Soalala Airport

FMNO · Boeny, Madagascar

Climate Soalala Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Amborovy Airport (FMNM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 92.3 98 84 96 97 86
February 97.5 94 99 97 97 97
March 97.5 97 98 98 96 100
April 99.7 100 100 100 100
May 99.7 99 100 100 100
June 99.9 100 100 100 100
July 99.5 100 99 99 100
August 99.6 100 100 99 100
September 99.7 100 99 100 100
October 99.1 98 100 100 99
November 98.2 100 99 98 100
December 97.8 98 100 99 98
Average 98.0 96.3 97.5 98.9 98.7 98.0

1st best VFR conditions of Madagascar

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 97.9 100 93 99 99 98
February 99.5 100 99 99 99 100
March 99.3 100 99 100 99 100
April 100.0 100 100 100 100
May 99.8 99 100 100 100
June 99.9 100 100 100 100
July 100.0 100 100 100 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 99.9 100 100 100 100
October 99.9 100 100 100 100
November 99.6 100 100 100 100
December 99.5 100 100 100 100
Average 99.6 99.9 98.9 99.7 99.7 99.7

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 31.1 32 31 31 32 31
February 31.9 32 32 32 32 32
March 32.4 34 32 32 32 33
April 33.7 35 33 34 36
May 33.5 34 34 33 35
June 32.2 33 33 32 32
July 31.7 33 32 32 32
August 32.7 34 33 33 32
September 33.6 34 34 35 33
October 33.6 34 34 34 34
November 33.2 35 33 33 33
December 33.0 33 34 35 32
Average 32.7 32.4 33.2 32.8 33.0 32.8

1st highest temperature of Madagascar

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 23.6 25 21 23 23 24
February 23.6 25 21 23 22 24
March 23.1 24 23 19 21 24
April 22.3 24 21 21 20
May 21.3 22 20 20 21
June 19.7 19 18 19 20
July 18.8 20 18 18 19
August 19.1 21 18 18 18
September 20.1 21 19 20 19
October 22.2 24 21 22 21
November 23.6 25 23 24 22
December 24.0 25 24 23 22
Average 22.1 24.6 22.1 20.5 20.9 21.0

3rd lowest temperature of Madagascar

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.2 9 16 14 4 11
February 4.0 6 2 4 7 5
March 3.4 2 5 6 1 1
April 0.4 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.1 0 1 0 0
July 0.1 0 0 0 1
August 0.1 0 0 1 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.1 0 0 0 0
November 1.1 0 2 2 0
December 2.1 0 0 1 4
Average 2.4 5.7 2.3 2.5 1.3 1.9

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 7.1 7 9 6 8 7
February 6.3 7 6 8 7 6
March 6.0 7 7 6 6 6
April 6.6 7 7 7 8
May 6.8 7 7 7 7
June 7.4 7 8 8 8
July 8.2 8 9 9 9
August 8.9 9 9 9 9
September 9.1 9 9 10 9
October 9.3 9 10 10 9
November 8.7 9 9 9 10
December 7.5 8 9 9 8
Average 7.6 6.9 8.0 8.0 8.1 8.0

1st highest wind speed of Madagascar

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 337° 348° 010° 338° 355°
February 008° 002° 329° 031° 011°
March 111° 005° 007° 352° 025°
April 060° 130° 129° 126°
May 101° 145° 148° 153°
June 133° 149° 148° 150°
July 142° 143° 142° 149°
August 116° 125° 118° 129°
September 104° 122° 116° 101°
October 340° 030° 020° 004°
November 353° 341° 347° 344°
December 351° 009° 352° 357°

Prevailing wind direction

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