Climate Quelimane Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Quelimane Airport (FQQL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	57.4	55	52	50	74	58
February	56.5	54	57	46	58	65
March	48.0	52	46	43	54	53
April	58.1		67	45	59	61
May	66.4		75	71	63	78
June	62.5		80	48	66	62
July	62.5		64	66	64	55
August	69.1		67	69	67	72
September	78.5		82	87	72	76
October	72.3		68	86	73	71
November	70.1		69	78	66	81
December	69.9		63	83	82	66
Average	63.0	53.5	65.8	62.9	66.5	66.4

6th 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	98.0	94	98	98	99	98
February	98.5	98	98	98	99	98
March	97.1	97	94	95	98	98
April	97.3		97	96	99	98
May	97.2		96	100	96	98
June	95.7		93	98	97	96
July	94.7		98	95	97	97
August	92.5		96	93	92	96
September	97.2		95	98	98	98
October	98.3		97	96	99	99
November	99.2		99	100	99	100
December	99.2		99	99	100	100
Average	97.1	96.1	96.7	97.0	97.6	98.1

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	32.3	32	33	31	35	32
February	32.1	32	33	31	33	32
March	30.6	32	29	30	31	31
April	29.9		30	30	30	31
May	28.5		29	29	28	28
June	27.4		30	25	27	27
July	26.3		26	26	27	26
August	28.9		28	28	28	28
September	30.2		31	31	29	30
October	31.9		32	32	31	30
November	32.6		32	32	33	34
December	33.0		33	34	35	33
Average	30.5	31.8	30.5	29.7	30.4	30.1

2nd 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	24.5	24	24	25	25	25
February	24.8	25	24	25	25	25
March	24.3	25	24	24	24	24
April	23.0		23	24	22	23
May	19.6		20	20	19	19
June	18.1		19	19	18	18
July	16.8		17	17	17	17
August	17.8		18	18	17	18
September	19.8		21	20	20	20
October	21.9		23	22	22	22
November	23.6		23	24	24	24
December	24.5		25	24	26	25
Average	21.9	24.5	21.7	21.7	21.4	21.7

10th 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	3.7	9	3	4	3	4
February	3.8	3	2	10	2	4
March	6.5	4	10	10	4	4
April	4.0		0	5	2	5
May	2.1		0	2	2	3
June	3.1		1	5	3	1
July	2.1		3	0	2	2
August	1.6		4	2	2	0
September	0.4		0	0	1	1
October	0.7		1	0	1	1
November	1.7		2	3	2	0
December	3.1		2	1	3	3
Average	3.0	5.4	2.2	3.8	2.4	2.2

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	6.8	7	7	7	7	6
February	5.6	3	6	6	6	6
March	5.4	0	8	7	6	6
April	5.6		6	6	6	7
May	5.2		5	5	6	6
June	6.1		6	6	6	6
July	5.9		6	6	7	6
August	6.5		8	7	7	4
September	8.8		9	10	8	10
October	9.2		10	9	10	8
November	8.6		9	9	9	9
December	7.7		9	8	10	7
Average	6.5	3.7	7.4	7.1	7.2	6.8

2nd 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	141°	201°	145°	107°	151°
February	035°	074°	188°	213°	146°
March	360°	211°	191°	159°	195°
April		156°	171°	176°	158°
May		137°	174°	187°	177°
June		092°	185°	177°	199°
July		167°	143°	174°	175°
August		135°	114°	135°	123°
September		106°	099°	121°	121°
October		117°	111°	121°	133°
November		129°	114°	124°	112°
December		125°	106°	103°	112°

Prevailing wind direction

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