Climate Mekane Selam Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (HAAB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	62.7	77	80	0	57	62
February	59.1	50	80		56	69
March	53.2	64	34	0	55	61
April	45.9		40	48	37	51
May	51.8		40	71	51	51
June	41.1		37	35	48	47
July	16.6		16	9	20	9
August	22.2		28	11	35	18
September	30.7		26	23	31	43
October	61.5		65	62		71
November	66.2		73	81	0	62
December	63.3		83	73		54
Average	48.0	63.2	51.2	43.5	42.3	50.5

1st best VFR conditions of Ethiopia

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	76.6	100	84	0	60	87
February	91.7	100	92		93	92
March	88.4	98	96	0	64	91
April	93.2		98	85	82	96
May	91.7		97	87	89	92
June	94.2		95	92	98	96
July	90.9		96	79	94	94
August	91.0		88	92	89	92
September	91.5		87	98	92	91
October	92.9		100	97		92
November	87.9		97	98	100	74
December	76.1		96	91		62
Average	89.4	99.3	93.6	91.3	84.9	89.8

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	21.7	23	23	23	16	23
February	23.3	24	25		19	24
March	24.1	24	23	21	25	25
April	24.2		23	24	24	25
May	24.0		23	26	24	24
June	21.8		23	22	22	21
July	19.2		20	19	19	18
August	19.8		21	20	21	19
September	20.8		22	20	21	20
October	22.2		24	21		22
November	22.0		23	22	18	22
December	21.3		23	22		18
Average	22.1	23.5	22.7	21.8	21.1	21.8

1st highest temperature of Ethiopia

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	10.1	12	8	22	11	11
February	12.2	13	11		12	13
March	12.8	14	10	21	12	14
April	12.8		12	9	14	14
May	13.0		12	13	13	13
June	12.9		12	12	13	13
July	12.4		13	13	12	12
August	12.2		12	12	11	14
September	11.9		12	12	10	13
October	11.1		12	9		13
November	10.5		10	9	18	11
December	9.0		11	9		10
Average	11.9	13.0	11.1	11.2	11.9	12.5

1st lowest temperature of Ethiopia

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	0.7	1	0		4	0
March	1.4	1	5	0	0	2
April	3.5		4	2	7	2
May	3.6		5	0	3	3
June	4.6		7	2	2	6
July	14.8		8	18	22	16
August	11.9		8	15	10	13
September	8.1		8	10	5	10
October	0.6		1	1		0
November	0.6		1	0	0	0
December	0.5		0	0		0
Average	4.0	0.4	3.7	6.0	5.6	4.3

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	7.6	7	8	10	6	8
February	8.4	8	8		7	9
March	8.1	9	6	14	11	7
April	8.2		7	8	9	8
May	7.3		6	8	8	7
June	6.1		6	5	8	6
July	5.8		6	5	6	6
August	6.1		6	6	6	6
September	6.2		6	5	6	6
October	9.1		10	7		9
November	9.5		10	9	14	9
December	7.5		7	7		7
Average	7.5	7.5	7.2	6.6	7.7	7.5

1st highest wind speed of Ethiopia

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	121°	102°	139°	084°	124°
February	116°	101°		107°	102°
March	107°	129°	090°	098°	124°
April		106°	095°	104°	109°
May		138°	102°	119°	112°
June		180°	171°	145°	225°
July		222°	219°	231°	224°
August		190°	219°	203°	208°
September		142°	131°	157°	157°
October		098°	101°		099°
November		105°	098°	090°	103°
December		120°	106°		098°

Prevailing wind direction

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