Betroka Airport

FMSE · Anosy, Madagascar

Climate Betroka Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tôlanaro Airport (FMSD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 97.3 98 96 98 99 100
February 97.2 97 98 94 99 100
March 96.4 96 97 98 99 94
April 97.8 100 94 100 99
May 98.7 100 100 99 100
June 97.7 99 98 97 98
July 98.0 100 99 99 100
August 98.6 99 100 100 100
September 98.1 98 100 99 97
October 96.2 94 98 97 95
November 96.8 96 98 100 100
December 97.1 97 100 97 99
Average 97.4 97.0 97.6 98.0 98.5 98.2

2nd 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 99.2 100 99 100 100 100
February 99.0 100 100 97 100 100
March 98.6 100 99 100 100 95
April 98.9 100 97 100 99
May 99.5 100 100 100 100
June 99.0 100 100 98 100
July 98.7 100 99 100 100
August 99.3 100 100 100 100
September 99.1 99 100 99 99
October 99.0 98 100 99 100
November 99.1 100 100 100 100
December 98.9 100 100 100 100
Average 99.1 99.6 99.3 99.4 99.5 99.3

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 30.4 29 31 29 33 30
February 30.4 30 31 30 33 31
March 29.5 30 29 30 30 28
April 28.2 29 28 29 28
May 26.8 27 27 27 26
June 25.1 26 24 25 24
July 24.6 25 25 25 24
August 25.5 25 26 25 26
September 26.6 28 26 27 26
October 27.5 28 28 27 26
November 28.2 28 29 29 30
December 30.1 30 31 30 31
Average 28.0 29.5 28.0 27.6 28.2 27.5

6th 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 23.7 24 24 23 24 24
February 23.7 24 24 23 25 24
March 22.6 24 23 23 23 22
April 21.8 22 23 22 21
May 19.2 19 20 19 19
June 17.7 16 17 18 18
July 17.1 17 18 18 17
August 17.5 18 18 17 18
September 19.1 20 19 19 19
October 20.0 21 21 19 20
November 21.4 21 22 22 22
December 23.2 23 23 23 24
Average 20.9 23.8 20.7 20.8 20.6 20.4

4th 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 3.9 2 8 7 1 2
February 4.5 6 3 9 1 1
March 5.5 6 9 3 4 5
April 3.5 0 10 1 4
May 2.4 1 1 2 3
June 4.8 3 6 6 5
July 3.1 1 2 3 2
August 1.6 2 1 2 1
September 2.5 0 2 2 4
October 3.7 5 1 1 6
November 4.1 3 4 1 1
December 3.6 5 2 6 0
Average 3.7 4.4 3.4 3.8 2.4 2.7

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 12.6 13 15 13 15 12
February 12.6 14 15 15 12 15
March 11.4 14 12 13 11 12
April 10.8 11 14 12 13
May 10.2 11 11 10 10
June 9.2 9 9 10 10
July 10.3 10 12 12 10
August 11.2 13 12 11 12
September 13.9 15 17 15 13
October 13.3 12 17 14 14
November 13.3 15 14 13 17
December 13.9 13 15 17 15
Average 12.2 13.7 12.5 13.4 12.8 12.8

6th 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 107° 087° 106° 087° 083°
February 093° 085° 095° 089° 069°
March 092° 095° 101° 082° 096°
April 104° 084° 082° 085°
May 088° 080° 086° 070°
June 098° 097° 088° 075°
July 102° 088° 081° 086°
August 098° 081° 091° 073°
September 090° 077° 086° 089°
October 102° 085° 101° 090°
November 088° 089° 104° 086°
December 109° 087° 085° 085°

Prevailing wind direction

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