Climate Erigavo Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bosaso / Bender Qassim International Airport (HCMF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	98.0	100	99	100	99	95
February	98.7	100	99	100	100	97
March	99.3	100	100	100	100	99
April	99.1		100	100	99
May	97.5		98	99	98
June	98.5		100	99	100
July	97.3		100	97	96	97
August	98.2		100	100	100	94
September	99.1		99	100	100	100
October	97.9		100	100	99	100
November	95.3		98	98	98	92
December	95.3		100	98	100	91
Average	97.9	99.6	99.3	99.2	98.9	96.0

1st best VFR conditions of Somalia

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	99.8	100	99	100	100	100
February	99.8	100	100	100	100	100
March	99.9	100	100	100	100	100
April	99.5		100	100	100
May	99.3		99	99	100
June	99.4		100	99	100
July	99.9		100	100	100	100
August	99.7		100	100	100	100
September	99.5		99	100	100	100
October	99.1		100	100	100	100
November	99.6		100	99	100	100
December	99.4		100	99	100	100
Average	99.6	99.7	99.7	99.5	99.9	99.9

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	26.6	28	27	27	26	27
February	27.1	29	28	27	26	27
March	29.2	31	30	29	28	29
April	32.1		33	32	31
May	34.0		34	34	34
June	38.0		38	39	38
July	38.4		39	38	38	38
August	38.6		40	38	39	38
September	36.0		37	37	37	36
October	30.9		31	31	32	31
November	28.4		29	29	28	28
December	27.0		28	28	27	27
Average	31.8	29.2	32.7	32.5	32.4	31.0

1st highest temperature of Somalia

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	23.8	24	24	24	24	24
February	23.4	25	23	23	24	23
March	25.8	27	27	25	25	26
April	28.1		29	29	28
May	30.1		30	30	31
June	32.6		32	34	33
July	32.9		34	33	32	33
August	32.7		33	33	32	33
September	31.7		32	32	32	32
October	28.0		29	28	29	29
November	25.4		27	26	25	25
December	24.3		25	25	24	25
Average	27.9	25.4	28.6	28.5	28.4	27.6

2nd lowest temperature of Somalia

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	0.0		0	0	0
May	0.2		0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.4		0	0	0	1
December	0.2		0	0	0	0
Average	0.0	0.1	0.0			0.1

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	9.7	9	11	11	11	11
February	10.1	11	10	11	11	11
March	12.4	16	11	12	12	12
April	13.7		13	15	13
May	10.6		10	9	11
June	14.4		13	14	15
July	17.3		18	18	19	14
August	14.7		17	16	17	15
September	11.3		11	12	13	11
October	9.2		10	9	10	9
November	9.1		9	9	8	11
December	9.9		11	9	10	10
Average	11.5	12.1	11.9	11.9	12.6	11.4

1st highest wind speed of Somalia

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	032°	015°	040°	056°	024°
February	061°	018°	037°	061°	025°
March	074°	024°	038°	053°	055°
April		054°	098°	073°
May		028°	024°	048°
June		188°	174°	197°
July		182°	183°	194°	212°
August		180°	192°	173°	198°
September		027°	180°	124°	042°
October		029°	034°	035°	034°
November		018°	018°	026°	025°
December		022°	010°	036°	025°

Prevailing wind direction

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