Climate Kamembe Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport (HBBA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	83.5	72	94	89	100	87
February	91.0	95	86	87	90	100
March	93.2	94	93	96	89	89
April	94.8		94	93	96	100
May	97.2		94	99	99
June	84.0		82	92	89	91
July	60.5		80	64	53	88
August	53.7		76	45	44	59
September	62.4		84	61	40	67
October	82.9		87	74	83	50
November	93.2		92	96	94	87
December	95.2		95	94	95	92
Average	83.0	86.3	88.6	81.8	77.0	85.2

1st best VFR conditions of Burundi

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	95.9	94	96	98	100	99
February	97.3	97	96	99	95	100
March	96.9	97	95	100	95	100
April	96.5		96	96	99	100
May	98.2		96	99	99
June	94.9		96	97	99	100
July	94.2		92	98	96	100
August	92.3		90	95	93	100
September	95.1		94	98	98	100
October	95.7		93	97	97	83
November	96.6		96	99	97	95
December	96.9		96	96	97	92
Average	95.9	95.7	94.6	97.5	96.7	97.7

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	26.5	27	27	27	28	26
February	26.8	30	23	25	28	27
March	27.3	30	23	27	28	26
April	26.3		25	27	25	26
May	27.6		27	29	29
June	27.3		29	25	27	24
July	26.5		26	24	29	28
August	27.0		26	27	30	26
September	27.2		23	29	30	27
October	26.1		22	28	29	26
November	25.5		23	25	27	26
December	25.3		26	25	27	26
Average	26.8	28.8	25.0	26.5	27.9	26.1

1st highest temperature of Burundi

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	8.0	5	1	4	26	14
February	10.1	11	0	5	25	23
March	10.3	13	3	3	24	26
April	6.6		4	3	4	26
May	7.3		6	4	4
June	7.2		2	0	5	24
July	6.8		4	2	3	27
August	5.0		1	1	2	26
September	8.6		3	2	10	27
October	6.4		3	1	1	25
November	7.0		2	0	2	23
December	7.4		4	1	2	24
Average	9.4	9.6	2.5	2.0	6.7	22.5

1st lowest temperature of Burundi

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	3.9	4	3	5	0	6
February	2.2	1	3	2	8	0
March	3.8	3	2	3	3	6
April	4.0		2	4	5	18
May	1.1		1	0	2
June	0.4		2	0	0	0
July	0.3		0	0	0	0
August	0.5		0	0	1	0
September	0.4		0	1	0	6
October	2.2		1	1	4	0
November	5.2		10	4	5	3
December	3.4		3	5	3	0
Average	2.6	2.7	2.2	1.8	2.2	3.7

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	4.2	4	4	4	20	4
February	3.8	4	3	3	4	4
March	4.6	5	4	4	4	4
April	5.1		5	4	6	8
May	5.7		6	5	5
June	7.5		7	9	6	11
July	8.1		7	7	7	6
August	7.7		8	6	6	17
September	7.2		6	5	7	11
October	5.9		6	6	5	2
November	5.8		5	5	5	6
December	4.9		5	5	5	4
Average	6.0	4.1	5.4	5.4	5.9	6.0

1st highest wind speed of Burundi

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	199°	177°	177°	112°	175°
February	166°	176°	180°	195°	177°
March	180°	188°	179°	174°	177°
April		188°	175°	177°	188°
May		192°	177°	178°
June		184°	180°	178°	185°
July		186°	185°	180°	181°
August		184°	180°	180°	161°
September		183°	180°	179°	173°
October		185°	179°	175°	180°
November		179°	178°	180°	174°
December		184°	178°	187°	184°

Prevailing wind direction

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