Loitokitok Airport

HKLT · Kilimanjaro, Kenya

Climate Loitokitok Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kilimanjaro International Airport (HTKJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 85.6 67 85 94 85 78
February 87.1 85 94 79 76 82
March 78.1 64 78 84 84 66
April 50.8 39 59 50 35
May 35.8 28 56 28 36
June 34.6 30 33 23 31
July 35.9 23 32 24 33
August 49.4 33 43 53 45
September 64.3 56 64 65 56
October 68.2 65 72 79 80
November 66.0 36 64 87 59
December 82.2 84 87 76 85
Average 63.3 71.8 53.8 64.0 60.2 57.2

14th best VFR conditions of Tanzania

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 99.5 98 100 100 100 100
February 99.5 100 100 100 100 99
March 99.5 99 99 100 100 99
April 99.6 99 99 100 100
May 99.9 100 100 100 100
June 99.7 100 100 99 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 99.8 100 100 100 99
September 99.7 99 100 100 100
October 99.4 100 99 100 100
November 98.9 96 98 100 100
December 99.6 100 99 99 100
Average 99.5 99.0 99.3 99.4 99.8 99.7

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 31.8 30 33 33 32 31
February 32.7 33 35 31 31 32
March 32.4 32 33 33 33 31
April 29.5 29 31 29 28
May 26.8 28 29 26 27
June 25.8 26 26 26 27
July 25.9 27 26 26 26
August 27.4 28 27 28 28
September 29.0 30 28 28 29
October 30.5 31 30 31 32
November 30.5 28 31 33 30
December 31.4 31 33 32 32
Average 29.7 31.6 29.8 29.7 29.5 29.2

3rd highest temperature of Tanzania

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 18.5 20 20 18 19 18
February 19.1 20 20 20 19 17
March 18.8 21 19 18 20 19
April 19.3 20 20 18 19
May 18.1 19 19 17 19
June 15.8 17 15 16 16
July 15.6 16 17 15 16
August 15.6 18 16 14 15
September 15.9 15 16 17 16
October 17.7 19 17 18 16
November 18.1 19 20 19 19
December 19.0 20 20 19 19
Average 17.9 20.5 18.5 17.8 17.4 17.4

8th lowest temperature of Tanzania

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.6 4 0 1 1 2
February 0.7 0 0 0 3 2
March 1.2 2 0 1 2 2
April 4.4 5 0 3 10
May 5.2 5 0 3 3
June 1.7 5 1 0 0
July 0.6 0 0 1 0
August 0.3 1 0 1 0
September 0.7 2 1 1 0
October 2.7 5 0 0 1
November 3.1 12 1 0 2
December 0.9 0 0 1 0
Average 1.9 1.8 2.7 0.4 1.3 1.9

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 7.9 6 8 11 7 6
February 8.2 6 10 8 6 6
March 7.2 6 9 9 6 6
April 5.6 6 7 4 4
May 4.4 6 7 4 3
June 4.7 5 7 4 4
July 5.6 5 8 6 5
August 6.2 7 8 7 4
September 6.9 7 7 8 4
October 7.8 9 8 9 6
November 7.8 6 10 10 5
December 8.0 7 10 10 7
Average 6.7 5.8 7.0 8.3 6.5 5.0

3rd highest wind speed of Tanzania

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 091° 096° 099° 087° 067°
February 102° 101° 111° 085° 083°
March 086° 095° 101° 086° 100°
April 079° 101° 069° 086°
May 074° 097° 069° 072°
June 075° 089° 062° 084°
July 081° 096° 075° 082°
August 093° 083° 078° 090°
September 096° 078° 095° 090°
October 096° 082° 117° 092°
November 093° 094° 092° 088°
December 082° 090° 094° 085°

Prevailing wind direction

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