Climate Moabi Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Antonio Agostinho-Neto International Airport (FCPP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	67.5	63	73	68	75	73
February	72.4	70	68	77	79	78
March	78.1	80	76	77	71	79
April	79.3		75	75	87	72
May	57.7		56	57	73	67
June	37.4		27	40	39	45
July	36.1		25	23	47	47
August	31.5		24	29	25	26
September	22.1		20	14	27	27
October	27.6		28	24	17	32
November	50.9		50	33	49	45
December	56.2		51	53	58	61
Average	53.4	70.9	45.1	49.8	53.7	54.0

2nd best VFR conditions of Congo

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	98.1	98	98	99	99	99
February	98.2	95	99	99	96	99
March	97.9	99	97	98	97	99
April	99.2		98	99	99	100
May	97.1		97	98	99	99
June	89.4		92	93	90	91
July	86.9		88	79	90	87
August	89.2		81	89	87	92
September	91.3		86	85	95	94
October	92.4		85	87	93	95
November	95.1		91	88	95	96
December	96.6		91	94	100	99
Average	94.5	97.3	91.4	93.1	94.8	95.7

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	30.0	30	29	30	30	31
February	30.7	31	30	31	31	31
March	31.0	32	31	31	30	31
April	30.5		30	30	31	31
May	29.6		30	29	30	30
June	27.3		27	27	28	28
July	26.3		26	26	27	27
August	26.2		26	26	27	26
September	27.2		27	27	28	27
October	28.5		29	28	28	28
November	29.2		29	29	29	29
December	29.4		30	29	29	30
Average	29.1	31.0	28.6	28.5	29.0	29.0

2nd highest temperature of Congo

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	24.3	25	25	24	24	25
February	24.6	25	25	24	24	25
March	24.7	25	24	25	24	25
April	24.9		25	25	24	27
May	24.6		25	24	25	26
June	22.2		22	22	24	22
July	20.7		20	21	21	21
August	21.2		21	21	22	22
September	22.8		23	23	23	23
October	24.4		25	25	24	25
November	24.5		25	24	26	24
December	24.3		25	24	24	24
Average	23.8	25.3	23.6	23.2	23.7	24.0

2nd lowest temperature of Congo

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	2.4	0	1	1	1	2
February	2.6	1	2	0	3	4
March	1.1	0	3	2	1	1
April	1.1		1	1	0	2
May	0.5		0	1	0	0
June	0.4		0	0	1	1
July	0.4		0	0	0	0
August	2.0		4	1	3	3
September	8.3		9	15	6	7
October	9.0		12	11	12	10
November	4.6		6	10	2	3
December	3.6		7	3	3	1
Average	2.8	0.5	3.9	3.3	2.5	2.8

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	6	7	7	6
February	6.8	6	7	7	7	7
March	6.9	7	6	7	6	7
April	6.8		6	6	7	8
May	7.1		8	7	7	7
June	6.7		7	7	7	7
July	6.6		7	6	7	7
August	6.7		6	6	7	7
September	7.3		7	7	7	7
October	7.9		8	8	8	8
November	7.2		6	6	8	8
December	6.5		6	6	7	7
Average	6.9	6.5	6.8	6.7	7.1	7.0

2nd highest wind speed of Congo

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	206°	237°	203°	204°	206°
February	206°	188°	210°	195°	205°
March	198°	205°	199°	211°	201°
April		207°	182°	205°	196°
May		187°	189°	201°	200°
June		183°	189°	197°	197°
July		194°	191°	199°	195°
August		197°	191°	194°	192°
September		204°	196°	206°	201°
October		203°	184°	198°	204°
November		218°	185°	199°	194°
December		204°	167°	193°	194°

Prevailing wind direction

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