Climate Okaukuejo Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Grootfontein Airport (FYGF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	72.3	73	63	60	38	98
February	75.3	70	62	70	59	87
March	67.5	68	51	56	62	56
April	72.5		63	69	72	74
May	87.1		78	76	70	99
June	85.4		75	72	68	100
July	87.3		76	69	72	100
August	83.8		69	68	70	100
September	83.4		68	64	69	100
October	83.4		73	66	72	100
November	82.3		74	66	68	100
December	74.9		60	64	49	100
Average	79.6	70.1	68.0	66.6	64.3	91.7

4th 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	77.7	74	69	70	50	100
February	81.7	70	64	74	70	99
March	74.3	69	61	68	66	71
April	73.9		66	69	72	74
May	87.1		78	76	70	99
June	85.5		75	73	68	100
July	87.3		76	69	72	100
August	83.8		69	68	70	100
September	83.4		68	64	69	100
October	84.3		73	67	74	100
November	82.7		76	66	68	100
December	76.2		62	64	50	100
Average	81.7	70.7	69.7	69.0	66.3	95.1

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	29.6	31	30	31	24	29
February	29.5	33	30	29	26	28
March	28.8	33	30	27	27	27
April	26.0		29	27	27	6
May	22.9		30	26	25	0
June	21.0		26	23	24	0
July	20.5		24	24	22	0
August	24.5		28	29	29	0
September	27.9		32	32	32	1
October	30.6		36	33	33	0
November	31.5		34	33	33	0
December	31.4		33	33	32	0
Average	26.9	32.3	30.2	28.6	27.9	9.5

6th 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	17.9	18	18	17	16	18
February	18.1	19	17	17	18	19
March	16.3	17	18	15	16	16
April	13.1		15	13	11	4
May	8.1		11	6	8	0
June	4.5		6	3	5	0
July	4.0		5	6	2	0
August	7.5		9	7	8	0
September	11.1		12	12	13	0
October	15.3		17	17	14	0
November	17.7		19	17	17	0
December	18.6		19	18	17	0
Average	12.9	18.1	13.7	12.0	11.7	5.9

4th 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	2.6	3	3	2	3	3
February	2.7	1	2	0	9	4
March	2.1	0	2	4	1	1
April	1.0		2	2	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	0
October	1.6		1	2	1	0
November	1.6		3	1	0	0
December	3.0		3	1	2	0
Average	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.0	1.1	0.9

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	5.0	4	6	5	4	6
February	4.4	4	4	4	4	5
March	4.5	5	4	4	4	5
April	4.6		4	4	6	5
May	4.8		5	5	4	5
June	5.1		4	6	5	5
July	5.4		6	5	6	6
August	5.1		6	5	5	4
September	5.4		5	6	5	5
October	5.6		5	5	6	7
November	5.3		5	5	5	5
December	5.0		5	5	5	4
Average	4.9	4.3	4.8	5.0	4.8	5.0

6th 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	087°	102°	087°	145°	116°
February	100°	180°	103°	155°	109°
March	092°	064°	094°	080°	097°
April		051°	059°	084°	073°
May		005°	088°	080°	088°
June		046°	067°	053°	090°
July		066°	057°	088°	091°
August		070°	085°	046°	083°
September		126°	091°	084°	106°
October		103°	059°	102°	075°
November		055°	071°	222°	106°
December		284°	266°	320°	158°

Prevailing wind direction

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