Porto Amboim Airport

FNPA · Kwanza Sul, Angola

Climate Porto Amboim Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Catumbela Airport (FNCT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 75.6 70 61 59 78 86
February 81.1 59 81 79 86 87
March 80.6 61 52 79 85 88
April 69.8 0 71 90 76
May 67.2 0 62 94 89
June 67.8 28 64 77 73
July 53.1 16 32 72 68
August 50.6 38 51 50 56
September 59.5 51 60 49 54
October 61.9 55 56 64 46
November 70.8 69 71 62 51
December 75.4 82 79 73 57
Average 66.5 64.1 47.2 63.6 72.9 69.4

11th best VFR conditions of Angola

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 98.6 95 99 100 100 100
February 95.8 74 100 100 100 100
March 95.7 86 70 99 100 100
April 85.5 0 98 100 100
May 82.8 0 98 99 100
June 96.5 48 100 99 100
July 92.1 52 99 99 100
August 93.1 61 99 100 100
September 98.3 90 99 100 100
October 98.8 94 100 100 100
November 98.5 94 96 100 99
December 98.9 97 99 99 100
Average 93.4 85.8 70.9 98.8 99.5 99.8

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 28.9 30 29 27 28 31
February 29.4 31 28 28 29 31
March 27.2 31 3 29 30 30
April 23.4 0 28 31 30
May 22.7 0 27 30 30
June 25.4 19 25 27 27
July 23.2 18 24 25 25
August 23.7 23 23 24 25
September 24.6 24 25 25 25
October 26.7 26 27 27 27
November 28.5 29 27 29 28
December 28.3 29 28 28 28
Average 26.5 30.3 19.3 26.6 27.6 27.9

8th highest temperature of Angola

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 24.5 24 25 24 24 26
February 24.2 23 24 24 24 25
March 22.6 24 3 26 26 25
April 20.2 0 25 27 25
May 18.8 0 23 25 24
June 18.5 2 21 22 20
July 15.6 0 21 20 19
August 18.9 17 19 21 20
September 20.2 19 21 21 21
October 23.1 22 24 23 23
November 24.2 22 25 25 26
December 24.3 25 25 24 24
Average 21.7 23.6 13.9 23.1 23.3 23.2

12th lowest temperature of Angola

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.1 0 3 3 0 1
February 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
March 0.9 1 0 0 1 1
April 0.6 0 2 0 1
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.4 0 1 0 0
November 2.3 5 7 0 1
December 1.8 4 2 2 0
Average 0.7 0.8 1.1 1.3 0.3 0.3

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 5.6 6 5 5 6 6
February 6.1 6 6 5 6 6
March 5.8 6 6 6 6 6
April 5.8 7 5 5 6
May 5.3 7 5 5 5
June 4.4 5 4 4 4
July 4.1 5 4 4 4
August 4.4 4 4 4 4
September 4.8 5 5 4 4
October 5.7 6 5 6 5
November 6.4 6 7 6 6
December 5.8 6 5 6 6
Average 5.5 5.8 5.6 5.0 5.3 5.2

8th highest wind speed of Angola

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 278° 281° 286° 283° 291°
February 285° 277° 299° 284° 285°
March 287° 295° 286° 288° 285°
April 293° 285° 293° 299°
May 289° 303° 301° 302°
June 271° 296° 295° 293°
July 293° 288° 285° 289°
August 266° 283° 284° 276°
September 276° 286° 286° 279°
October 265° 280° 285° 280°
November 279° 282° 280° 277°
December 275° 270° 286° 279°

Prevailing wind direction

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