Paradise Island Airport

MZ-0005 · Mozambique

Climate Paradise Island Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Vilankulo Airport (FQVL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.8 80 70 68 68 78
February 66.2 72 44 83 51 85
March 73.9 61 63 75 84 77
April 78.7 86 61 91 78
May 84.1 89 75 81 92
June 75.9 88 64 69 69
July 81.9 80 91 75 77
August 79.5 70 86 73 74
September 80.0 77 89 83 69
October 71.7 62 76 74 72
November 73.5 78 63 70 81
December 62.9 51 60 62 52
Average 74.3 71.5 71.0 73.9 73.1 74.8

4th 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 99.4 100 100 100 99 98
February 98.6 100 95 100 100 99
March 99.4 97 100 100 100 100
April 99.7 100 100 99 100
May 99.2 100 98 99 100
June 99.0 99 100 100 99
July 98.9 100 100 99 100
August 99.0 99 100 98 99
September 99.3 99 100 100 100
October 99.8 100 100 100 100
November 99.7 100 100 100 100
December 99.5 98 99 100 100
Average 99.2 99.0 99.0 99.6 99.4 99.6

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 30.9 31 32 31 32 31
February 30.8 31 31 32 31 32
March 30.4 31 30 32 31 31
April 29.2 29 29 30 29
May 27.4 28 27 27 28
June 25.6 28 25 25 25
July 25.3 25 25 26 25
August 25.7 26 26 25 25
September 27.1 27 28 27 27
October 28.2 28 29 28 28
November 29.2 29 29 29 30
December 30.2 30 31 31 30
Average 28.6 31.0 28.5 28.6 28.4 28.3

8th 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 25.4 26 25 25 27 26
February 24.8 24 24 24 25 26
March 23.7 26 24 23 24 23
April 22.1 21 24 21 21
May 19.2 21 19 18 19
June 17.6 19 17 17 18
July 16.3 16 16 16 16
August 17.9 18 18 18 16
September 20.7 22 22 20 21
October 22.6 23 24 22 22
November 24.0 23 25 24 24
December 25.0 25 25 25 26
Average 22.0 25.3 21.7 21.5 21.3 21.4

9th 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 3.2 4 0 3 1 3
February 4.3 1 9 0 8 0
March 2.3 7 2 3 1 1
April 1.3 1 5 0 0
May 1.5 0 5 3 0
June 1.2 0 2 2 0
July 0.5 0 0 0 0
August 0.4 0 0 1 0
September 0.2 0 0 0 0
October 0.9 1 0 1 1
November 1.1 0 3 0 1
December 2.6 9 1 1 2
Average 1.9 3.6 1.9 1.9 1.4 0.7

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 8.9 6 9 10 9 8
February 8.8 7 10 10 10 9
March 7.0 7 0 8 8 8
April 7.4 5 8 8 9
May 7.4 7 7 8 10
June 7.4 7 9 7 8
July 7.6 8 6 9 8
August 8.3 9 9 8 9
September 8.3 8 8 8 9
October 9.0 8 8 10 9
November 8.8 9 9 9 9
December 7.5 1 7 8 8
Average 7.9 6.8 6.7 8.2 8.4 8.7

8th 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 111° 144° 125° 095° 117°
February 115° 086° 136° 154° 114°
March 109° 115° 137° 128° 140°
April 129° 143° 111° 128°
May 098° 126° 137° 129°
June 047° 167° 124° 164°
July 136° 123° 158° 144°
August 127° 101° 098° 109°
September 087° 088° 106° 118°
October 116° 092° 110° 116°
November 107° 101° 100° 080°
December 159° 087° 090° 082°

Prevailing wind direction

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