Climate Lumbo Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nampula Airport (FQNP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	33.1	26	44	34	31	24
February	37.2	48	41	43	38	25
March	27.9	31	30	36	24	21
April	30.2		35	46	30	30
May	48.7		62	65	43	52
June	46.9		64	55	48	41
July	43.1		46	59	47	41
August	58.4		60	56	62	58
September	61.5		65	65	54	68
October	63.0		78	89	59	48
November	59.9		60	75	77	70
December	42.5		55	51	63	43
Average	44.7	34.3	53.2	55.7	48.1	43.8

10th best VFR conditions of Mozambique

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	98.2	98	98	98	99	99
February	98.4	99	98	98	100	96
March	97.9	99	99	95	97	100
April	98.3		97	98	98	99
May	98.4		97	98	97	100
June	97.3		93	99	96	99
July	98.0		96	97	98	100
August	97.4		99	97	98	97
September	99.2		99	98	99	99
October	99.6		100	98	100	100
November	99.7		100	100	100	100
December	99.4		99	100	100	100
Average	98.5	98.4	97.9	97.9	98.4	99.1

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	30.8	31	31	30	32	30
February	31.1	31	30	31	32	31
March	29.9	31	29	29	29	30
April	28.8		29	32	28	29
May	27.6		28	28	26	29
June	26.8		28	26	26	27
July	25.9		26	26	26	26
August	28.2		28	28	28	28
September	30.8		32	31	30	30
October	32.4		34	33	32	32
November	33.8		33	34	35	35
December	32.9		34	32	35	34
Average	30.0	31.0	30.1	29.7	29.7	29.9

3rd highest temperature of Mozambique

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	22.5	23	22	22	23	23
February	22.6	23	21	22	23	23
March	22.2	23	22	22	22	22
April	21.3		21	22	21	22
May	19.0		19	18	18	19
June	17.7		18	17	17	18
July	17.1		17	17	17	17
August	17.8		18	17	18	18
September	18.8		20	18	19	18
October	20.3		21	19	20	21
November	21.9		22	22	22	22
December	22.8		23	22	23	24
Average	20.6	22.9	20.3	19.8	20.1	20.4

5th lowest temperature of Mozambique

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.5	4	1	6	1	10
February	3.4	6	4	3	1	4
March	4.2	2	6	8	5	1
April	3.3		3	3	1	3
May	0.8		0	1	3	0
June	0.7		0	1	1	0
July	0.9		1	0	2	0
August	0.3		1	0	0	0
September	0.1		0	0	1	0
October	0.5		1	0	1	1
November	0.6		0	0	0	0
December	1.7		1	1	1	2
Average	2.0	4.1	1.4	1.9	1.4	1.8

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	5.4	8	7	8	7	6
February	5.8	7	7	6	7	6
March	6.5	8	7	8	6	8
April	6.3		7	7	8	9
May	6.6		6	7	8	9
June	7.6		6	9	7	9
July	7.8		8	8	9	10
August	7.3		9	8	7	8
September	7.9		8	9	8	9
October	8.3		8	9	9	7
November	7.8		9	8	9	8
December	6.5		8	7	9	7
Average	7.0	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.8	7.8

3rd highest wind speed of Mozambique

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	207°	316°	303°	009°	325°
February	221°	010°	215°	346°	251°
March	203°	338°	208°	210°	201°
April		189°	178°	189°	192°
May		185°	192°	200°	195°
June		138°	195°	189°	199°
July		186°	173°	189°	191°
August		168°	129°	167°	164°
September		066°	072°	110°	129°
October		054°	050°	090°	138°
November		078°	037°	043°	042°
December		014°	032°	036°	040°

Prevailing wind direction

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