Climate Mvuu Camp Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Chileka International Airport (FWCL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	75.3	64	67	81	93	73
February	78.6	69	81	84	95	70
March	72.7	54	77	77	86	73
April	79.9		81	80	88	90
May	84.4		91	89	96	100
June	81.8		94	63	93	100
July	84.4		81	87	88	82
August	87.5		85	90	90	86
September	76.4		88	96	87	87
October	86.0		83	91	93	69
November	88.3		77	94	97	95
December	82.2		71	87	98	92
Average	79.9	62.1	81.5	85.0	92.0	80.9

1st best VFR conditions of Malawi

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	95.0	96	97	93	98	86
February	98.1	98	98	97	100	98
March	94.8	99	89	91	96	94
April	96.5		98	89	98	100
May	98.5		100	98	100	100
June	97.6		100	94	97	100
July	97.9		99	100	99	100
August	99.6		100	100	99	100
September	91.4		100	100	98	97
October	98.6		100	100	100	93
November	98.5		99	100	100	100
December	97.9		100	98	99	99
Average	96.9	97.5	98.4	96.4	98.5	95.8

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	27.8	29	28	27	28	27
February	28.4	30	28	27	29	28
March	27.4	29	26	27	27	28
April	26.5		27	26	26	28
May	25.9		27	26	24	26
June	23.8		28	21	23	23
July	23.4		24	23	23	22
August	26.1		26	25	26	25
September	29.4		31	28	29	30
October	31.1		32	31	31	31
November	30.9		31	31	33	33
December	29.5		32	29	33	28
Average	27.7	29.2	28.3	26.7	27.5	27.7

1st highest temperature of Malawi

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	22.1	22	22	22	23	22
February	22.5	23	22	22	24	23
March	21.8	22	21	22	22	23
April	20.7		19	21	21	24
May	18.8		18	19	18	21
June	17.4		17	17	18	20
July	16.6		16	17	16	18
August	19.1		18	18	18	21
September	22.0		23	22	21	26
October	23.8		23	25	24	26
November	24.8		24	25	26	27
December	23.5		23	23	26	23
Average	21.3	22.3	20.4	21.0	21.3	22.8

2nd lowest temperature of Malawi

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.0	6	7	15	6	7
February	3.6	2	4	4	1	6
March	5.6	1	14	11	4	3
April	2.3		2	3	2	1
May	0.8		0	0	1	0
June	1.3		0	6	1	0
July	1.6		1	0	1	3
August	0.1		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	1	0
October	0.6		1	0	1	0
November	2.2		2	4	0	1
December	3.2		2	1	1	3
Average	2.7	3.2	2.4	3.9	1.4	3.1

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	6.4	7	6	7	6	5
February	6.5	7	7	6	6	6
March	6.7	7	7	7	6	6
April	6.4		7	7	7	7
May	6.1		7	6	7	6
June	6.7		7	7	7	5
July	7.1		7	7	7	8
August	7.9		9	8	8	7
September	8.2		8	9	8	8
October	8.7		9	8	9	8
November	8.0		9	8	8	7
December	7.2		8	7	9	7
Average	7.1	7.3	7.5	7.2	7.2	6.4

1st highest wind speed of Malawi

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	242°	276°	240°	018°	240°
February	228°	044°	242°	047°	005°
March	242°	252°	240°	213°	198°
April		237°	240°	223°	165°
May		122°	238°	195°	176°
June		075°	208°	199°	131°
July		198°	105°	196°	175°
August		139°	123°	095°	123°
September		076°	085°	099°	064°
October		096°	088°	090°	083°
November		085°	093°	071°	058°
December		089°	076°	065°	060°

Prevailing wind direction

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