Climate Walvis Bay Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Walvis Bay Airport (FYWB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	33.7	48	54	19	12	55
February	40.8	70	51	31	30	33
March	42.5	57	62	33	20	33
April	47.5		81	42	51	20
May	53.1		69	42	33	80
June	57.9		62	72	37	58
July	56.5		78	64	30	60
August	46.2		67	44	7	58
September	46.5		62	50	31	56
October	53.0		55	50	49	46
November	47.5		70	51	48	36
December	41.5		61	44	36	15
Average	48.7	58.7	63.7	43.7	31.9	46.1

7th 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	48.8	75	71	26	18	66
February	53.3	77	70	34	38	51
March	49.7	59	71	36	23	39
April	50.0		84	44	52	20
May	55.0		75	43	33	80
June	62.1		78	73	38	59
July	61.7		84	70	30	62
August	52.1		75	48	7	69
September	55.1		71	55	37	62
October	64.7		70	63	57	58
November	58.3		78	63	57	45
December	53.0		76	55	40	26
Average	57.7	70.9	74.9	49.3	36.0	53.8

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	24.2	24	23	25	25	25
February	24.7	26	24	27	23	25
March	25.5	26	24	24	26	25
April	25.7		24	25	32	25
May	25.7		20	25	29	29
June	25.2		20	28	26	29
July	25.7		24	23	25	30
August	22.4		22	20	21	23
September	20.4		21	21	19	22
October	22.1		21	21	22	22
November	23.8		25	24	23	22
December	23.7		23	25	25	22
Average	24.2	25.3	22.4	23.9	24.5	24.9

13th 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	16.4	17	16	16	18	16
February	16.5	16	16	19	16	17
March	15.7	16	15	15	15	17
April	14.4		15	12	19	14
May	12.6		10	11	14	15
June	11.6		8	15	12	14
July	11.8		11	10	10	14
August	9.3		10	8	8	10
September	9.6		9	10	8	9
October	12.1		12	13	11	12
November	13.2		14	13	12	13
December	14.6		15	15	13	16
Average	13.6	16.2	12.3	13.0	13.0	13.5

6th 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	0.1		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	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.0

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	7.8	7	8	8	8	8
February	6.9	2	8	7	8	8
March	7.3	5	9	7	8	8
April	6.9		7	7	9	7
May	6.9		6	8	8	7
June	8.2		6	13	8	10
July	8.6		9	7	9	11
August	7.4		7	7	8	8
September	7.2		9	7	7	8
October	7.7		8	7	8	8
November	8.2		8	9	9	9
December	8.1		8	9	9	9
Average	7.3	4.3	7.6	7.8	8.3	8.4

13th 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	293°	309°	294°	314°	001°
February	311°	308°	304°	317°	001°
March	287°	264°	289°	279°	001°
April		271°	289°	265°	001°
May		282°	291°	286°	360°
June		262°	084°	006°	360°
July		023°	282°	094°	360°
August		284°	260°	262°	360°
September		260°	272°	279°	001°
October		290°	303°	278°	001°
November		289°	275°	291°	340°
December		306°	268°	270°	319°

Prevailing wind direction

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