Climate Mague Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Chingozi Airport (FQTT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	58.0	67	58	37	54	69
February	67.5	75	73	58	68	65
March	63.1	70	61	49	61	79
April	64.0		67	51	68	68
May	82.1		85	84	83	86
June	71.0		74	59	72	76
July	71.7		57	78	68	77
August	65.7		54	76	65	67
September	60.2		69	57	59	71
October	69.5		62	61	70	85
November	73.0		77	59	74	90
December	67.3		65	84	72	65
Average	67.6	70.5	66.1	61.7	67.6	74.7

9th 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	98.3	99	99	95	100	99
February	98.8	100	99	98	99	99
March	98.2	100	94	100	100	99
April	99.5		99	99	100	99
May	99.7		100	100	100	100
June	98.9		100	100	99	100
July	98.6		100	100	100	99
August	96.9		99	98	97	96
September	95.4		100	88	97	100
October	96.8		99	94	98	100
November	98.9		100	98	99	99
December	99.6		100	100	99	100
Average	98.3	99.5	99.0	97.6	98.9	99.3

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	32.6	33	33	33	34	32
February	33.9	36	33	32	35	33
March	32.6	35	32	32	33	34
April	32.2		32	32	32	35
May	31.2		32	31	31	32
June	29.0		32	27	29	28
July	29.2		30	29	30	28
August	31.5		31	32	31	32
September	34.9		37	36	34	34
October	36.5		37	38	36	35
November	36.7		38	36	38	40
December	35.8		37	36	39	35
Average	33.2	34.8	33.7	32.4	33.4	32.9

1st 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	24.0	24	23	24	24	24
February	23.6	24	23	24	24	23
March	22.4	23	22	23	22	22
April	20.8		19	22	20	21
May	16.1		15	16	15	17
June	15.8		14	16	16	16
July	14.7		15	16	15	14
August	17.1		16	16	16	16
September	21.2		22	22	21	22
October	23.9		25	25	23	24
November	25.3		25	25	26	26
December	24.7		25	23	27	25
Average	21.3	23.6	20.3	20.6	20.6	20.7

6th 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	4.9	4	3	6	3	5
February	3.2	3	7	5	1	3
March	3.2	0	8	4	1	1
April	0.4		0	1	0	0
May	0.1		0	0	1	0
June	0.9		0	1	1	0
July	0.2		0	0	0	2
August	0.4		1	1	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.3		3	0	0	0
November	1.2		1	1	0	0
December	1.9		2	0	1	1
Average	1.6	2.3	2.1	1.8	0.7	1.1

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	4.5	5	4	5	4	5
February	4.6	6	4	5	5	4
March	4.9	5	5	5	5	6
April	5.2		5	4	6	6
May	5.0		4	4	5	6
June	5.1		4	6	5	5
July	5.9		6	6	6	7
August	6.3		6	6	7	6
September	7.2		6	7	7	8
October	8.1		7	7	8	9
November	7.3		7	6	7	8
December	5.8		6	4	7	5
Average	5.9	5.0	5.3	5.2	6.0	6.1

1st 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	143°	145°	151°	124°	127°
February	143°	218°	152°	271°	135°
March	118°	160°	134°	118°	133°
April		128°	132°	140°	133°
May		117°	132°	143°	139°
June		137°	128°	137°	133°
July		136°	128°	137°	134°
August		138°	136°	127°	135°
September		130°	115°	132°	130°
October		132°	123°	127°	125°
November		130°	125°	128°	120°
December		129°	119°	113°	136°

Prevailing wind direction

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