Lumbo Airport

FQLU · Nampula, Mozambique

Climate Lumbo Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nacala Airport (FQNC) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 65.8 64 60 65 63 79
February 56.7 79 61 63 63 64
March 46.0 35 54 63 49 24
April 40.7 53 45 33 27
May 52.0 49 62 54 40
June 60.7 62 82 54 57
July 60.0 79 75 56 51
August 62.7 56 62 60 64
September 57.2 64 67 62 41
October 65.1 62 76 84 55
November 67.3 60 64 86 66
December 64.4 74 81 79 60
Average 59.5 53.9 61.6 66.9 62.7 51.6

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 99.1 99 99 100 98 100
February 99.5 99 100 99 100 99
March 99.4 100 100 100 99 99
April 100.0 100 100 100 100
May 100.0 100 100 100 100
June 99.9 100 100 99 100
July 99.6 99 100 99 99
August 99.7 100 100 100 99
September 99.9 99 100 100 100
October 100.0 100 100 100 100
November 99.8 100 100 100 100
December 99.7 99 100 100 100
Average 99.7 99.3 99.6 99.8 99.5 99.6

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 30.3 30.8 31.0 29.1 30.6 31.5
February 30.9 31.0 31.5 29.8 31.1 31.3
March 30.5 30.6 31.6 29.6 30.5 30.0
April 30.4 31.1 29.8 30.0 30.1
May 29.4 29.8 29.5 28.1 28.8
June 28.5 28.8 29.1 26.6 28.1
July 28.0 29.0 28.1 27.3 28.3
August 28.5 29.3 28.8 28.1 28.5
September 29.2 29.8 30.1 29.3 29.3
October 30.0 30.1 30.5 29.1 30.1
November 30.9 32.0 32.0 30.0 30.8
December 31.0 32.2 32.1 30.8 31.3
Average 29.6 30.7 30.5 29.9 29.3 29.7

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 25.9 27.5 26.8 20.6 26.6 27.8
February 26.8 27.8 27.8 25.8 25.0 26.6
March 26.7 26.6 28.0 26.1 26.1 26.6
April 26.5 27.0 25.1 26.6 25.5
May 24.7 24.6 25.6 25.0 22.8
June 23.4 23.1 25.3 22.8 22.8
July 22.1 23.6 23.6 18.8 21.1
August 23.5 24.1 24.5 22.0 22.0
September 25.5 24.3 26.3 25.8 26.0
October 26.6 26.1 27.1 26.3 27.0
November 27.8 27.8 28.6 27.3 28.6
December 27.7 28.1 29.0 26.5 28.5
Average 25.7 27.1 25.9 25.6 24.9 25.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 3.7 4 4 3 3 2
February 3.1 0 3 7 1 4
March 4.2 3 2 5 7 4
April 3.5 4 3 3 1
May 1.2 2 0 0 4
June 0.7 0 1 3 1
July 0.4 0 0 2 1
August 0.4 0 1 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 1 0 0 0
November 0.5 2 0 0 0
December 2.0 1 2 0 0
Average 1.6 2.8 1.5 1.7 1.6 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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 8.3 11 7 6 8 10
February 7.8 11 7 7 6 10
March 7.5 8 8 8 3 7
April 8.1 7 7 2 10
May 9.4 10 7 5 10
June 10.1 10 6 9 10
July 10.8 8 9 10 12
August 9.6 8 10 9 10
September 9.7 10 8 7 11
October 10.5 11 10 7 12
November 10.7 10 10 9 12
December 9.6 9 8 11 10
Average 9.4 9.7 8.5 7.9 7.1 10.4

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 016° 250° 007° 026° 036°
February 014° 276° 033° 027° 022°
March 182° 147° 030° 314° 152°
April 177° 184° 195° 185°
May 186° 177° 181° 201°
June 190° 146° 194° 177°
July 151° 182° 166° 185°
August 136° 178° 136° 165°
September 126° 096° 099° 126°
October 089° 060° 044° 118°
November 093° 093° 035° 045°
December 041° 040° 052° 042°

Prevailing wind direction

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