11 13 16 15
August 14.7 13 14 17 17
September 17.4 17 17 20 19
October 18.3 17 20 19 20
November 20.1 19 20 20 23
December 21.7 20 22 23 24
Average 18.6 20.8 17.1 17.7 20.1 19.7

6th lowest temperature of Eswatini

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.9 4 4 2 7 9
February 8.9 1 11 3 18 21
March 3.5 9 0 4 0 1
April 3.3 1 3 1 6
May 2.0 3 1 2 0
June 1.1 0 2 1 5
July 0.8 1 0 3 1
August 1.5 1 0 1 3
September 2.2 2 1 2 6
October 6.0 11 2 5 9
November 4.1 4 3 5 5
December 8.8 16 5 7 6
Average 4.2 4.7 4.5 2.0 4.4 6.3

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 7.4 7 7 7 8 8
February 7.6 8 7 7 9 8
March 6.8 7 7 6 6 7
April 7.1 7 7 7 7
May 6.4 7 6 7 6
June 6.9 7 6 6 7
July 7.4 8 6 7 7
August 8.4 8 8 10 9
September 9.0 9 8 10 9
October 8.8 9 9 9 8
November 8.7 8 8 8 9
December 8.2 8 8 8 9
Average 7.7 7.2 7.6 7.2 7.8 7.8

4th highest wind speed of Eswatini

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 112° 163° 153° 160° 108°
February 084° 147° 192° 172° 135°
March 085° 149° 110° 092° 056°
April 081° 150° 090° 153°
May 069° 150° 076° 059°
June 057° 151° 242° 115°
July 047° 085° 095° 041°
August 080° 062° 056° 058°
September 057° 044° 088° 087°
October 110° 069° 060° 051°
November 054° 115° 091° 082°
December 092° 126° 074° 053°

Prevailing wind direction

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