Bafatá Airport

GGBF · Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau

Climate Bafatá Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kolda (GOGK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 96.7 85 100 100 100 96
February 94.4 93 95 94 85 100
March 95.8 99 98 93 100 100
April 99.4 99 100 100 100
May 97.4 98 93 100 99
June 81.4 80 72 89 78
July 50.8 61 41 49 46
August 44.0 49 42 51 33
September 54.3 61 51 53 42
October 76.8 81 75 80 65
November 96.3 93 98 97 93
December 97.1 89 100 100 100
Average 82.6 92.6 82.2 78.3 83.1 81.0

10th best VFR conditions of Senegal

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 96 100 100 100 100
February 98.6 99 100 100 93 100
March 98.0 100 99 99 100 100
April 99.9 100 100 100 100
May 99.7 100 100 100 100
June 99.5 99 99 99 100
July 99.5 100 99 99 100
August 99.4 99 99 100 100
September 99.6 100 100 100 100
October 99.4 100 99 100 99
November 99.0 99 99 100 100
December 99.0 95 100 100 100
Average 99.2 98.5 99.0 99.3 99.1 99.8

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 35.5 38 34 35 37 35
February 37.7 40 38 38 38 40
March 40.2 41 40 41 40 41
April 41.0 42 42 42 42
May 40.7 41 41 41 42
June 36.7 37 36 38 37
July 33.4 34 33 35 33
August 31.9 32 32 32 32
September 32.6 33 32 33 32
October 34.4 35 34 34 35
November 35.1 36 34 35 36
December 34.9 35 35 35 37
Average 36.3 39.3 36.4 36.0 36.6 36.7

6th highest temperature of Senegal

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 18 19 16 16
February 19.6 19 20 19 20 19
March 22.2 23 21 22 21 22
April 24.3 24 24 24 25
May 25.1 26 25 25 26
June 25.5 25 25 25 26
July 24.8 24 25 25 25
August 24.5 24 25 24 25
September 24.2 24 24 24 24
October 24.4 25 24 24 25
November 20.9 21 19 23 20
December 16.6 16 17 19 17
Average 22.0 19.6 22.3 22.4 22.4 22.3

4th lowest temperature of Senegal

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
February 0.4 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 1.4 1 2 1 3
July 4.5 3 6 2 9
August 7.4 8 9 7 6
September 4.2 4 6 1 7
October 1.0 1 2 2 0
November 0.3 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average 1.5 0.3 1.5 2.2 1.0 1.9

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 4.4 4 4 4 5 6
February 4.4 4 5 5 4 5
March 4.3 4 4 5 5 5
April 4.5 5 4 4 5
May 4.6 5 4 5 5
June 4.4 4 4 5 5
July 3.7 4 4 4 4
August 3.7 4 4 4 5
September 3.5 4 4 4 5
October 3.2 4 3 3 3
November 3.2 4 3 4 3
December 3.8 4 4 4 4
Average 3.9 3.8 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.5

6th highest wind speed of Senegal

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 071° 073° 072° 068° 075°
February 064° 065° 066° 065° 075°
March 044° 066° 048° 066° 041°
April 081° 037° 193° 050°
May 252° 236° 206° 209°
June 249° 247° 203° 194°
July 238° 221° 195° 208°
August 251° 209° 205° 206°
September 253° 205° 159° 173°
October 272° 114° 228° 176°
November 312° 081° 045° 077°
December 062° 074° 058° 065°

Prevailing wind direction

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