Christmas Isl

NCPL · Line Islands, Samoa

Climate Christmas Isl 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cassidy International Airport (PLCH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 98.2 98 99 98 100 99
February 96.8 97 99 99 98 91
March 96.7 96 100 99 98 95
April 96.7 99 99 99 98
May 97.8 96 100 99 100
June 97.2 96 100 99 97
July 98.3 98 100 97 98
August 99.1 100 100 99 100
September 98.7 99 100 98 100
October 98.1 100 98 97 98
November 97.9 97 100 97 100
December 97.2 99 100 99 97
Average 97.7 97.0 98.2 99.1 98.2 97.5

2nd best VFR conditions of Kiribati

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 99.5 99 100 100 100 100
February 99.6 100 100 100 100 99
March 99.3 100 100 99 100 99
April 99.3 100 100 100 100
May 99.3 98 100 100 100
June 99.5 100 100 100 100
July 99.5 99 100 100 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 99.6 100 100 100 100
October 99.7 100 99 100 100
November 99.5 100 100 100 100
December 99.5 100 100 100 100
Average 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.6 99.8 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 29.6 32 29 29 29 30
February 29.9 31 30 30 29 30
March 30.2 32 31 29 29 31
April 30.3 31 30 30 31
May 30.5 31 30 31 31
June 30.7 31 30 31 31
July 30.5 31 30 30 31
August 30.5 31 30 30 32
September 30.3 31 30 30 30
October 30.2 32 30 30 29
November 30.1 32 30 30 30
December 30.0 32 30 29 29
Average 30.3 31.4 30.8 29.5 29.7 30.2

2nd highest temperature of Kiribati

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 23.6 24 23 22 24 25
February 24.1 25 23 24 24 23
March 24.1 26 26 24 22 25
April 25.4 25 25 25 26
May 25.2 24 26 25 26
June 24.6 23 25 25 26
July 25.0 26 25 25 25
August 24.5 24 25 25 25
September 24.7 26 25 25 24
October 24.8 26 25 25 25
November 24.8 25 25 25 25
December 24.5 25 24 24 25
Average 24.6 24.9 24.5 24.6 24.6 24.9

1st lowest temperature of Kiribati

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.0 3 1 2 0 0
February 2.9 5 3 1 4 8
March 4.8 11 6 1 5 6
April 3.6 3 1 4 5
May 4.0 9 4 3 2
June 3.1 5 2 4 1
July 2.4 6 1 3 3
August 0.9 4 0 1 1
September 1.3 3 1 4 1
October 0.5 1 1 1 0
November 2.1 3 0 1 0
December 1.7 2 2 2 1
Average 2.8 6.1 3.7 1.3 2.5 2.2

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 9.0 7 9 8 9 9
February 8.7 6 8 9 8 8
March 8.3 5 8 9 7 7
April 7.8 6 7 7 7
May 7.3 6 7 8 8
June 6.6 6 7 6 7
July 7.8 6 8 8 8
August 7.9 5 9 7 8
September 7.7 6 8 9 9
October 7.9 5 9 8 9
November 8.1 5 9 9 8
December 8.7 5 10 9 9
Average 7.8 5.9 6.2 8.2 7.8 8.1

2nd highest wind speed of Kiribati

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 097° 100° 098° 102° 100°
February 081° 096° 098° 091° 095°
March 075° 083° 101° 086° 093°
April 080° 107° 085° 093°
May 084° 106° 094° 104°
June 086° 108° 097° 104°
July 092° 106° 104° 104°
August 102° 104° 106° 107°
September 101° 107° 108° 108°
October 101° 103° 103° 105°
November 100° 102° 105° 105°
December 098° 097° 104° 101°

Prevailing wind direction

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