Lakeba Island Airport

NFNK · Eastern, Fiji

Climate Lakeba Island Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lifuka Island Airport (NFTL) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 93.4 100 99 96 94 94
February 93.6 99 100 93 95 94
March 93.0 98 89 97 87 100
April 92.7 98 98 97 95
May 94.7 99 97 99 97
June 94.6 100 100 98 99
July 94.1 100 94 93 97
August 94.5 98 97 96 98
September 92.5 100 99 98 96
October 93.3 96 99 95 99
November 94.0 96 95 95 98
December 92.3 98 97 94 100
Average 94.0 98.9 97.6 96.9 95.1 97.2

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 99.9 100 100 99 100 100
February 99.1 99 100 99 99 100
March 99.3 100 98 99 99 100
April 99.8 100 99 100 100
May 99.7 100 99 100 100
June 99.9 100 100 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.4 98 99 100 100
September 99.6 100 100 99 99
October 99.5 100 99 99 99
November 99.3 99 100 99 98
December 99.3 98 100 97 100
Average 99.5 99.7 99.4 99.5 99.3 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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 29.4 29.5 29.8 30.1 29.3 29.0
February 29.4 30.1 29.8 29.3 29.1 29.1
March 29.3 29.6 29.3 29.1 29.5 29.3
April 28.8 29.5 29.1 29.1 28.6
May 27.5 28.1 27.6 27.6 27.5
June 26.6 26.8 25.8 27.8 26.3
July 26.0 26.0 24.8 27.3 26.6
August 25.7 25.3 24.8 27.1 25.0
September 26.4 26.1 26.5 27.6 26.6
October 27.0 27.3 26.3 27.0 27.1
November 27.8 27.1 28.3 28.3 28.3
December 28.9 29.3 29.6 29.1 29.1
Average 27.9 29.6 27.9 27.6 28.2 27.7

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 25.2 24.8 26.3 25.1 26.1 25.3
February 25.4 25.0 26.3 25.3 25.1 25.3
March 25.0 23.8 25.0 25.8 24.0 25.1
April 24.7 25.1 24.6 25.1 24.0
May 23.9 25.1 23.3 24.1 24.3
June 23.0 23.6 21.1 24.3 22.1
July 22.3 22.5 20.6 23.1 22.8
August 21.9 21.1 21.8 23.1 21.3
September 22.0 22.5 22.6 22.6 22.6
October 22.9 23.1 22.6 22.5 22.5
November 23.8 24.0 24.8 24.8 23.6
December 24.7 25.8 24.5 25.3 25.0
Average 23.8 24.6 24.2 23.5 24.1 23.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 7.7 8 12 5 11 10
February 8.4 7 6 16 7 8
March 9.4 16 25 7 13 3
April 5.1 4 6 4 4
May 5.9 12 6 1 7
June 5.0 1 8 0 7
July 6.4 4 14 1 5
August 6.9 5 16 3 8
September 5.0 9 3 3 7
October 4.6 6 4 7 1
November 5.9 6 9 5 3
December 6.7 5 5 6 4
Average 6.8 10.6 7.9 8.0 4.7 5.5

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 6.9 7 9 5 8 6
February 8.1 7 10 8 8 7
March 6.6 7 9 7 5 5
April 8.2 10 10 7 5
May 8.9 10 8 8 11
June 8.2 10 7 9 7
July 9.4 10 9 13 9
August 9.0 9 11 10 9
September 9.4 9 13 10 9
October 9.9 9 12 9 11
November 8.6 12 10 8 8
December 9.1 9 12 7 8
Average 8.4 6.9 9.6 9.3 8.4 7.8

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 089° 083° 020° 009° 009°
February 071° 098° 349° 057° 054°
March 089° 076° 100° 321° 085°
April 101° 092° 085° 107°
May 106° 087° 104° 100°
June 095° 126° 097° 103°
July 101° 122° 093° 094°
August 099° 109° 089° 118°
September 105° 099° 088° 095°
October 086° 106° 082° 093°
November 095° 086° 082° 092°
December 076° 099° 058° 085°

Prevailing wind direction

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