Climate Mandabe Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ivato Airport (FMMI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	46.1	43	24	48	68	45
February	53.6	37	55	51	48	53
March	48.6	43	36	40	50	49
April	53.9		56	51	49	45
May	59.8		60	61	56	60
June	53.5		64	43	65	38
July	52.1		50	42	57	43
August	62.8		56	60	57	70
September	66.5		73	56	58	74
October	64.6		61	76	61	63
November	59.6		56	58	63	72
December	55.9		52	55	62	55
Average	54.7	41.2	53.0	53.4	57.8	55.5

7th 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	98	93	98	99	99
February	98.2	98	98	97	99	98
March	98.7	100	98	99	99	100
April	99.3		98	100	99	100
May	96.4		93	96	97	96
June	95.8		89	99	94	98
July	97.6		97	98	99	97
August	97.7		96	97	96	99
September	98.6		98	100	99	99
October	97.6		96	96	100	99
November	98.6		99	97	99	99
December	98.9		97	98	100	100
Average	98.0	98.4	96.0	97.7	98.2	98.6

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	27.3	28	26	26	30	27
February	27.7	28	28	27	28	28
March	27.1	27	27	27	27	27
April	25.8		27	26	25	25
May	24.5		25	24	25	25
June	21.8		23	21	21	21
July	20.9		22	20	21	21
August	22.9		23	23	24	23
September	24.8		25	23	24	25
October	27.7		30	28	28	27
November	28.8		28	29	30	29
December	28.4		30	27	29	28
Average	25.9	27.6	26.0	24.9	25.8	25.4

7th 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	16.5	17	14	17	16	18
February	15.7	16	14	15	13	17
March	16.3	18	16	15	13	17
April	15.3		14	15	15	16
May	12.8		12	13	13	13
June	10.0		4	11	10	12
July	9.5		7	10	10	10
August	9.4		7	10	10	9
September	10.9		10	10	11	10
October	13.4		15	12	12	13
November	15.1		15	15	16	12
December	14.8		9	16	15	14
Average	13.7	16.7	11.2	13.0	12.8	13.4

1st 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	13.4	11	32	18	2	16
February	5.4	11	1	10	9	9
March	5.6	2	7	2	7	3
April	1.8		3	5	2	2
May	1.1		1	2	1	1
June	2.7		1	3	4	2
July	3.2		4	5	1	4
August	1.5		1	1	2	1
September	1.2		2	3	0	0
October	0.9		1	0	1	1
November	0.9		2	0	0	1
December	2.6		1	2	1	7
Average	4.0	7.7	5.1	4.3	2.4	3.9

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	6.5	7	8	7	6	6
February	6.2	7	7	8	7	7
March	6.7	8	7	7	7	7
April	6.9		6	8	8	8
May	6.1		6	7	6	6
June	7.0		5	9	7	9
July	8.1		7	9	9	9
August	7.9		8	8	8	8
September	8.2		8	9	9	8
October	7.6		6	8	9	8
November	6.9		7	7	7	7
December	6.8		6	7	8	8
Average	7.1	7.2	6.7	7.8	7.5	7.5

7th 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	114°	082°	136°	119°	112°
February	123°	116°	163°	102°	126°
March	119°	092°	125°	111°	143°
April		115°	128°	133°	129°
May		112°	129°	133°	130°
June		121°	140°	135°	135°
July		135°	137°	135°	136°
August		127°	127°	131°	125°
September		121°	124°	123°	126°
October		113°	118°	101°	114°
November		119°	107°	103°	115°
December		113°	117°	110°	125°

Prevailing wind direction

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