Climate Gavilo Lodge Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Port Gentil Airport (FOOG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	89.0	80	82	94	92	92
February	88.4	83	83	88	90	92
March	91.6	87	84	94	93	92
April	90.9		87	92	94	93
May	90.3		90	92	88	92
June	86.1		90	89	90	79
July	83.7		64	88	88	85
August	79.1		54	81	82	80
September	80.2		61	84	81	84
October	78.4		59	80	81	81
November	83.5		70	84	86	84
December	88.4		68	98	89	93
Average	85.5	83.4	74.4	88.1	87.8	87.0

2nd best VFR conditions of Gabon

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	97.0	96	96	98	98	98
February	96.5	97	96	97	98	98
March	97.9	98	98	98	99	97
April	97.8		98	98	99	98
May	97.8		98	98	99	97
June	97.8		99	95	99	98
July	97.7		94	99	99	99
August	97.7		94	99	98	100
September	97.7		97	98	98	100
October	96.8		98	97	99	94
November	96.5		95	97	97	98
December	97.3		96	100	98	99
Average	97.3	97.0	96.5	97.6	98.4	97.9

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	30.4	31	30	30	30	31
February	31.0	32	31	31	31	31
March	31.1	32	31	31	30	32
April	30.7		31	30	32	31
May	30.1		31	30	31	31
June	28.2		28	28	29	28
July	27.3		27	27	28	28
August	27.8		28	28	29	29
September	28.9		29	29	29	29
October	29.4		30	29	30	30
November	29.3		30	29	30	29
December	29.8		30	30	30	30
Average	29.7	31.2	29.5	29.1	29.7	29.8

6th highest temperature of Gabon

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	24.9	27	23	25	25	25
February	25.6	26	25	26	26	26
March	25.3	26	24	25	25	25
April	24.8		24	24	25	26
May	25.0		25	24	25	25
June	23.9		24	23	25	23
July	22.7		23	23	23	23
August	23.4		23	23	24	24
September	24.6		25	25	24	25
October	24.2		26	23	24	25
November	24.2		26	22	24	25
December	24.7		26	21	25	25
Average	24.6	26.1	24.2	23.7	24.4	24.7

8th lowest temperature of Gabon

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	2.3	4	2	1	4	2
February	1.8	2	1	3	1	1
March	2.2	3	1	2	4	3
April	2.7		4	2	1	3
May	2.7		1	2	4	3
June	0.4		0	0	2	0
July	0.6		0	1	1	2
August	2.5		2	4	3	2
September	4.8		4	5	6	0
October	8.4		5	6	5	12
November	7.0		8	6	7	10
December	3.9		5	1	5	2
Average	3.1	2.6	2.6	2.8	3.4	3.4

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	6.9	8	6	8	7	6
February	6.9	7	7	7	7	6
March	7.1	7	7	7	6	7
April	6.7		7	6	7	7
May	8.0		8	8	7	8
June	9.9		11	9	10	10
July	9.1		10	10	10	3
August	8.8		10	11	11	0
September	9.5		11	11	11	2
October	9.5		11	9	10	10
November	7.9		7	8	9	9
December	7.2		6	7	8	8
Average	8.0	6.9	8.5	8.6	8.5	6.3

6th highest wind speed of Gabon

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	201°	209°	196°	200°	222°
February	199°	196°	209°	207°	217°
March	204°	198°	196°	211°	211°
April		197°	205°	194°	201°
May		190°	191°	207°	198°
June		183°	189°	192°	193°
July		188°	193°	190°	199°
August		192°	191°	194°	180°
September		200°	203°	200°	215°
October		202°	207°	202°	206°
November		206°	196°	205°	200°
December		208°	198°	193°	196°

Prevailing wind direction

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