Climate Maroua-Salak 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Salak Airport (FKKL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	66.2	72	96	60	78	47
February	54.6	53	49	67	69	54
March	63.7	63	93	40	59	70
April	89.6	96	82	95	96	87
May	97.0		97	99	98	92
June	96.3		91	96	99	96
July	95.2		95	94	92	98
August	92.4		93	83	90	95
September	93.6		91	88	97	87
October	93.3		75	96	100	91
November	94.0		71	95	91	99
December	71.5		78	95	59	89
Average	81.8	72.5	84.0	76.9	86.0	83.7

1st best VFR conditions of Cameroon

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	76.6	86	96	68	85	63
February	69.0	61	65	75	80	65
March	76.4	71	95	57	70	85
April	94.2	100	84	95	99	94
May	97.4		99	99	98	93
June	98.6		99	99	100	99
July	98.4		99	100	98	99
August	98.6		99	99	99	98
September	97.6		96	100	99	94
October	94.8		78	99	100	92
November	97.7		91	100	95	100
December	80.5		88	100	66	93
Average	88.0	81.0	90.5	85.0	90.9	89.5

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	32.1	32	33	31	35	32
February	32.9	31	32	34	32	34
March	38.7	37	37	39	39	40
April	40.1	40	39	36	42	42
May	37.9		38	35	40	40
June	34.2		33	33	35	36
July	31.5		31	30	32	32
August	30.0		29	26	32	31
September	31.4		31	30	33	31
October	33.7		32	32	36	34
November	34.9		33	33	36	35
December	32.8		33	33	32	35
Average	34.0	35.3	33.3	32.6	35.4	35.1

2nd highest temperature of Cameroon

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	21.6	18	27	21	24	20
February	23.4	19	25	23	23	23
March	29.2	29	31	26	27	29
April	30.9	24	32	32	32	32
May	29.0		27	28	30	30
June	26.1		24	27	26	27
July	24.6		21	26	24	25
August	22.5		18	20	24	24
September	22.0		13	20	25	24
October	26.3		24	28	27	26
November	27.5		24	28	32	27
December	23.2		23	26	24	21
Average	25.7	22.5	23.8	25.2	26.3	25.7

4th lowest temperature of Cameroon

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.1	0	0	1	0	0
May	0.2		0	0	1	0
June	0.6		0	2	0	0
July	0.7		0	0	0	0
August	3.6		0	6	1	5
September	1.6		1	0	1	4
October	0.4		1	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.4		0.1	0.5	0.2	0.9

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	6.2	7	0	7	6	7
February	6.1	6	0	7	6	8
March	6.5	9	0	6	7	8
April	6.5	5	4	6	6	8
May	6.3		4	6	5	7
June	5.5		3	3	6	6
July	5.6		4	3	6	6
August	4.8		2	1	5	6
September	4.1		4	0	5	4
October	4.7		5	0	5	5
November	5.7		7	0	5	7
December	6.0		8	0	6	6
Average	5.8	6.5	3.4	4.2	5.7	6.4

2nd highest wind speed of Cameroon

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	031°	360°	023°	035°	032°
February	030°	360°	027°	027°	026°
March	044°	360°	033°	030°	020°
April	139°	009°	242°	060°	042°
May		222°	230°	193°	224°
June		210°	207°	210°	220°
July		217°	235°	252°	237°
August		231°	247°	234°	262°
September		223°	360°	231°	221°
October		044°	360°	066°	056°
November		042°	360°	049°	042°
December		035°	360°	030°	039°

Prevailing wind direction

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