Mwanza Airport

HTMW · Mwanza, Tanzania

Climate Mwanza Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mwanza Airport (HTMW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 93.1 90 95 87 92 89
February 94.0 88 97 93 93 93
March 94.4 92 91 93 96 94
April 92.2 90 92 81 95
May 95.9 96 95 95 96
June 98.1 97 98 97 98
July 98.5 99 99 97 99
August 97.5 97 95 97 97
September 96.8 91 99 96 98
October 93.6 94 94 92 92
November 92.1 88 86 94 94
December 91.4 88 89 92 95
Average 94.3 90.2 93.8 93.3 93.5 94.9

4th 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 99.5 100 100 99 99 100
February 99.7 100 100 100 100 100
March 99.7 100 100 100 100 100
April 99.6 100 100 100 100
May 99.5 100 100 100 99
June 99.6 100 100 99 99
July 99.2 100 99 99 100
August 99.7 100 100 100 99
September 99.6 98 100 100 100
October 99.5 100 100 99 100
November 99.6 100 100 100 99
December 99.7 100 100 100 100
Average 99.6 99.7 99.7 99.8 99.6 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 27.0 26 28 27 26 27
February 27.8 28 28 26 27 28
March 27.7 29 27 28 28 27
April 27.5 28 28 27 28
May 28.0 29 28 28 28
June 28.3 29 28 29 28
July 28.4 30 28 29 29
August 28.5 30 28 29 28
September 28.3 28 28 28 28
October 28.1 30 30 28 27
November 27.4 27 27 29 27
December 26.9 27 27 28 27
Average 27.8 27.3 28.3 27.5 27.8 27.5

9th 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 18.0 18 18 16 19 18
February 17.6 19 18 15 17 18
March 18.0 20 18 18 14 18
April 17.9 19 18 15 16
May 18.0 18 18 17 17
June 17.0 17 16 17 16
July 16.0 16 18 15 14
August 16.4 18 17 15 15
September 17.9 20 18 18 16
October 18.1 19 18 15 18
November 17.3 20 15 17 15
December 17.5 19 15 19 17
Average 17.6 19.1 18.2 16.8 16.3 16.4

5th 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 2.7 1 1 3 6 7
February 3.4 2 0 7 5 4
March 3.6 1 4 5 1 7
April 4.2 2 2 4 7
May 1.2 0 1 3 1
June 0.3 0 0 0 2
July 0.2 0 0 0 0
August 0.8 0 2 1 1
September 1.3 4 0 1 2
October 1.6 1 1 1 3
November 3.7 7 2 2 5
December 3.0 1 2 1 1
Average 2.1 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.0 3.3

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 7.0 5 8 6 6 5
February 7.6 7 8 6 6 6
March 7.7 7 7 8 8 6
April 7.6 7 7 6 7
May 8.4 7 7 8 8
June 8.8 8 9 8 9
July 10.1 10 10 10 10
August 10.1 10 9 9 10
September 10.1 9 9 10 10
October 9.9 10 11 9 9
November 8.4 7 7 10 8
December 7.5 6 8 9 8
Average 8.3 6.4 7.9 8.2 8.2 8.0

9th 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 333° 347° 331° 305° 338°
February 323° 311° 269° 004° 331°
March 036° 351° 296° 360° 261°
April 087° 068° 224° 109°
May 087° 081° 086° 114°
June 064° 104° 116° 132°
July 146° 137° 144° 154°
August 068° 043° 035° 034°
September 007° 001° 357° 018°
October 001° 012° 350° 351°
November 031° 349° 359° 335°
December 332° 335° 046° 288°

Prevailing wind direction

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