Climate Kayes Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kayes (GAKD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	76.5	71	88	87	83	22
February	43.5	40	28	36	60	78
March	53.9	40	67	44	38	85
April	82.9		86	77	73	83
May	83.3		90	77	68	80
June	90.0		94	90	87	78
July	88.9		80	93	97	90
August	78.3		78	67	81	83
September	87.5		93	76	89	80
October	83.8		74	88	90	88
November	83.5		70	82	96	98
December	79.8		53	87	98	93
Average	77.4	50.3	75.9	78.2	79.9	79.6

4th best VFR conditions of Mali

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	89.4	83	100	96	97	56
February	72.7	79	56	81	80	85
March	81.2	76	86	81	80	94
April	97.9		100	100	90	97
May	94.4		97	89	89	96
June	96.8		100	98	94	89
July	97.8		97	100	99	94
August	98.0		99	99	98	98
September	98.1		100	99	96	97
October	96.4		93	99	98	98
November	93.7		85	96	100	100
December	89.3		69	100	100	99
Average	91.8	79.2	90.5	96.0	93.3	91.8

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	35.0	37	35	36	36	33
February	37.3	39	38	36	37	38
March	39.7	41	41	39	40	40
April	42.3		43	43	43	42
May	42.3		43	42	43	43
June	39.0		41	37	39	38
July	34.4		36	34	36	34
August	32.6		34	32	32	33
September	32.8		34	33	33	32
October	35.9		37	35	37	36
November	37.5		39	37	39	37
December	35.9		36	37	36	37
Average	36.0	39.3	37.9	36.5	37.5	36.8

1st highest temperature of Mali

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	17.5	17	16	19	18	19
February	20.7	19	20	21	21	22
March	23.4	24	23	22	25	24
April	28.0		25	29	28	30
May	31.0		32	30	32	32
June	29.0		29	28	29	29
July	26.1		26	26	27	26
August	24.7		23	24	25	25
September	24.4		25	22	25	24
October	24.0		25	23	25	23
November	20.0		19	18	23	18
December	18.0		16	18	20	19
Average	23.9	20.1	23.3	23.4	24.9	24.1

4th lowest temperature of Mali

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.3		0	2	0	1
June	0.8		1	0	3	0
July	1.4		2	2	0	2
August	3.3		4	3	2	2
September	2.0		2	1	1	8
October	0.6		0	1	0	1
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.6		0.8	0.7	0.4	1.1

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	7.5	7	7	9	7	9
February	7.5	8	7	9	6	9
March	6.2	6	6	7	7	7
April	6.6		6	7	6	7
May	7.2		7	8	7	7
June	7.5		7	8	7	8
July	6.5		6	7	7	7
August	6.2		6	6	6	7
September	4.7		5	5	5	5
October	4.6		4	5	5	5
November	5.6		5	6	6	5
December	6.9		7	6	8	6
Average	6.5	6.7	6.1	6.5	6.3	6.7

1st highest wind speed of Mali

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	136°	110°	117°	072°	057°
February	133°	115°	101°	069°	065°
March	103°	121°	086°	084°	036°
April		103°	066°	018°	007°
May		307°	304°	278°	239°
June		316°	304°	273°	242°
July		315°	300°	254°	243°
August		315°	308°	247°	241°
September		324°	308°	250°	268°
October		316°	317°	265°	094°
November		126°	121°	109°	086°
December		133°	122°	110°	068°

Prevailing wind direction

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