Alphonse Airport

FSAL · Seychelles

Climate Alphonse Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Seychelles International Airport (FSIA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.2 84 78 67 80 70
February 75.8 75 80 81 70 74
March 82.2 81 94 92 90 86
April 81.6 86 88 85 82
May 83.1 95 85 87 83
June 84.0 92 83 91 84
July 80.9 79 85 90 63
August 81.9 89 77 92 87
September 79.1 67 85 81 88
October 85.3 90 91 95 88
November 81.8 81 94 94 83
December 75.9 77 76 89 82
Average 80.0 79.9 83.8 83.8 87.2 80.7

1st best VFR conditions of Seychelles

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 99.3 100 100 100 100 100
February 99.4 99 100 100 100 100
March 99.5 100 100 100 100 100
April 99.4 100 100 99 100
May 99.4 100 100 99 100
June 99.7 100 100 100 100
July 99.5 100 100 100 100
August 99.5 100 100 100 100
September 99.7 100 100 100 100
October 99.8 100 100 100 100
November 99.4 100 100 100 99
December 99.6 100 100 100 100
Average 99.5 99.6 99.9 99.8 99.7 99.7

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 31 29 30 30 31
February 30.3 32 30 30 30 31
March 31.1 31 31 31 31 32
April 31.1 31 31 31 32
May 30.4 31 30 30 31
June 29.3 30 29 29 30
July 28.2 29 27 28 28
August 28.2 29 27 29 28
September 28.9 29 29 29 29
October 29.8 30 29 30 30
November 30.2 30 30 30 30
December 30.1 31 30 30 30
Average 29.9 31.2 29.8 29.3 29.5 30.2

1st highest temperature of Seychelles

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 25.0 27 24 25 25 26
February 25.7 27 26 26 25 27
March 26.2 27 26 27 26 26
April 25.9 26 26 26 27
May 25.9 27 26 26 27
June 25.6 26 25 26 27
July 24.5 25 24 25 25
August 24.1 26 24 25 24
September 25.0 26 25 25 25
October 25.6 26 25 26 26
November 25.0 26 25 25 25
December 25.3 26 25 25 25
Average 25.4 26.5 25.7 25.3 25.3 25.8

1st lowest temperature of Seychelles

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 20.5 13 16 24 19 24
February 13.8 16 13 8 20 19
March 7.2 13 2 5 3 5
April 11.7 12 5 13 13
May 10.7 2 12 13 12
June 8.5 4 9 7 12
July 11.5 9 8 6 33
August 8.3 6 9 4 10
September 11.0 18 7 10 7
October 8.5 9 5 5 9
November 13.6 15 3 7 16
December 18.5 24 15 14 16
Average 12.2 14.0 10.8 9.1 9.9 14.6

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 8.3 9 8 9 10 7
February 9.1 10 11 12 11 9
March 7.4 8 6 9 8 8
April 5.9 6 7 5 6
May 8.5 10 8 8 8
June 10.2 12 11 12 9
July 10.7 11 14 12 10
August 11.9 12 14 12 11
September 11.4 13 12 12 10
October 8.6 9 11 9 8
November 6.2 6 6 6 6
December 7.0 6 6 6 7
Average 8.8 9.1 9.2 10.0 9.1 8.3

1st highest wind speed of Seychelles

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 333° 333° 330° 324° 338°
February 342° 334° 330° 334° 325°
March 352° 009° 343° 339° 345°
April 087° 006° 103° 320°
May 124° 128° 131° 126°
June 127° 125° 129° 128°
July 127° 126° 128° 132°
August 128° 129° 125° 130°
September 128° 125° 129° 129°
October 122° 125° 124° 122°
November 091° 121° 121° 109°
December 281° 318° 016° 313°

Prevailing wind direction

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