Iringa Airport

HTIR · Iringa, Tanzania

Climate Iringa Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Iringa Airport (HTIR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 52.5 38 57 65 49 37
February 64.2 55 71 74 65 57
March 57.7 57 58 54 63 35
April 54.5 44 75 54 43
May 70.0 52 80 84 68
June 86.1 86 94 84 80
July 84.3 83 66 89 78
August 86.3 84 89 81 90
September 92.2 90 88 95 94
October 86.7 87 100 90 85
November 81.8 66 88 97 79
December 60.2 60 82 81 56
Average 71.4 49.3 69.3 80.4 75.3 66.7

11th 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 98.9 97 99 99 99 99
February 99.0 99 98 99 100 99
March 99.2 99 98 100 100 99
April 99.6 99 100 100 100
May 99.9 100 100 100 100
June 99.9 100 100 100 100
July 99.1 100 99 100 100
August 99.3 98 100 100 100
September 99.0 100 100 98 100
October 99.4 98 100 100 100
November 99.9 100 100 100 100
December 99.5 100 100 100 99
Average 99.3 98.2 99.0 99.8 99.6 99.5

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 25.6 25 26 25 26 26
February 26.0 26 27 24 26 27
March 26.0 27 26 26 27 26
April 25.3 25 26 26 26
May 25.0 26 25 26 26
June 24.4 27 23 25 25
July 23.7 24 22 24 24
August 25.5 26 24 26 27
September 27.1 28 26 27 28
October 28.2 29 27 28 29
November 28.7 28 28 29 29
December 27.5 27 28 28 27
Average 26.0 25.7 26.5 25.2 26.4 26.6

13th 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 16.7 16 16 19 16 18
February 17.3 17 17 18 17 18
March 16.8 18 16 17 16 16
April 16.2 15 16 15 16
May 15.1 15 16 14 12
June 14.6 14 14 13 14
July 13.8 13 13 13 14
August 13.8 15 14 15 14
September 14.9 15 14 15 15
October 15.8 17 14 16 15
November 17.0 17 17 18 15
December 17.3 18 17 18 16
Average 15.9 16.6 15.6 15.6 15.5 15.2

3rd 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 5.8 10 4 10 4 7
February 4.9 6 3 2 9 6
March 4.3 3 3 2 3 5
April 3.5 7 1 4 5
May 0.2 1 0 0 0
June 0.0 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 0.3 0 0 0 1
November 1.1 2 0 0 1
December 2.6 2 1 2 2
Average 2.4 6.2 1.7 1.2 2.1 2.2

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 3.9 4 4 4 4 6
February 3.6 3 3 3 3 5
March 3.4 4 3 4 4 4
April 4.6 5 4 5 5
May 5.5 4 5 5 8
June 6.5 6 8 6 8
July 8.0 7 9 7 10
August 7.8 8 8 6 9
September 8.2 7 8 7 10
October 8.8 8 7 7 11
November 7.8 8 7 7 8
December 5.6 5 6 7 6
Average 5.8 3.5 5.4 6.0 5.4 7.6

13th 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 296° 316° 325° 322° 333°
February 325° 025° 310° 318° 350°
March 014° 026° 330° 357° 025°
April 108° 096° 136° 131°
May 104° 130° 120° 132°
June 130° 154° 130° 134°
July 130° 138° 143° 146°
August 121° 131° 117° 114°
September 101° 098° 105° 101°
October 089° 093° 086° 096°
November 098° 070° 087° 077°
December 285° 065° 088° 030°

Prevailing wind direction

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