Climate Middle Sabi Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Beira Airport (FQBR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	82.0	81	77	85	84	80
February	80.1	81	73	82	75	84
March	80.2	71	66	85	88	93
April	86.5		88	73	91	89
May	91.1		88	93	92	93
June	86.2		85	77	91	90
July	83.0		72	78	86	91
August	84.0		73	89	84	82
September	83.4		76	87	83	82
October	78.6		65	82	82	84
November	80.2		78	77	79	84
December	80.9		76	81	86	72
Average	82.4	77.6	76.1	82.4	85.0	84.9

3rd 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	98.4	100	99	100	98	95
February	98.8	99	98	99	98	100
March	98.4	98	97	98	100	99
April	98.9		100	97	98	100
May	98.4		98	99	98	99
June	95.7		96	95	96	97
July	94.9		96	90	94	100
August	96.2		98	96	95	97
September	97.9		98	95	98	99
October	98.1		96	99	99	99
November	99.0		98	99	99	100
December	98.2		98	98	99	98
Average	97.9	98.9	97.5	97.3	97.6	98.5

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	31.3	33	32	31	31	32
February	31.5	33	34	31	32	31
March	30.3	32	30	30	31	30
April	29.1		30	29	29	30
May	27.5		29	28	27	28
June	26.1		30	25	26	26
July	25.0		26	25	25	24
August	26.5		26	27	26	26
September	27.8		29	29	27	27
October	29.0		30	30	28	28
November	29.9		30	30	31	31
December	30.9		32	32	31	30
Average	29.1	32.4	29.8	28.8	28.4	28.5

7th 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	24.8	25	24	25	25	25
February	24.8	25	24	25	25	25
March	24.1	24	24	23	24	24
April	22.6		22	22	23	23
May	19.6		20	19	20	19
June	18.0		18	18	18	18
July	16.9		17	16	17	17
August	17.9		18	17	18	17
September	19.8		20	21	19	19
October	21.6		21	22	21	21
November	22.8		22	22	23	23
December	24.0		24	23	24	24
Average	21.8	24.4	21.0	21.0	21.1	21.2

8th 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	3.2	1	3	4	5	6
February	3.5	1	3	1	9	2
March	3.1	4	6	4	0	1
April	1.8		0	4	1	1
May	0.7		0	1	1	1
June	1.7		0	4	1	2
July	1.9		4	0	2	1
August	0.6		1	1	1	0
September	0.2		1	0	0	0
October	1.5		5	1	1	0
November	1.9		3	5	0	1
December	4.0		7	1	2	8
Average	2.0	1.5	2.9	2.3	1.9	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	6.7	9	6	11	8	9
February	6.5	9	8	10	9	8
March	5.8	8	8	9	8	8
April	4.5		6	9	0	9
May	4.1		6	7	0	7
June	6.1		6	9	7	8
July	6.0		6	7	8	9
August	8.0		7	9	9	9
September	9.3		10	8	10	10
October	10.4		11	9	12	11
November	10.0		10	8	11	11
December	8.2		8	8	11	10
Average	7.2	8.4	7.7	8.7	7.7	9.2

7th 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	182°	184°	145°	132°	141°
February	187°	120°	167°	187°	136°
March	198°	199°	148°	166°	167°
April		186°	168°	140°	156°
May		165°	180°	210°	172°
June		155°	195°	191°	190°
July		216°	171°	184°	180°
August		177°	133°	143°	137°
September		147°	115°	134°	142°
October		160°	119°	129°	135°
November		161°	148°	125°	122°
December		164°	154°	119°	110°

Prevailing wind direction

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