Mosteiros Airport

GVMT · Mosteiros, Cape Verde

Climate Mosteiros Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Praia International Airport (GVNP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 83.1 79 93 86 87 69
February 77.6 70 91 68 72 82
March 87.2 81 98 85 88 88
April 95.6 94 94 99 97
May 94.9 96 95 96 99
June 89.7 94 83 94 72
July 72.7 78 61 78 63
August 72.0 76 64 74 75
September 80.7 85 79 82 80
October 88.3 91 81 92 94
November 94.4 94 92 95 94
December 80.6 67 95 77 94
Average 83.9 76.6 87.8 81.3 86.0 83.6

2nd 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 94.3 87 100 97 99 77
February 92.0 90 100 93 85 90
March 97.4 100 100 98 95 99
April 99.7 99 100 100 100
May 100.0 100 100 100 100
June 98.9 100 97 100 96
July 99.5 100 99 100 100
August 98.8 98 98 99 98
September 99.1 100 99 100 98
October 99.2 100 98 99 100
November 99.3 100 100 100 99
December 92.8 78 100 97 100
Average 97.1 92.1 97.7 98.1 97.8 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 27.1 28 26 26 29 28
February 26.7 29 25 27 26 30
March 27.2 27 29 25 26 29
April 28.1 29 27 28 29
May 28.3 29 29 28 29
June 29.3 30 29 29 30
July 29.5 30 29 29 30
August 30.2 30 30 30 30
September 30.1 31 30 31 28
October 31.4 32 30 31 31
November 29.9 31 30 29 31
December 27.9 29 28 27 27
Average 28.7 28.0 29.1 28.2 28.4 29.2

1st 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 20.3 22 20 20 21 20
February 19.5 22 20 20 18 19
March 20.1 21 21 20 19 21
April 20.9 22 20 21 22
May 21.2 22 19 21 22
June 21.6 23 17 22 22
July 23.0 25 22 20 24
August 24.0 23 23 23 26
September 22.7 25 25 19 15
October 24.6 25 24 25 25
November 23.0 24 23 23 22
December 21.4 22 22 22 22
Average 21.8 21.2 22.7 21.2 21.1 21.4

1st 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 0.3 0 0 2 0 0
February 0.3 0 1 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 0.1 0 1 0 0
July 0.3 1 0 0 0
August 3.3 4 6 4 4
September 2.6 2 3 1 6
October 0.8 0 1 1 1
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.2 0 0 2 0
Average 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.6 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 15.8 14 17 15 16 16
February 17.1 16 19 17 19 17
March 16.9 18 14 20 18 15
April 16.7 16 17 18 17
May 16.2 18 16 16 16
June 13.8 13 14 15 13
July 11.0 12 11 11 10
August 9.8 9 10 10 9
September 10.6 11 10 11 8
October 12.6 11 12 14 13
November 14.0 14 15 14 12
December 15.0 15 14 16 14
Average 14.3 16.0 13.9 14.2 14.7 13.2

1st 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 027° 029° 033° 034° 041°
February 031° 028° 032° 027° 028°
March 026° 028° 027° 026° 029°
April 028° 027° 025° 028°
May 027° 026° 026° 026°
June 033° 028° 028° 034°
July 044° 042° 040° 048°
August 053° 042° 049° 054°
September 034° 034° 042° 044°
October 040° 037° 031° 032°
November 030° 029° 032° 034°
December 037° 032° 029° 035°

Prevailing wind direction

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