Kaduna Old Airport

DN53 · Kaduna, Nigeria

Climate Kaduna Old Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Zaria Airport (DNZA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 58.5 56 40 85
February 39.2 37 50
March 56.7 72 19 36
April 100.0 100 100
May 100.0 100 100
June 87.3 86 100
July 90.6 90 100
August 65.5 66
September 86.2 86 100
October 49.4 45 73
November 44.7 43 100 41
December 71.7 68 100 40 100
Average 60.8 53.3 73.1 36.0 74.3 67.1

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 75.5 72 100 100
February 62.7 64 56
March 81.4 94 31 91
April 100.0 100 100
May 100.0 100 100
June 95.7 95 100
July 98.8 99 100
August 96.0 96
September 97.7 98 100
October 68.6 64 93
November 65.7 70 100 45
December 92.0 92 100 60 100
Average 76.0 73.9 89.7 56.0 87.1 73.4

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 28.4 29 24 28
February 31.2 32 30
March 32.6 35 33 27
April 32.6 32 40
May 33.7 34 33
June 30.4 30 33
July 29.9 31 28
August 28.3 28
September 27.9 28 27
October 29.7 30 30
November 30.9 32 29 30
December 29.7 29 29 31 32
Average 30.4 31.7 30.2 30.4 29.3 30.5

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 20.4 19 24 25
February 21.3 19 26
March 27.4 28 29 25
April 30.0 29 39
May 26.0 25 33
June 25.8 24 33
July 24.8 24 26
August 22.5 23
September 24.3 24 27
October 24.0 23 26
November 23.9 23 27 25
December 22.1 18 29 28 29
Average 25.5 21.8 23.3 28.2 27.4 26.7

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
February 0.0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0
August 1.6 2
September 1.1 1 0
October 0.0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average 0.0 0.3

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 9.9 10 10 10
February 8.9 8 12
March 8.6 7 11 13
April 6.5 7 2
May 7.2 7 7
June 6.6 7 8
July 6.4 6 7
August 6.5 7
September 5.4 6 3
October 6.6 6 7
November 8.8 9 5 10
December 9.6 9 9 12 11
Average 8.9 8.7 7.2 9.6 9.5 9.7

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 079° 069° 083°
February 079° 086°
March 087° 078° 090°
April 248° 090°
May 241° 242°
June 234° 233°
July 235° 234°
August 235°
September 206° 209°
October 080° 069°
November 075° 145° 073°
December 076° 129° 063° 085°

Prevailing wind direction

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