Kiffa Airport

GQNF · Assaba, Mauritania

Climate Kiffa Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ouro Sogui Airport (GOSM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 91.4 86 100 100 93 76
February 87.4 95 93 94 71 87
March 93.2 96 100 92 96 99
April 96.2 100 100 98 95
May 94.6 99 96 91 94
June 89.1 99 91 84 71
July 93.2 91 91 98 87
August 86.8 89 80 90 81
September 94.9 94 92 98 94
October 97.4 97 99 98 97
November 99.0 100 99 100 100
December 91.8 88 100 97 100
Average 93.0 92.3 95.6 93.9 92.9 89.8

1st 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 96.2 93 100 100 99 87
February 93.0 98 96 97 81 91
March 97.3 100 100 96 100 100
April 98.8 100 100 100 96
May 98.8 100 99 99 97
June 94.6 100 97 91 83
July 99.2 100 100 99 98
August 99.7 100 100 100 100
September 99.7 100 100 100 100
October 99.4 100 100 99 100
November 99.2 100 99 100 100
December 96.6 95 100 99 100
Average 97.8 97.2 99.2 98.9 97.5 95.8

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 34.6 36 35 35 36 35
February 36.9 38 38 38 37 38
March 40.7 40 42 40 40 41
April 42.5 43 43 44 43
May 43.6 44 43 43 45
June 41.1 43 39 42 42
July 37.2 38 37 39 36
August 35.5 37 34 35 35
September 35.7 37 34 37 34
October 39.2 41 37 40 39
November 38.4 38 37 39 38
December 35.5 34 38 36 37
Average 38.2 37.8 39.1 37.9 39.0 38.6

1st 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 17.7 19 19 20 18 18
February 20.5 20 21 20 20 22
March 23.3 24 23 22 23 22
April 26.4 26 26 27 27
May 28.7 29 28 29 30
June 29.4 30 29 30 31
July 26.9 27 27 28 25
August 26.6 27 26 26 27
September 26.4 27 26 27 26
October 26.2 28 25 27 26
November 21.6 21 19 23 21
December 18.8 19 19 21 19
Average 23.8 20.9 24.6 24.0 25.0 24.3

13th 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 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.1 0 0 0 0
May 0.2 0 1 0 0
June 0.5 0 1 0 0
July 2.0 1 2 1 4
August 2.2 5 2 3 2
September 1.5 0 2 2 4
October 0.3 0 0 0 0
November 0.1 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.9

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 3.5 4 4 5 5 4
February 4.1 4 5 6 4 4
March 4.0 5 4 5 4 4
April 4.3 4 5 4 5
May 4.4 4 5 5 5
June 4.7 6 5 5 5
July 4.3 4 5 6 4
August 3.8 4 4 4 4
September 3.2 3 3 4 4
October 3.0 3 3 4 3
November 2.6 3 3 3 3
December 3.2 4 3 4 3
Average 3.7 4.0 4.0 4.3 4.3 4.0

1st 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 079° 083° 101° 065° 107°
February 072° 033° 063° 048° 107°
March 002° 006° 017° 041° 023°
April 015° 003° 015° 356°
May 335° 308° 329° 337°
June 289° 260° 280° 291°
July 272° 268° 287° 274°
August 282° 262° 267° 266°
September 282° 251° 275° 287°
October 311° 281° 309° 295°
November 049° 078° 064° 085°
December 084° 074° 081° 058°

Prevailing wind direction

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