Climate Kainji Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Minna Airport (DNMN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	60.2	84	68	60	74	25
February	42.0	55	42	33	51	40
March	71.6	75	95	41	68	75
April	87.3		80	93	93	85
May	79.1		77	80	82	79
June	64.9		53	71	76	67
July	43.2		45	59	38	36
August	45.4		45	48	45	51
September	57.7		55	59	62	48
October	71.0		78	73	78	77
November	90.5		78	91	95	86
December	72.9		72	92	48	78
Average	66.9	72.6	65.7	67.6	67.3	61.5

6th best VFR conditions of Nigeria

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	76.8	100	80	79	88	50
February	62.9	70	57	69	69	59
March	81.2	85	98	52	81	88
April	97.7		95	100	97	100
May	98.4		98	100	99	96
June	94.2		93	94	97	94
July	87.3		94	92	86	77
August	83.7		91	81	79	86
September	88.7		94	81	97	84
October	93.4		95	92	100	98
November	96.9		88	97	100	97
December	88.3		95	95	81	87
Average	87.2	85.4	89.3	86.1	89.7	83.6

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	34.7	34	35	34	36	34
February	36.0	34	37	37	36	36
March	37.6	38	37	38	37	38
April	36.2		36	36	37	36
May	33.3		34	34	34	32
June	30.6		30	31	32	30
July	29.3		31	30	29	29
August	28.5		30	28	29	28
September	29.4		29	29	31	28
October	31.4		31	33	32	31
November	34.3		33	36	34	35
December	34.9		34	35	35	36
Average	33.2	35.7	33.0	33.2	33.4	32.8

2nd highest temperature of Nigeria

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	22.9	25	22	23	24	22
February	25.0	28	24	24	25	24
March	27.0	29	26	28	27	26
April	25.7		25	24	27	27
May	25.0		24	25	25	25
June	23.7		24	23	25	24
July	23.5		23	24	24	24
August	22.9		23	22	23	23
September	23.0		24	23	23	22
October	22.5		23	22	24	22
November	22.7		25	20	23	23
December	22.3		25	22	22	23
Average	24.2	27.6	23.9	23.3	24.2	23.8

9th lowest temperature of Nigeria

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.3		0	1	0	0
May	0.5		0	1	0	1
June	0.1		0	0	0	0
July	1.8		0	1	3	3
August	5.4		3	7	7	5
September	1.5		1	2	0	3
October	0.4		1	0	1	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.7		0.4	1.2	0.9	0.9

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	8.4	8	7	8	8	12
February	9.2	7	10	6	7	13
March	6.7	6	6	6	7	9
April	6.8		6	6	7	9
May	6.2		5	6	7	9
June	6.2		5	6	6	8
July	6.5		5	6	8	7
August	5.9		5	6	5	6
September	5.5		5	5	5	5
October	5.1		4	4	4	5
November	5.7		5	6	4	8
December	7.0		7	6	7	6
Average	6.7	6.2	6.1	5.7	6.2	8.3

2nd highest wind speed of Nigeria

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	055°	043°	036°	059°	048°
February	015°	054°	045°	053°	049°
March	246°	225°	152°	149°	198°
April		209°	212°	209°	208°
May		201°	201°	209°	198°
June		199°	185°	192°	198°
July		205°	210°	210°	213°
August		205°	220°	220°	219°
September		195°	184°	181°	196°
October		211°	158°	216°	142°
November		071°	052°	263°	059°
December		062°	057°	047°	063°

Prevailing wind direction

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