Farquhar Airport

FSFA · Seychelles

Climate Farquhar Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Arrachart Airport (FMNA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.7 52 71 69 85 78
February 77.9 67 84 57 91 85
March 80.2 80 82 68 84 79
April 90.8 91 83 96 93
May 94.3 92 94 96 95
June 93.3 89 94 98 90
July 93.2 92 86 97 96
August 93.1 95 88 94 93
September 93.5 90 91 95 97
October 89.4 91 88 84 95
November 87.8 93 89 92 91
December 82.9 84 75 91 87
Average 78.5 66.1 87.6 82.5 91.6 89.6

4th best VFR conditions of Madagascar

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 96.4 92 100 99 99 97
February 98.1 99 100 98 99 98
March 97.8 92 100 100 100 98
April 99.0 100 100 100 99
May 99.2 100 100 100 98
June 99.1 100 100 100 99
July 99.2 100 100 99 99
August 98.5 100 100 100 98
September 99.2 100 100 100 99
October 99.3 100 100 100 100
November 99.1 99 100 100 100
December 99.1 100 99 100 100
Average 98.4 94.2 99.7 99.5 99.6 98.6

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 30.5 30 31 31 31 31
February 30.7 31 31 30 31 31
March 30.6 31 31 30 31 31
April 31.1 32 30 30 32
May 30.7 32 31 30 31
June 29.6 30 30 30 29
July 28.8 30 28 29 28
August 29.2 30 28 30 29
September 29.9 30 29 30 30
October 31.1 32 30 31 32
November 32.0 33 31 32 31
December 32.4 33 32 33 32
Average 30.7 30.7 31.1 29.8 30.6 30.5

3rd highest temperature of Madagascar

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 24.1 25 24 25 24 24
February 24.0 25 24 25 24 24
March 23.7 25 24 24 24 23
April 23.7 24 24 25 23
May 23.0 24 23 23 23
June 21.2 22 21 22 21
July 20.9 22 20 21 21
August 20.5 22 20 21 19
September 21.7 22 21 22 22
October 22.7 24 22 23 23
November 24.2 25 24 24 24
December 24.4 26 24 25 25
Average 23.4 24.6 23.5 22.5 23.0 22.6

6th lowest temperature of Madagascar

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.9 11 4 13 5 7
February 5.8 4 2 9 6 5
March 6.0 12 2 10 4 5
April 1.7 1 2 3 1
May 0.4 0 1 1 0
June 0.6 1 0 0 2
July 0.4 1 0 0 1
August 0.3 0 0 0 1
September 0.5 0 2 0 0
October 0.2 0 0 0 1
November 0.8 0 0 0 2
December 1.9 1 0 0 0
Average 3.5 9.1 0.9 3.0 1.5 2.1

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 6.9 8 7 7 7 8
February 6.2 6 6 8 6 6
March 6.7 9 7 6 6 6
April 9.9 9 9 11 11
May 10.7 10 11 10 12
June 12.6 12 13 13 13
July 13.7 12 15 15 14
August 13.7 12 14 13 13
September 14.4 14 15 15 13
October 12.2 10 14 12 12
November 10.4 11 10 10 10
December 8.5 8 9 11 8
Average 9.7 7.5 9.7 11.0 10.6 10.4

3rd highest wind speed of Madagascar

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 272° 177° 265° 217° 187°
February 202° 141° 273° 138° 190°
March 144° 148° 197° 200° 173°
April 136° 140° 139° 141°
May 136° 138° 141° 141°
June 139° 140° 139° 141°
July 140° 138° 140° 143°
August 140° 139° 139° 141°
September 139° 139° 139° 140°
October 132° 137° 137° 137°
November 133° 129° 128° 136°
December 132° 139° 128° 138°

Prevailing wind direction

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