Abeid Amani Karume International Airport

HTZA · Zanzibar Urban/West, Tanzania

Climate Abeid Amani Karume International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (HTZA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 80.3 88 83 81 87 73
February 80.7 89 84 83 88 74
March 83.2 88 85 91 79 81
April 71.8 86 86 72 67
May 79.8 92 89 86 83
June 89.7 89 94 85 96
July 86.5 83 94 88 87
August 85.3 93 97 81 86
September 83.6 90 94 80 81
October 76.6 82 86 81 81
November 73.0 73 78 81 76
December 72.6 83 84 73 72
Average 81.0 88.1 85.3 87.9 81.7 79.6

7th 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 99.0 97 99 99 99 98
February 99.6 100 100 99 100 100
March 99.5 100 99 100 100 100
April 98.2 99 100 99 92
May 98.6 98 100 100 99
June 99.4 99 99 99 100
July 99.4 100 100 98 100
August 99.7 100 99 100 100
September 99.7 99 100 100 100
October 99.0 99 100 100 100
November 98.8 96 99 100 100
December 98.9 99 98 99 99
Average 99.1 99.1 98.9 99.4 99.4 98.9

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 32.0 31 32 32 32 32
February 32.9 33 33 32 32 34
March 32.9 33 32 33 33 33
April 30.5 30 31 30 31
May 29.8 30 31 30 30
June 29.5 29 30 29 30
July 28.9 29 28 29 29
August 29.4 30 29 29 30
September 30.2 31 30 30 31
October 30.8 31 31 31 33
November 31.0 29 31 32 32
December 31.4 32 31 31 32
Average 31.0 32.3 30.6 30.6 30.8 31.2

2nd 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 24.4 26 25 25 24 24
February 24.8 27 26 26 24 26
March 24.3 25 24 25 24 25
April 24.1 26 24 24 23
May 23.3 19 25 24 24
June 22.8 22 23 22 24
July 22.2 23 22 23 22
August 22.1 23 21 23 21
September 22.0 22 20 23 22
October 22.4 24 21 22 22
November 22.9 23 24 25 20
December 24.3 25 24 24 24
Average 23.5 25.6 23.4 23.2 23.4 23.1

16th 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 6 3 3 2 6
February 1.4 2 0 1 3 2
March 1.7 3 3 0 1 3
April 12.4 12 8 14 20
May 9.0 5 2 5 7
June 1.8 6 1 2 1
July 1.3 3 3 0 1
August 1.5 1 1 1 3
September 2.1 1 1 1 2
October 4.6 2 2 2 5
November 8.4 25 5 2 12
December 5.5 6 2 9 2
Average 4.2 3.5 5.2 2.4 3.3 5.2

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 9.3 10 11 12 11 7
February 8.6 11 11 9 10 5
March 8.0 9 11 10 10 4
April 8.2 9 9 12 6
May 9.5 11 13 12 8
June 10.6 11 15 13 9
July 10.9 13 13 13 10
August 10.1 13 12 12 8
September 10.6 12 13 13 10
October 9.1 10 12 11 8
November 7.3 9 9 9 7
December 7.4 9 8 8 9
Average 9.2 10.1 10.9 11.2 11.1 7.6

2nd 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 013° 020° 021° 019° 016°
February 020° 033° 009° 010° 007°
March 182° 043° 040° 033° 193°
April 177° 180° 183° 188°
May 168° 173° 179° 176°
June 176° 175° 173° 169°
July 170° 169° 169° 170°
August 166° 164° 169° 164°
September 164° 158° 160° 155°
October 163° 154° 157° 165°
November 168° 115° 148° 110°
December 032° 066° 116° 045°

Prevailing wind direction

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