Climate Luderitz Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Luderitz Airport (FYLZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average

9th best VFR conditions of Namibia

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	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average

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	26.8	28	26	28	27	27
February	26.8	28	27	29	27	26
March	27.1	27	25	27	28	27
April	26.8		27	27	30	26
May	25.7		23	27	26	28
June	24.2		19	27	24	26
July	23.6		23	23	23	28
August	22.5		23	21	21	23
September	22.6		22	23	22
October	24.4		23	24	24
November	25.5		27	25	25	24
December	25.5		26	26	25	26
Average	25.5	27.3	24.1	25.4	25.1	26.4

12th highest temperature of Namibia

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	16.9	18	17	18	17	17
February	16.8	17	17	18	16	18
March	15.9	17	15	16	16	16
April	14.9		15	14	18	14
May	12.7		11	12	15	13
June	12.4		10	16	13	12
July	11.3		12	11	12	14
August	10.9		12	9	11	13
September	11.0		11	11	10
October	13.3		14	13	13
November	14.3		15	15	15	15
December	15.5		16	16	15	16
Average	14.4	17.1	13.5	14.0	14.1	14.7

9th lowest temperature of Namibia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average

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	11.6	0	13	13	11	13
February	9.5	0	13	11	0	13
March	9.4	0	12	12	0	13
April	10.6		10	12	10	9
May	9.2		9	10	11	8
June	8.4		2	11	10	9
July	8.3		0	10	11	10
August	9.7		0	10	11	14
September	9.6		0	12	14
October	10.6		0	13	12
November	11.5		0	13	17	16
December	12.3		0	15	14	16
Average	9.6		4.4	11.8	9.9	11.9

12th highest wind speed of Namibia

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	360°	204°	208°	206°	204°
February	360°	201°	209°	180°	211°
March	360°	201°	203°	360°	204°
April		191°	195°	203°	204°
May		190°	191°	196°	199°
June		345°	065°	024°	182°
July		360°	201°	178°	143°
August		360°	203°	195°	163°
September		360°	198°	201°
October		360°	203°	218°
November		360°	201°	198°	198°
December		360°	201°	208°	202°

Prevailing wind direction

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