Mocímboa da Praia Airport

FQMP · Cabo Delgado, Mozambique

Climate Mocímboa da Praia Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mtwara Airport (HTMT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.6 58 77 75 70 61
February 65.0 61 66 79 64 62
March 65.9 67 70 64 63 59
April 68.1 70 68 74 58
May 86.8 83 92 87 87
June 91.6 93 90 91 92
July 86.2 86 77 92 84
August 79.4 86 68 83 73
September 76.1 82 69 73 83
October 72.9 81 76 62 64
November 68.9 75 70 72 67
December 66.5 69 66 77 64
Average 72.5 62.1 78.2 74.2 76.7 70.8

12th best VFR conditions of Tanzania

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 97.7 93 100 100 99 99
February 98.0 100 96 100 96 100
March 99.4 99 100 99 99 100
April 99.7 100 99 99 100
May 99.7 100 100 99 99
June 99.8 100 100 100 99
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 99.0 99 99 99 100
September 99.5 100 99 100 100
October 99.5 100 99 99 100
November 99.7 100 100 100 100
December 99.7 100 100 99 100
Average 99.3 97.3 99.5 99.6 99.1 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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 29.7 30 31 30 29 30
February 30.0 31 30 29 30 30
March 30.4 31 32 30 30 30
April 30.0 30 30 30 31
May 29.3 31 29 29 30
June 28.2 29 28 28 28
July 27.6 29 28 28 28
August 28.6 30 28 29 29
September 29.0 30 28 29 29
October 29.4 31 29 28 30
November 30.6 32 30 31 30
December 30.7 31 31 30 32
Average 28.9 30.6 30.3 29.0 29.1 29.7

4th highest temperature of Tanzania

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 22 26 25 25
February 23.2 24 23 24 23 23
March 23.6 24 23 24 23 24
April 23.6 24 24 23 23
May 21.4 21 22 21 21
June 20.0 20 20 20 20
July 19.9 19 19 20 21
August 18.8 20 17 20 18
September 20.6 21 20 21 20
October 21.6 23 19 22 22
November 23.4 24 22 24 22
December 23.9 25 24 25 23
Average 23.1 23.9 21.9 21.6 22.0 21.9

15th lowest temperature of Tanzania

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.6 8 3 3 3 6
February 2.7 2 3 0 9 1
March 3.5 4 4 2 4 2
April 3.6 3 3 8 3
May 1.1 0 1 4 0
June 2.2 3 1 2 3
July 1.1 1 1 2 1
August 0.5 1 0 0 1
September 0.5 1 1 0 0
October 1.4 2 1 2 2
November 0.9 1 0 0 2
December 2.9 4 2 2 3
Average 1.7 4.3 2.0 1.2 3.1 1.9

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 11.7 10 12 14 13 10
February 10.5 9 12 12 13 7
March 9.9 7 13 12 11 7
April 11.6 12 11 14 9
May 12.6 12 13 14 13
June 12.7 12 15 13 13
July 14.3 15 14 14 13
August 12.3 14 12 13 10
September 12.1 13 13 13 11
October 11.3 12 12 13 9
November 10.9 12 12 12 8
December 10.8 10 12 11 12
Average 11.0 8.6 12.4 12.5 12.6 10.1

4th highest wind speed of Tanzania

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 328° 330° 338° 336° 338°
February 337° 338° 322° 332° 340°
March 151° 351° 322° 314° 169°
April 150° 166° 170° 160°
May 148° 174° 175° 166°
June 157° 167° 164° 164°
July 158° 152° 161° 169°
August 150° 121° 137° 130°
September 074° 094° 101° 115°
October 062° 059° 094° 073°
November 085° 034° 044° 044°
December 351° 009° 046° 357°

Prevailing wind direction

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