Bobete Airport

FXBB · Thaba-Tseka, Lesotho

Climate Bobete Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Moshoeshoe I International Airport (FXMM) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 89.7 68 90 100 94 85
February 84.7 72 64 97 94
March 90.9 68 50 96 97
April 92.1 100 86 100
May 95.0 100 78 100 100
June 98.2 96 83 92 100
July 96.5 91 77 100 100
August 96.2 97 100 100 97
September 94.5 76 89 96 100
October 95.8 91 100 100 80
November 93.8 83 76 96 79
December 91.4 75 82 88 87
Average 89.9 68.4 87.4 85.0 94.2 95.4

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 97.7 97 100 100 99 97
February 98.0 98 100 98 100
March 99.2 99 100 100 99
April 97.9 100 99 100
May 98.3 100 100 100 100
June 99.4 100 100 100 100
July 99.6 100 100 100 100
August 97.9 100 100 100 98
September 99.4 98 100 100 100
October 99.0 100 100 100 100
November 99.1 98 100 100 100
December 98.6 100 100 100 92
Average 98.7 97.9 99.5 100.0 99.4 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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 26.2 27.1 28.3 31.0 24.0 24.6
February 24.4 24.6 26.6 26.3 24.1
March 23.7 24.3 21.0 20.3 22.8
April 19.8 20.6 17.6 22.6
May 18.3 21.5 16.1 17.8 17.6
June 14.8 14.5 13.3 12.8 15.5
July 14.8 14.8 12.8 14.8 14.8
August 18.1 19.6 16.8 16.5 16.6
September 22.0 21.1 21.1 21.0 21.0
October 24.1 23.1 26.0 25.0 18.0
November 25.3 24.6 26.3 22.8 20.8
December 25.6 26.3 25.1 23.6 23.6
Average 21.8 25.4 21.2 20.6 19.9 20.1

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 18.6 20.8 23.0 26.0 20.1 20.1
February 18.7 20.0 22.1 21.3 20.1
March 16.9 18.8 14.0 15.5 18.6
April 14.3 16.8 13.5 17.6
May 11.0 15.9 12.5 11.5 9.0
June 6.7 8.3 10.6 8.5 6.2
July 7.0 7.2 9.1 9.4 10.0
August 9.2 12.1 11.6 13.0 9.4
September 13.3 14.8 14.3 17.1 21.0
October 16.6 16.8 19.8 20.6 15.5
November 17.7 19.6 21.3 19.3 17.1
December 19.2 22.1 21.3 18.6 18.6
Average 15.1 19.8 15.0 15.9 15.4 14.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 5.0 3 0 0 8 17
February 9.0 6 0 2 13
March 3.3 3 0 8 4
April 5.7 0 16 1
May 1.5 0 4 0 0
June 0.8 0 0 11 0
July 1.3 2 0 0 0
August 1.6 0 0 0 4
September 1.9 3 0 0 0
October 0.8 1 0 7 0
November 2.2 2 0 0 16
December 5.2 2 6 9 19
Average 3.6 3.6 1.2 1.6 6.1 5.6

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 5.0 7 5 1 4 5
February 4.6 6 6 7 5
March 4.4 5 7 4 5
April 4.1 4 4 4
May 3.4 3 5 4 3
June 3.1 3 2 4 3
July 4.4 6 2 4 4
August 5.4 6 4 5 5
September 6.2 7 5 7 14
October 7.1 8 5 9 4
November 7.6 8 7 8 9
December 6.6 8 10 6 10
Average 5.4 5.8 6.5 5.8 5.1 4.7

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 342° 272° 300° 333° 336°
February 001° 325° 292° 278°
March 325° 006° 289° 313°
April 329° 326° 270°
May 313° 353° 333° 276°
June 292° 254° 326° 342°
July 293° 025° 301° 244°
August 319° 277° 322° 310°
September 305° 297° 339° 286°
October 304° 294° 313° 360°
November 323° 312° 344° 329°
December 343° 012° 310° 328°

Prevailing wind direction

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