Amílcar Cabral International Airport

GVAC · Sal, Cape Verde

Climate Amílcar Cabral International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Amílcar Cabral International Airport (GVAC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.9 74 76 80 75 62
February 60.8 61 71 48 61 67
March 60.3 54 83 49 56 60
April 65.6 62 72 65 73
May 54.7 71 64 55 56
June 53.6 64 49 59 48
July 36.8 47 33 35 27
August 44.3 60 35 40 42
September 51.3 64 52 53 49
October 67.9 83 65 64 71
November 78.6 81 83 73 82
December 69.7 63 84 82 73
Average 59.7 62.5 68.3 57.9 59.2 58.3

4th best VFR conditions of Cape Verde

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 92.7 82 99 97 99 77
February 89.6 81 100 89 79 91
March 97.9 100 100 99 97 97
April 99.4 97 100 100 100
May 100.0 100 100 100 100
June 99.1 100 99 100 96
July 99.7 100 99 100 100
August 99.2 100 98 100 100
September 99.1 100 99 98 99
October 99.1 100 100 99 100
November 99.0 100 99 100 99
December 88.9 75 100 95 100
Average 96.2 87.9 97.5 98.1 97.2 96.6

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 25.3 26 25 24 25 26
February 24.8 27 23 24 24 27
March 25.1 25 26 23 24 27
April 25.7 26 24 25 26
May 26.3 26 26 25 27
June 27.6 28 26 27 29
July 28.5 29 27 27 30
August 29.9 30 29 29 30
September 30.4 31 29 30 30
October 30.1 31 29 29 30
November 28.3 29 28 27 29
December 26.2 27 26 25 25
Average 27.1 25.7 27.4 26.3 26.2 27.9

4th highest temperature of Cape Verde

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 19.9 21 21 20 20 20
February 19.5 21 19 20 19 20
March 19.0 20 19 19 18 18
April 20.2 21 20 20 21
May 21.0 22 21 21 21
June 22.5 23 22 22 23
July 23.6 25 24 23 25
August 24.1 25 23 25 25
September 25.3 26 25 26 26
October 24.7 26 25 23 25
November 22.9 24 23 23 23
December 20.9 21 22 21 21
Average 21.8 20.6 22.7 21.9 21.6 22.3

3rd lowest temperature of Cape Verde

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.5 0 0 1 0 3
February 1.3 0 5 0 0 1
March 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.1 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.1 0 1 0 0
July 0.5 0 2 0 1
August 2.6 5 7 2 1
September 2.2 1 6 1 5
October 0.5 0 0 1 0
November 0.2 0 0 1 0
December 1.0 0 0 4 2
Average 0.7 0.8 1.4 0.7 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 14.8 13 16 14 16 15
February 15.5 15 16 17 17 15
March 15.5 16 14 18 17 15
April 14.9 14 15 16 16
May 14.8 16 15 15 15
June 13.9 13 16 15 13
July 11.2 12 12 11 10
August 10.5 10 11 12 10
September 12.1 13 13 12 12
October 13.0 11 13 14 15
November 13.2 14 15 13 13
December 14.0 14 13 15 14
Average 13.8 14.9 13.5 14.1 14.4 13.4

4th highest wind speed of Cape Verde

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 050° 053° 048° 054° 063°
February 053° 049° 048° 046° 048°
March 044° 032° 044° 042° 040°
April 036° 036° 038° 042°
May 038° 033° 036° 035°
June 038° 039° 036° 037°
July 046° 029° 028° 035°
August 043° 038° 051° 038°
September 050° 044° 047° 053°
October 047° 050° 043° 048°
November 050° 050° 048° 052°
December 060° 051° 051° 054°

Prevailing wind direction

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