Espungabera Airport

MZ-0023 · Manicaland, Mozambique

Climate Espungabera Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Masvingo International Airport (FVMV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.6 82 55 94 33 74
February 69.2 75 55 75 50 70
March 69.1 84 46 57 94 88
April 75.0 86 47 92 71
May 84.8 92 75 100
June 87.5 97 67 97 57
July 75.7 70 84 83 88
August 85.4 73 84 61 89
September 84.5 90 90 66 50
October 75.4 74 70 61 100
November 81.4 86 83 95 100
December 82.9 76 86 83
Average 79.2 80.4 75.3 76.9 78.6 78.2

2nd best VFR conditions of Zimbabwe

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 96.3 99 98 100 100 87
February 95.2 100 94 100 100 80
March 94.6 100 90 100 100 100
April 93.3 97 70 100 100
May 93.9 100 94 100
June 97.1 97 90 100 100
July 98.6 99 100 100 88
August 98.4 95 100 100 100
September 97.5 97 100 96 100
October 94.8 89 100 93 100
November 94.6 98 100 100 100
December 96.7 94 100 96
Average 96.1 99.5 95.3 96.7 97.4 94.0

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 24.9 25 24 25 23 27
February 24.6 26 24 26 21 23
March 24.0 28 22 24 24 24
April 22.9 25 21 22 25
May 20.8 23 20 27
June 19.0 21 17 20 17
July 17.7 20 16 15 17
August 21.6 22 22 20 24
September 25.9 28 26 24 23
October 26.5 27 29 24 26
November 27.0 29 26 28 13
December 26.9 26 25 26
Average 23.6 26.0 24.3 22.4 23.1 23.4

1st highest temperature of Zimbabwe

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 21.3 19 21 22 23 26
February 20.5 20 21 19 20 22
March 19.6 19 18 19 21 22
April 17.2 15 18 20 24
May 14.8 14 13 26
June 11.5 11 11 14 16
July 10.2 8 10 13 14
August 14.8 13 13 17 22
September 17.6 17 16 20 18
October 19.5 18 20 19 22
November 21.4 20 19 24 13
December 22.2 21 20 23
Average 18.3 19.1 16.1 15.7 19.6 21.5

2nd lowest temperature of Zimbabwe

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.4 7 29 0 0 9
February 9.4 3 29 6 0 20
March 13.5 0 26 30 6 0
April 13.2 6 35 0 21
May 3.8 0 6 0
June 3.6 0 4 3 43
July 6.3 5 4 8 13
August 1.5 2 3 6 0
September 2.2 1 1 4 0
October 8.7 5 0 27 0
November 7.6 1 14 0 0
December 14.4 21 0 17
Average 7.8 3.0 8.5 7.3 9.4 10.8

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 6.6 7 8 5 4 8
February 6.7 8 7 6 5 7
March 7.1 7 8 7 4 10
April 6.0 6 5 6 8
May 4.9 5 5 7
June 5.1 5 6 5 7
July 7.0 8 5 8 6
August 7.1 9 7 6 8
September 7.3 7 7 9 8
October 8.5 8 8 10 7
November 7.6 7 6 7 8
December 6.9 7 6 7
Average 7.0 7.4 7.2 6.3 7.1 7.7

1st highest wind speed of Zimbabwe

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 139° 140° 138° 029° 151°
February 146° 180° 157° 132° 144°
March 141° 163° 151° 153° 130°
April 149° 151° 133° 135°
May 150° 126° 171°
June 132° 129° 164° 192°
July 143° 144° 148° 135°
August 134° 133° 137° 142°
September 127° 137° 147° 104°
October 143° 111° 137° 107°
November 141° 115° 077° 180°
December 149° 159° 109°

Prevailing wind direction

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