Climate Funadhoo Airport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hanimaadhoo Airport (VRMH) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	62.1	74	50	100
February	62.5	68	56	100
March	99.7	100	100	89
April	99.7		100	100
May	99.4		100	100
June	98.4		98	100
July	98.3		98	100
August	98.3		98	100
September	98.5		98	100
October	96.1		94	98
November	98.5		98	99
December	89.7		98	78
Average	88.9	80.8	90.6	95.2

3rd best VFR conditions of Maldives

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
January	98.4	97	100	100
February	98.2	97	100	100
March	100.0	100	100	100
April	100.0		100	100
May	100.0		100	100
June	99.4		100	100
July	99.7		100	100
August	100.0		100	100
September	99.8		100	100
October	99.7		99	100
November	100.0		100	100
December	100.0		100	100
Average	99.2	97.8	99.8	100.0

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
January	30.4	32	30	28
February	31.1	33	30	29
March	31.8	33	31	30
April	32.5		33	32
May	31.6		32	30
June	31.2		32	29
July	30.6		31	29
August	30.9		32	29
September	30.1		31	30
October	30.1		31	30
November	30.8		31	30
December	30.7		31	30
Average	31.0	32.4	31.1	29.6

3rd highest temperature of Maldives

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	24.3	23	25	28
February	25.5	25	25	28
March	26.3	26	27	28
April	26.4		26	32
May	28.1		28	29
June	26.9		27	29
July	25.9		27	23
August	26.8		27	28
September	26.1		26	27
October	25.4		26	25
November	25.2		26	24
December	24.1		23	26
Average	25.5	24.7	25.9	26.0

1st lowest temperature of Maldives

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	1.3	2	1	0
February	0.4	0	1	0
March	0.6	0	1	0
April	0.5		1	0
May	2.9		3	0
June	8.5		9	0
July	3.5		4	4
August	3.5		4	0
September	6.2		9	2
October	10.1		11	9
November	4.6		8	2
December	6.3		7	6
Average	3.4	0.7	4.6	4.8

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
January	6.1	6	7	7
February	6.0	6	6	6
March	5.7	5	7	5
April	5.5		6	6
May	6.2		6	7
June	8.7		9	7
July	6.6		6	10
August	6.0		6	9
September	4.9		4	7
October	6.0		4	8
November	4.0		4	4
December	5.8		6	6
Average	5.9	5.5	5.8	6.4

3rd highest wind speed of Maldives

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022
January	088°	039°	039°
February	046°	025°	040°
March	015°	036°	315°
April		357°	281°
May		267°	280°
June		271°	285°
July		294°	306°
August		322°	280°
September		260°	293°
October		191°	270°
November		106°	268°
December		096°	280°

Prevailing wind direction

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