Mbatamila Airport

MZ-0001 · Mozambique

Climate Mbatamila Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lichinga Airport (FQLC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 25.1 22 23 21 32 24
February 29.7 27 23 30 38 19
March 21.5 23 15 13 19 24
April 20.9 21 20 13 39
May 46.4 42 46 58 59
June 45.9 67 35 40 53
July 48.0 44 48 49 48
August 47.6 29 46 60 40
September 45.0 42 51 46 39
October 47.5 41 70 43 34
November 40.4 31 36 49 57
December 32.7 29 29 53 30
Average 35.7 23.7 33.2 37.0 41.5 39.9

12th best VFR conditions of Mozambique

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 84.2 81 89 76 89 84
February 87.4 89 89 85 93 83
March 82.6 84 83 84 83 85
April 83.8 85 83 86 94
May 92.0 99 93 93 95
June 91.1 99 86 91 96
July 94.2 93 99 94 89
August 88.9 87 88 96 77
September 89.5 88 97 95 78
October 91.5 90 93 93 85
November 94.3 91 97 94 99
December 90.5 94 94 98 94
Average 88.3 84.7 90.1 89.1 92.2 88.6

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 23.8 24 24 24 24 23
February 24.2 25 24 22 25 24
March 23.7 25 24 23 23 23
April 23.1 23 24 23 25
May 22.5 24 23 22 23
June 20.7 23 19 21 22
July 19.8 21 20 20 19
August 22.3 23 22 23 23
September 24.8 26 24 25 25
October 27.0 29 27 27 27
November 27.0 27 27 28 29
December 25.4 26 25 29 26
Average 23.8 24.8 24.3 23.3 23.9 23.9

12th highest temperature of Mozambique

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 17.8 18 17 18 18 19
February 17.8 18 18 19 18 20
March 17.6 18 18 18 17 19
April 16.7 17 17 16 18
May 14.2 14 14 12 16
June 12.5 13 12 12 12
July 12.4 12 11 11 13
August 13.2 13 13 13 12
September 15.5 16 14 14 15
October 17.3 18 16 17 18
November 18.7 18 19 19 18
December 18.2 19 17 19 18
Average 16.3 18.0 15.8 15.4 15.4 16.3

1st lowest temperature of Mozambique

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.7 12 7 13 6 10
February 6.4 4 6 14 6 9
March 7.4 6 12 4 8 3
April 3.6 5 3 2 0
May 0.9 0 1 1 0
June 1.1 0 1 0 1
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.4 0 1 1 0
September 0.1 0 1 0 0
October 0.5 0 0 1 2
November 1.5 2 2 0 0
December 4.4 2 2 0 3
Average 3.8 7.0 3.0 3.2 2.0 1.8

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 2021 2020
January 7.3 8 8 8 7 8
February 7.1 7 8 8 7 8
March 7.7 9 7 8 8 7
April 8.5 8 8 9 8
May 8.0 8 8 8 8
June 8.5 8 9 8 8
July 9.6 9 10 10 10
August 9.4 9 9 9 9
September 10.1 9 11 10 10
October 10.8 10 12 11 10
November 10.2 10 11 10 10
December 8.3 8 9 11 8
Average 8.6 8.0 8.5 9.3 9.0 8.7

12th highest wind speed of Mozambique

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 222° 335° 291° 027° 307°
February 163° 014° 245° 302° 114°
March 108° 024° 141° 160° 132°
April 122° 110° 131° 126°
May 122° 124° 138° 134°
June 098° 133° 115° 140°
July 118° 107° 124° 135°
August 118° 099° 109° 100°
September 089° 083° 091° 105°
October 082° 082° 088° 087°
November 088° 074° 075° 078°
December 057° 058° 075° 062°

Prevailing wind direction

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