Matemo Airport

MZ-0013 · Mozambique

Climate Matemo Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Pemba Airport (FQPB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 90.9 82 94 87 97 89
February 89.4 91 88 85 84 92
March 89.6 93 92 88 82 90
April 89.7 91 90 88 93
May 95.8 97 94 95 98
June 95.6 93 96 93 98
July 96.4 96 96 95 98
August 94.2 95 93 93 97
September 94.5 96 91 89 97
October 94.8 95 94 93 96
November 94.4 92 98 96 93
December 91.1 96 95 96 92
Average 92.6 88.6 93.5 92.2 91.7 94.0

1st 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 99.6 99 100 99 100 100
February 99.5 100 100 100 99 99
March 99.6 100 100 99 100 100
April 98.9 100 100 100 100
May 99.7 100 100 100 99
June 99.6 100 99 99 100
July 99.6 100 100 100 100
August 98.5 99 99 99 99
September 99.9 100 100 100 100
October 99.9 100 100 100 100
November 99.9 100 100 100 100
December 99.6 100 100 100 100
Average 99.5 99.5 99.8 99.6 99.7 99.7

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 30.7 31 32 31 31 30
February 30.9 31 30 31 31 32
March 30.7 31 30 31 30 32
April 30.0 30 30 30 32
May 29.2 30 30 29 28
June 28.4 29 28 28 29
July 27.5 28 27 27 28
August 27.8 29 28 28 28
September 28.6 30 28 28 29
October 29.5 30 29 29 30
November 30.6 31 30 30 31
December 31.2 32 31 31 32
Average 29.7 31.0 30.1 29.4 29.3 29.9

4th 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 24.8 24 24 25 25 25
February 24.3 25 24 24 25 25
March 24.1 25 24 24 24 24
April 23.4 23 24 23 24
May 21.7 21 22 21 23
June 20.3 21 20 20 21
July 19.8 20 20 20 20
August 20.3 21 20 20 21
September 21.7 23 21 22 22
October 22.7 23 21 23 24
November 24.6 25 24 24 24
December 25.3 26 25 26 26
Average 22.9 24.5 22.9 22.4 22.6 23.0

11th 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 1.0 0 0 2 2 2
February 0.9 1 1 1 2 0
March 1.1 1 0 1 1 0
April 1.7 0 0 3 0
May 0.4 0 1 0 0
June 0.1 0 0 1 0
July 0.4 1 0 1 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 1.0 0 0 0 1
Average 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.8 0.2

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 8.3 7 9 9 9 8
February 7.3 6 8 6 9 7
March 7.8 8 9 7 7 8
April 9.8 9 8 11 11
May 10.6 9 9 11 12
June 10.7 8 9 10 13
July 12.2 11 10 12 14
August 10.7 11 10 10 11
September 10.6 9 10 11 12
October 10.5 11 9 11 10
November 10.3 10 11 11 10
December 9.3 9 10 10 10
Average 9.6 7.0 9.5 9.0 10.1 10.3

4th 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 340° 013° 031° 041° 024°
February 014° 041° 360° 033° 010°
March 131° 057° 118° 156° 185°
April 175° 169° 183° 173°
May 169° 175° 190° 176°
June 165° 184° 177° 177°
July 174° 167° 180° 180°
August 163° 144° 160° 156°
September 102° 118° 136° 134°
October 079° 068° 102° 117°
November 107° 056° 070° 066°
December 066° 066° 063° 050°

Prevailing wind direction

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