Statistics Okaukuejo Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ondangwa Airport (FYOA) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	72.9	69	62	55	80	86
February	72.6	48	60	55	69	92
March	75.8	50	65	59	69	87
April	64.5	65	70	53	17	91
May	76.6		70	65	69	86
June	75.2		79	50	67	88
July	71.8		63	51	68	89
August	73.8		59	58	66	94
September	73.2		75	50	55	94
October	72.6		40	59	61	88
November	76.9		57	88	64	97
December	73.1		51	69	61	90
Average	71.3	58.9	63.6	57.5	62.3	89.9

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: 8 km or more
• Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	74.6	70	62	56	87	86
February	74.2	48	60	56	76	92
March	77.4	50	65	68	71	87
April	64.6	65	70	53	17	91
May	76.6		70	65	69	86
June	75.2		79	50	67	88
July	71.8		63	51	68	89
August	73.8		59	58	66	94
September	73.3		75	50	55	94
October	72.6		40	59	61	88
November	76.9		57	88	64	97
December	73.4		51	69	62	91
Average	71.7	59.2	63.6	58.2	63.8	89.9

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 5 km or more
• Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	33.3	33	33	32	33	37
February	33.0	36	31	33	32	36
March	32.4	35	33	33	32	36
April	31.9	31	34	31	33	36
May	31.4		35	28	32	34
June	28.5		29	28	28	30
July	28.5		29	27	28	31
August	32.8		36	31	33	33
September	36.6		39	35	36	36
October	36.4		37	35	38	37
November	36.3		38	34	37	36
December	35.0		38	34	37	33
Average	33.1	33.6	34.2	31.6	33.2	34.4

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	22.2	20	21	23	22	24
February	21.8	21	21	23	22	22
March	21.2	25	17	22	22	22
April	19.8	20	17	18	19	22
May	14.7		8	14	15	18
June	11.1		7	10	11	13
July	11.1		11	10	10	12
August	13.7		12	12	14	15
September	17.9		17	17	17	17
October	20.5		20	20	20	22
November	23.0		22	21	23	24
December	22.7		22	21	25	22
Average	18.7	20.8	15.8	17.2	18.1	19.3

13th lowest temperature of Namibia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	3.9	6	3	7	7	1
February	5.7	1	8	6	16	1
March	2.9	0	3	5	3	1
April	0.7	1	0	0	0	1
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	1.3		1	2	3	1
December	3.2		1	4	2	9
Average	1.6	2.3	1.6	1.8	2.6	1.2

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	4.7	5	5	5	4	5
February	4.8	5	4	6	4	5
March	4.4	4	4	5	5	4
April	4.9	5	3	6	5	4
May	5.7		5	5	6	6
June	6.1		7	6	6	6
July	6.5		6	6	7	6
August	5.1		6	4	5	6
September	5.6		6	5	5	7
October	5.6		5	5	5	6
November	4.9		4	4	5	5
December	4.8		5	4	5	5
Average	5.2	4.6	4.9	5.2	5.1	5.2

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	245°	182°	250°	217°	192°
February	245°	069°	204°	190°	072°
March	255°	100°	082°	087°	266°
April	053°	228°	066°	055°	078°
May		059°	062°	064°	052°
June		061°	053°	059°	064°
July		060°	071°	065°	073°
August		069°	059°	070°	091°
September		089°	115°	090°	087°
October		009°	109°	067°	107°
November		239°	239°	198°	270°
December		225°	262°	220°	325°

Prevailing wind direction

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