Banjul International Airport

GBYD · Western, Gambia

Climate Banjul International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Banjul International Airport (GBYD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 96.5 95 99 100 100 91
February 89.5 94 97 92 80 87
March 93.8 96 94 92 97
April 97.4 99 97 99 100
May 95.5 98 96 95 96
June 84.6 76 84 90 75
July 56.9 62 54 60 56
August 55.1 46 52 58 61
September 65.3 59 63 75 70
October 82.0 82 77 90 79
November 97.3 95 100 100 94
December 94.1 92 100 92 99
Average 84.6 94.4 82.0 81.7 85.4 83.1

1st best VFR conditions of Gambia

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 99.2 98 99 100 100 98
February 95.1 99 98 93 90 90
March 97.5 99 99 100 97
April 99.1 100 99 99 100
May 99.2 100 99 100 99
June 98.8 99 99 99 99
July 99.1 100 99 100 100
August 98.2 96 98 99 99
September 98.5 95 99 100 99
October 97.3 97 99 98 98
November 98.7 100 100 100 98
December 97.7 95 100 99 99
Average 98.2 98.4 97.9 98.6 98.6 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 33.6 35 34 34 35 34
February 34.3 37 34 34 35 37
March 35.0 35 35 34 36
April 34.4 35 34 34 35
May 32.3 34 33 33 32
June 32.8 34 32 33 33
July 31.5 33 31 33 31
August 30.9 32 31 31 31
September 31.4 33 31 32 31
October 33.1 33 33 33 34
November 34.2 35 34 35 34
December 33.5 35 28 34 33
Average 33.4 36.1 33.7 32.7 33.3 33.5

1st highest temperature of Gambia

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 17.6 19 20 19 18 18
February 18.6 21 19 19 19 20
March 19.0 20 17 18 20
April 19.4 20 19 18 20
May 19.9 20 20 21 20
June 22.1 22 21 19 24
July 20.6 16 20 23 21
August 20.3 24 22 22 22
September 20.8 20 21 20 23
October 22.6 22 21 23 23
November 19.9 21 19 21 18
December 18.1 18 20 18 18
Average 19.9 20.1 19.9 19.8 19.9 20.6

1st lowest temperature of Gambia

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
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.6 0 3 0 1
July 2.3 2 4 0 4
August 5.7 5 10 5 6
September 4.6 1 7 2 11
October 0.5 0 1 1 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average 1.1 0.6 2.4 0.7 1.8

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 7.6 7 8 7 7 9
February 8.6 7 8 9 7 9
March 8.1 8 9 8 8
April 8.2 7 8 8 9
May 7.8 6 8 9 8
June 7.3 6 7 9 7
July 6.2 5 6 8 5
August 5.8 5 6 7 5
September 5.0 4 5 5 5
October 4.3 3 4 5 3
November 5.0 5 5 5 4
December 7.6 8 6 7 6
Average 6.9 7.2 5.8 6.5 7.0 6.5

1st highest wind speed of Gambia

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 054° 014° 027° 065° 072°
February 034° 332° 010° 041° 074°
March 294° 345° 010° 032°
April 335° 315° 338° 010°
May 318° 270° 328° 328°
June 305° 242° 312° 316°
July 279° 235° 308° 291°
August 284° 284° 285° 268°
September 293° 274° 315° 268°
October 342° 323° 327° 311°
November 026° 019° 326° 068°
December 070° 329° 040° 050°

Prevailing wind direction

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