Luozi Airport

FZAL · Bas-Congo, Congo

Climate Luozi Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Maya-Maya Airport (FCBB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.8 69 71 79 78 77
February 78.8 73 78 85 80 85
March 82.2 94 72 83 83 88
April 82.0 85 73 90 85
May 69.2 63 76 79 71
June 32.4 27 41 47 27
July 25.2 24 27 33 27
August 47.6 51 56 49 42
September 51.9 54 43 57 42
October 52.3 59 51 51 55
November 64.1 53 55 66 65
December 69.2 60 76 76 76
Average 62.9 79.2 56.5 63.6 65.4 61.7

1st best VFR conditions of Congo

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 98.8 100 96 99 99 100
February 98.7 99 98 99 100 99
March 99.1 100 99 100 100 99
April 99.2 100 98 100 100
May 99.1 98 100 99 100
June 89.5 97 91 95 84
July 82.5 79 90 82 80
August 96.1 95 100 95 97
September 96.7 95 99 96 92
October 95.5 93 96 96 97
November 98.2 95 99 97 99
December 98.3 96 100 99 100
Average 96.4 99.3 94.7 97.5 96.2 95.4

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 30.5 31 29 31 31 31
February 31.4 32 31 32 32 32
March 32.2 33 31 32 31 33
April 32.2 32 31 33 33
May 31.2 32 30 33 32
June 29.1 28 30 31 29
July 28.4 29 28 30 29
August 29.4 30 29 31 29
September 30.9 32 31 32 30
October 31.1 32 31 31 32
November 30.6 30 30 31 31
December 30.5 30 31 31 31
Average 30.8 32.0 30.5 30.3 31.1 30.7

1st highest temperature of Congo

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 22.8 24 23 23 23 23
February 23.0 24 23 23 23 23
March 23.1 24 23 22 23 23
April 22.8 24 23 23 21
May 22.9 24 23 23 22
June 21.0 22 21 22 21
July 19.9 21 20 20 20
August 20.8 22 20 21 21
September 22.0 23 23 23 22
October 22.6 24 23 23 23
November 22.8 23 23 24 23
December 22.6 24 23 23 22
Average 22.4 23.9 22.7 22.0 22.4 22.0

1st lowest temperature of Congo

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.7 2 1 4 4 5
February 3.0 1 2 3 2 3
March 1.8 1 3 3 3 3
April 2.4 3 3 0 2
May 1.0 0 1 2 2
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.2 0 0 0 0
September 1.3 0 1 1 4
October 3.3 5 2 2 2
November 5.7 5 8 5 2
December 5.1 9 4 5 3
Average 2.2 1.4 2.0 2.2 1.8 2.1

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 4.3 5 4 4 5 4
February 4.5 4 5 5 5 4
March 4.7 5 4 5 4 5
April 4.0 4 4 4 4
May 4.1 4 4 4 4
June 4.7 5 5 5 5
July 5.1 5 5 5 5
August 5.9 6 6 6 6
September 5.7 6 6 6 6
October 5.0 5 5 6 5
November 4.5 4 4 5 5
December 4.2 4 4 4 4
Average 4.7 4.6 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.8

1st highest wind speed of Congo

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 241° 236° 238° 242° 238°
February 247° 222° 236° 237° 234°
March 232° 242° 234° 240° 239°
April 219° 236° 177° 227°
May 238° 235° 237° 241°
June 239° 240° 244° 244°
July 237° 239° 246° 246°
August 240° 241° 239° 246°
September 241° 241° 235° 239°
October 239° 238° 238° 240°
November 236° 225° 244° 229°
December 244° 221° 187° 248°

Prevailing wind direction

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