Kongwa Airport

HTKO · Dodoma, Tanzania

Climate Kongwa Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Dodoma Airport (HTDO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 86.2 63 88 90 91 90
February 87.6 84 95 72 88 79
March 82.8 82 86 70 95 69
April 79.4 85 82 82 75
May 85.6 85 87 95 87
June 95.1 98 94 97 91
July 95.4 96 98 93 93
August 95.5 96 97 95 97
September 98.7 99 98 98 98
October 96.4 99 100 100 98
November 92.8 83 98 99 91
December 90.6 91 92 95 98
Average 89.4 76.4 91.4 90.3 93.2 88.9

6th 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 99.4 99 99 100 100 100
February 99.5 99 100 100 100 99
March 99.7 100 100 100 100 99
April 99.7 100 99 100 100
May 100.0 100 100 100 100
June 99.8 100 99 100 100
July 99.5 100 100 99 99
August 99.5 100 99 100 100
September 100.0 100 100 100 100
October 99.8 100 100 100 100
November 99.9 100 100 100 100
December 99.8 100 100 100 100
Average 99.7 99.3 99.8 99.8 99.7 99.6

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 28.2 27 29 29 28 28
February 28.8 29 30 26 29 30
March 28.2 29 29 28 29 28
April 27.7 29 29 28 28
May 26.8 28 27 28 27
June 26.0 28 25 26 27
July 25.4 27 24 25 26
August 27.0 28 25 27 28
September 28.5 29 27 28 29
October 29.8 31 28 30 31
November 30.6 30 30 31 30
December 30.2 30 31 30 30
Average 28.1 28.3 28.9 27.4 28.1 28.4

10th 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 19 16 21 17 19
February 19.9 21 19 19 18 19
March 18.6 19 17 20 19 17
April 18.7 18 18 19 17
May 17.2 16 17 16 17
June 15.3 14 13 15 14
July 14.8 16 14 14 12
August 15.0 16 16 15 13
September 16.5 18 16 16 15
October 18.1 18 17 19 18
November 19.3 19 20 20 19
December 18.6 19 20 20 19
Average 17.8 19.3 17.2 17.5 17.2 16.5

6th 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 4.4 2 1 5 8 6
February 2.9 3 0 9 5 4
March 1.8 1 3 0 1 3
April 1.1 1 0 2 2
May 0.2 0 1 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.2 0 0 0 2
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 1 0 0
October 0.4 1 0 0 0
November 1.0 1 1 0 2
December 2.0 2 0 1 3
Average 1.3 2.1 0.6 1.0 1.6 1.8

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 5.3 3 7 6 4 6
February 5.8 4 8 2 5 7
March 6.1 7 5 4 8 7
April 8.4 8 7 10 8
May 8.6 9 7 9 9
June 9.3 9 11 11 9
July 9.4 10 13 11 8
August 10.9 11 13 13 11
September 11.4 10 13 13 11
October 11.9 11 14 13 13
November 10.4 11 13 11 10
December 7.8 7 11 13 7
Average 8.4 4.6 8.6 9.7 9.9 8.6

10th 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 256° 086° 077° 080° 281°
February 092° 080° 262° 081° 090°
March 096° 089° 089° 088° 112°
April 092° 089° 093° 095°
May 078° 095° 092° 094°
June 083° 093° 090° 095°
July 085° 091° 094° 097°
August 075° 090° 088° 091°
September 078° 089° 090° 091°
October 084° 088° 089° 090°
November 101° 090° 090° 087°
December 090° 085° 089° 089°

Prevailing wind direction

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