Climate Lungi International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lungi International Airport (GFLL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	30.5	15	59	7	25	5
February	36.3	15	39	6	24	7
March	45.3	27	48	15	50	15
April	69.3		67	61		44
May	37.6		33	22		19
June	17.9		11	20		8
July	8.0		10	11		1
August	5.8		3	1		2
September	7.9		6	6		4
October	17.1		8	16	25	18
November	24.5		27	0	19	14
December	26.3		25	40	19	29
Average	26.4	19.4	26.8	18.3	28.0	12.2

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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	88.4	83	95	94	96	82
February	89.9	88	99	97	67	89
March	97.3	92	98	97	98	100
April	98.5		97	97		100
May	96.4		93	93		100
June	92.9		86	91		99
July	86.2		76	91		89
August	86.9		76	73		86
September	89.1		85	80		93
October	90.5		84	92	84	100
November	89.4		85	76	90	97
December	85.6		77	93	92	97
Average	90.9	88.6	87.0	90.5	88.9	93.4

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	30.3	31	30	31	29	30
February	30.5	31	30	29	30	30
March	30.5	31	30	30	30	30
April	30.7		30	30		30
May	30.3		30	29		30
June	29.5		29	29		29
July	28.5		28	28		28
August	28.2		28	27		27
September	28.8		28	28		29
October	29.5		29	29	30	29
November	30.3		30	28	30	30
December	30.1		30	29	30	29
Average	29.9	30.7	29.2	29.0	29.7	29.2

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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	24.7	25	24	26	26	25
February	25.2	25	26	26	26	26
March	25.4	26	26	25	26	26
April	25.9		26	26		28
May	25.8		25	26		28
June	24.8		25	25		27
July	24.6		24	25		26
August	24.3		24	25		26
September	24.6		25	25		25
October	24.8		24	25	25	26
November	25.2		25	25	25	26
December	25.0		24	26	26	26
Average	25.1	25.5	24.7	25.1	25.4	26.1

1st lowest temperature of Sierra Leone

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	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
April	0.1		1	0		0
May	1.8		2	3		2
June	4.1		7	2		3
July	16.0		16	12		15
August	19.3		18	15		33
September	10.1		11	9		7
October	2.5		2	1	2	4
November	0.9		2	0	0	1
December	0.2		1	1	0	1
Average	3.8		5.5	3.5	0.4	4.6

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	6.6	6	7	6	8	6
February	7.1	8	7	6	6	7
March	7.3	9	8	6	7	8
April	7.5		9	7		8
May	7.2		8	6		7
June	6.6		8	6		6
July	6.5		7	6		7
August	6.8		8	6		6
September	6.4		7	6		7
October	5.9		7	6	5	6
November	6.0		7	6	6	6
December	6.4		7	6	6	7
Average	6.8	7.8	7.4	6.1	6.2	6.6

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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	250°	271°	317°	307°	029°
February	252°	250°	275°	268°	286°
March	238°	259°	272°	286°	278°
April		251°	279°		277°
May		244°	278°		280°
June		237°	275°		252°
July		239°	223°		248°
August		227°	227°		216°
September		221°	264°		261°
October		216°	267°	259°	238°
November		236°	299°	290°	263°
December		259°	285°	334°	283°

Prevailing wind direction

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