Climate Maroantsetra Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fascene Airport (FMNN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	57.2	52	64	59	52	60
February	65.4	66	72	56	59	65
March	62.9	73	78	56	52	62
April	83.1		90	85	82	75
May	86.4		89	85	78	92
June	84.5		89	92	77	86
July	87.4		87	85	94	58
August	89.2		87	94	87	95
September	89.1		97	82	92	81
October	80.2		82	84	79	75
November	74.7		82	75	75	71
December	69.2		73	66	83	69
Average	75.0	63.7	82.1	76.6	75.6	70.1

5th 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	99.1	100	100	100	100	98
February	99.5	100	100	100	100	99
March	98.1	98	100	100	100	100
April	99.8		100	100	100	100
May	99.8		100	100	100	100
June	99.7		100	100	100	98
July	99.8		100	99	100	100
August	99.8		100	100	100	100
September	99.8		100	100	100	99
October	99.8		100	100	100	100
November	99.9		100	100	100	100
December	99.4		100	100	100	100
Average	99.4	99.0	99.9	99.9	99.9	99.4

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	31.2	31	32	31	31	32
February	31.6	33	32	31	32	32
March	31.3	32	32	31	31	32
April	32.1		33	32	32	33
May	31.4		32	31	31	32
June	29.9		31	30	30	30
July	29.7		30	30	30	28
August	30.2		31	30	30	30
September	31.1		32	31	31	30
October	32.4		34	32	32	33
November	32.4		34	32	32	32
December	31.9		33	31	33	32
Average	31.3	31.9	32.0	30.9	31.1	31.4

2nd 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	24.4	25	24	24	24	25
February	24.5	25	24	25	25	24
March	24.8	26	24	24	24	25
April	25.1		24	24	25	29
May	23.8		23	23	23	29
June	21.8		22	20	21	27
July	19.7		20	18	19	19
August	20.3		21	19	20	22
September	21.8		23	21	20	23
October	23.5		25	22	22	24
November	24.0		25	24	25	24
December	24.5		25	24	24	25
Average	23.4	25.3	23.4	22.2	22.4	25.0

5th 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	7.6	14	7	11	5	5
February	3.7	5	3	5	4	3
March	5.3	5	2	7	3	5
April	0.4		1	1	0	1
May	0.4		0	1	1	0
June	0.1		0	0	0	3
July	0.1		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.5		0	1	0	0
November	0.3		1	0	0	1
December	3.0		0	0	1	2
Average	2.5	7.9	1.1	2.1	1.2	2.3

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	3.9	4	4	4	4	4
February	3.4	3	3	4	4	3
March	3.3	3	4	3	3	3
April	3.2		3	3	3	3
May	3.2		3	3	3	4
June	3.1		3	3	3	3
July	3.8		4	4	4	5
August	4.4		4	5	4	5
September	4.7		5	5	5	5
October	5.1		5	5	5	5
November	4.5		4	5	5	5
December	3.9		4	4	4	4
Average	3.8	3.3	3.7	4.0	3.9	4.0

2nd 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	304°	290°	274°	289°	294°
February	320°	313°	278°	346°	296°
March	337°	308°	308°	285°	350°
April		001°	028°	350°	019°
May		353°	004°	313°	022°
June		006°	006°	326°	321°
July		337°	324°	314°	028°
August		326°	357°	331°	353°
September		004°	351°	337°	006°
October		357°	002°	356°	353°
November		347°	351°	346°	334°
December		299°	313°	289°	296°

Prevailing wind direction

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