Massinga Airport

MZ-0008 · Inhambane, Mozambique

Climate Massinga Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Inhambane Airport (FQIN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 67.4 80 81 85 71 74
February 67.3 84 70 87 56 73
March 76.6 72 86 81 90 88
April 76.2 91 79 84 76
May 83.9 94 88 90 92
June 76.5 92 74 85 69
July 79.0 80 86 86 83
August 82.1 87 85 92 82
September 76.5 72 90 84 83
October 67.7 61 81 76 77
November 71.0 78 71 65 77
December 69.6 63 89 79 75
Average 73.9 78.8 78.7 82.7 79.3 78.9

2nd 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 99.9 100 100 100 100 100
February 99.7 100 99 100 100 100
March 99.9 100 100 100 100 100
April 99.8 100 100 100 100
May 99.7 100 100 100 100
June 99.1 99 100 100 100
July 99.2 99 99 99 100
August 99.2 99 99 99 100
September 99.6 100 100 99 100
October 99.6 99 100 100 100
November 99.8 100 100 100 100
December 100.0 100 100 100 100
Average 99.7 100.0 99.4 99.7 99.7 99.8

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 31.0 31 32 31 32 32
February 31.0 32 31 32 31 32
March 30.6 31 30 31 31 30
April 29.3 30 29 30 29
May 27.6 28 28 28 28
June 26.0 28 25 26 26
July 25.6 26 26 25 25
August 26.1 26 27 26 25
September 27.3 28 29 28 27
October 28.0 28 30 27 28
November 29.7 32 29 30 31
December 30.6 32 32 31 30
Average 28.9 31.1 28.9 28.9 28.5 28.5

6th 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 25.2 24 24 25 25 24
February 25.2 24 25 24 25 24
March 24.2 25 24 23 23 23
April 21.7 21 23 20 20
May 18.8 19 19 17 17
June 17.6 17 17 17 17
July 16.4 16 15 16 16
August 18.1 17 17 17 18
September 20.0 20 21 19 19
October 21.6 21 22 21 21
November 23.1 22 23 23 24
December 24.5 24 25 24 24
Average 21.7 24.4 20.7 20.8 20.4 20.4

7th 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 5.5 4 4 4 5 4
February 5.0 4 9 3 9 1
March 3.2 5 6 4 0 2
April 2.7 1 8 0 3
May 1.9 1 4 1 1
June 2.7 0 3 1 4
July 1.8 3 1 2 1
August 1.4 4 0 0 2
September 1.8 1 1 2 0
October 2.6 6 1 2 1
November 3.0 2 5 3 3
December 4.3 5 1 3 5
Average 3.1 3.8 3.5 3.1 2.2 2.3

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 8.0 9 8 8 8 7
February 7.9 9 10 8 8 7
March 6.1 8 0 7 7 5
April 5.6 5 6 5 7
May 5.5 6 6 6 5
June 6.1 7 8 7 6
July 6.6 7 6 7 7
August 8.4 9 9 7 9
September 8.8 10 10 8 8
October 8.8 10 8 10 8
November 9.0 9 9 10 8
December 8.2 8 7 9 8
Average 7.6 8.6 7.4 7.6 7.6 7.1

6th 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 146° 152° 126° 103° 117°
February 132° 083° 158° 144° 110°
March 131° 360° 147° 125° 140°
April 077° 107° 139° 111°
May 064° 129° 120° 137°
June 061° 169° 097° 161°
July 111° 087° 144° 134°
August 109° 074° 082° 083°
September 074° 076° 095° 100°
October 113° 085° 093° 088°
November 102° 096° 082° 076°
December 102° 100° 078° 085°

Prevailing wind direction

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