Climate Ondangwa Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ondangwa Airport (FYOA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	71.4	62	69	62	55	80
February	71.3	63	48	60	55	69
March	72.9	46	50	65	59	69
April	64.5		65	70	53	17
May	76.4		75	70	65	69
June	76.0		81	79	50	67
July	72.0		73	63	51	68
August	73.4		71	59	58	66
September	69.0		30	75	50	55
October	67.1		4	40	59	61
November	73.8		56	57	88	64
December	69.5		53	51	69	61
Average	69.8	58.4	59.6	63.6	57.5	62.3

5th 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	72.9	62	70	62	56	87
February	72.7	64	48	60	56	76
March	74.4	46	50	65	68	71
April	64.6		65	70	53	17
May	76.4		75	70	65	69
June	76.0		81	79	50	67
July	72.0		73	63	51	68
August	73.4		71	59	58	66
September	69.1		30	75	50	55
October	67.1		4	40	59	61
November	73.8		57	57	88	64
December	69.7		53	51	69	62
Average	70.2	58.7	59.7	63.6	58.2	63.8

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	33.1	32	33	33	32	33
February	33.1	34	36	31	33	32
March	32.3	32	35	33	33	32
April	31.9		31	34	31	33
May	31.4		32	35	28	32
June	28.6		29	29	28	28
July	28.2		27	29	27	28
August	32.6		32	36	31	33
September	35.9		32	39	35	36
October	36.2		35	37	35	38
November	36.0		35	38	34	37
December	34.7		33	38	34	37
Average	32.8	32.4	32.2	34.2	31.6	33.2

1st 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	22.0	20	20	21	23	22
February	21.8	22	21	21	23	22
March	21.2	21	25	17	22	22
April	19.8		20	17	18	19
May	14.8		16	8	14	15
June	11.0		10	7	10	11
July	10.9		10	11	10	10
August	13.6		13	12	12	14
September	17.7		16	17	17	17
October	20.4		20	20	20	20
November	22.8		22	22	21	23
December	22.4		21	22	21	25
Average	18.6	21.1	17.2	15.8	17.2	18.1

13th 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	4.0	4	6	3	7	7
February	4.9	0	1	8	6	16
March	2.7	1	0	3	5	3
April	0.7		1	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	0.2		0	0	0	0
October	0.2		0	0	0	0
November	1.6		3	1	2	3
December	3.2		3	1	4	2
Average	1.5	1.9	1.1	1.6	1.8	2.6

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	4.6	4	5	5	5	4
February	4.7	5	5	4	6	4
March	4.4	5	4	4	5	5
April	4.9		5	3	6	5
May	5.5		4	5	5	6
June	5.8		4	7	6	6
July	6.5		6	6	6	7
August	5.3		6	6	4	5
September	5.5		5	6	5	5
October	5.5		5	5	5	5
November	5.0		5	4	4	5
December	4.8		5	5	4	5
Average	5.1	4.4	5.0	4.9	5.2	5.1

1st 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	151°	245°	182°	250°	217°
February	262°	245°	069°	204°	190°
March	078°	255°	100°	082°	087°
April		053°	228°	066°	055°
May		350°	059°	062°	064°
June		064°	061°	053°	059°
July		068°	060°	071°	065°
August		062°	069°	059°	070°
September		089°	089°	115°	090°
October		218°	009°	109°	067°
November		040°	239°	239°	198°
December		248°	225°	262°	220°

Prevailing wind direction

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