M'Vengue El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba International Airport

FOON · Haut-Ogooué, Gabon

Climate M'Vengue El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of M'Vengue El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba International Airport (FOON) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 56.7 60 57 65 60 56
February 62.2 73 62 67 60 64
March 60.9 68 51 59 54 73
April 49.9 43 36 67 53
May 45.5 41 39 51 54
June 32.8 35 27 42 34
July 25.2 20 25 28 27
August 31.1 29 34 34 36
September 32.6 32 28 42 32
October 34.9 37 33 33 43
November 38.1 32 36 40 35
December 52.3 64 49 48 55
Average 46.1 66.9 42.0 41.6 46.3 46.7

5th best VFR conditions of Gabon

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 90.2 96 89 93 89 87
February 90.7 95 89 93 92 91
March 92.4 97 93 92 90 93
April 88.2 91 78 92 93
May 86.8 92 86 88 89
June 87.3 92 85 90 83
July 89.0 93 90 89 88
August 94.8 96 89 94 98
September 94.0 99 91 91 95
October 85.7 91 83 85 90
November 82.6 88 86 81 79
December 85.8 92 85 83 89
Average 89.8 96.1 92.1 87.9 88.7 89.5

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 30.3 31 29 30 30 31
February 30.9 30 32 31 32 31
March 31.6 32 31 32 31 32
April 31.2 32 29 32 32
May 30.5 31 30 31 31
June 28.6 29 28 30 28
July 27.4 28 27 27 27
August 28.6 29 29 29 29
September 30.2 31 30 30 30
October 30.7 31 31 31 31
November 30.2 30 30 31 30
December 30.1 31 30 30 30
Average 30.2 31.3 30.3 29.8 30.1 30.1

2nd highest temperature of Gabon

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 21.7 23 22 22 21 23
February 21.5 22 21 22 21 22
March 21.6 23 22 22 21 22
April 21.9 23 22 22 22
May 21.6 22 22 21 22
June 20.9 22 20 21 21
July 20.5 22 20 20 21
August 20.8 22 20 21 21
September 21.1 22 21 21 20
October 21.2 22 21 22 22
November 21.5 22 22 22 22
December 21.6 23 22 22 22
Average 21.5 22.5 21.9 21.2 21.1 21.5

1st lowest temperature of Gabon

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.3 2 1 0 1 2
February 1.1 1 0 2 0 3
March 0.8 0 2 0 2 1
April 1.4 1 3 1 0
May 1.3 0 0 1 2
June 0.2 0 0 0 0
July 0.1 0 0 1 0
August 0.4 0 0 0 1
September 1.0 0 1 1 1
October 2.8 5 1 1 2
November 3.5 4 4 5 3
December 2.5 0 4 2 1
Average 1.3 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.3

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 2.3 0 3 0 4 3
February 2.3 0 4 0 3 4
March 2.0 0 4 0 1 4
April 2.7 3 0 4 4
May 2.1 0 0 4 3
June 2.2 0 0 3 4
July 2.2 0 0 4 4
August 3.0 0 0 4 4
September 3.0 0 0 4 4
October 2.9 0 0 4 4
November 2.8 0 4 0 4
December 2.5 0 3 0 4
Average 2.1 1.1 0.5 2.9 3.6

2nd highest wind speed of Gabon

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 360° 218° 360° 197° 231°
February 360° 189° 360° 210° 224°
March 360° 196° 360° 222° 214°
April 183° 360° 189° 247°
May 360° 360° 218° 191°
June 206° 360° 218° 196°
July 360° 360° 216° 202°
August 360° 360° 236° 240°
September 360° 360° 225° 240°
October 360° 180° 234° 216°
November 360° 128° 010° 146°
December 360° 117° 090° 218°

Prevailing wind direction

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