Climate Mandera Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Wajir Airport (HKWJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	78.6	75	74	82	90	81
February	81.9	87	74	86	86	91
March	80.1	73	82	80	77	88
April	72.5		65	70	57	87
May	78.4		80	68	86	87
June	83.0		75	90	85	87
July	81.0		77	84	78	86
August	76.4		70	68	82	75
September	76.7		79	82	74	85
October	74.4		67	85	85	77
November	64.1		45	69	67	63
December	75.7		78	58	81	78
Average	76.8	78.1	72.3	77.4	78.0	81.7

5th best VFR conditions of Kenya

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	84.3	79	78	89	98	92
February	88.7	92	79	96	90	97
March	93.2	98	97	88	90	96
April	98.6		100	98	99	99
May	97.5		100	100	98	100
June	97.6		96	98	98	98
July	98.0		98	99	99	100
August	96.2		95	97	99	99
September	96.0		98	97	96	100
October	98.4		99	98	98	98
November	98.4		100	99	100	97
December	94.6		97	100	99	92
Average	94.2	89.7	94.6	96.3	96.9	97.2

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	35.9	36	37	36	35	36
February	36.9	38	37	37	37	37
March	36.6	38	36	37	37	37
April	34.5		33	36	35	36
May	34.0		34	34	34	34
June	33.2		34	33	33	34
July	32.3		32	31	32	33
August	32.8		34	32	33	33
September	33.8		35	33	34	33
October	34.1		34	34	35	36
November	32.4		32	33	34	32
December	34.1		34	34	34	36
Average	34.4	37.2	34.2	33.9	34.2	34.6

2nd highest temperature of Kenya

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	23.5	24	24	23	24	24
February	24.0	25	24	25	20	26
March	25.6	27	26	26	23	27
April	24.6		25	26	24	24
May	24.6		25	25	23	26
June	23.0		23	20	23	25
July	22.6		23	20	24	22
August	23.0		22	23	25	23
September	22.3		21	20	23	23
October	24.5		25	24	23	26
November	24.2		24	24	25	25
December	23.9		25	24	24	24
Average	23.9	25.2	23.9	23.2	23.3	24.5

10th lowest temperature of Kenya

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.2	0	1	0	0	0
February	0.1	1	0	0	0	0
March	0.6	0	1	0	1	2
April	3.1		3	2	2	4
May	1.0		1	1	0	1
June	0.6		0	1	0	1
July	0.5		0	1	0	0
August	0.5		1	0	1	0
September	1.1		0	1	1	0
October	2.0		3	0	1	0
November	2.7		3	2	1	2
December	0.6		0	1	2	1
Average	0.9	0.2	1.1	0.7	0.8	0.8

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	6.7	6	8	6	4	5
February	6.2	7	7	5	4	6
March	6.3	7	7	6	5	5
April	4.7		5	5	4	4
May	5.6		7	6	4	6
June	8.2		8	8	9	8
July	9.1		10	10	9	8
August	8.5		9	9	8	7
September	7.8		8	9	8	5
October	5.3		6	6	5	3
November	4.1		4	6	3	3
December	5.3		5	6	3	4
Average	6.7	6.8	7.2	6.7	5.4	5.4

2nd highest wind speed of Kenya

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	083°	093°	101°	103°	086°
February	104°	110°	111°	107°	103°
March	120°	127°	123°	119°	123°
April		146°	151°	159°	151°
May		173°	185°	182°	180°
June		174°	184°	162°	183°
July		176°	185°	182°	181°
August		173°	180°	182°	176°
September		169°	178°	177°	176°
October		148°	165°	166°	169°
November		120°	126°	129°	125°
December		088°	116°	114°	098°

Prevailing wind direction

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