Climate Eket Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Malabo Airport (FGSL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	70.2	75	78	86	89	35
February	71.7	48	62	75	57	44
March	92.6	88	91	96	83	96
April	94.2		95	95	90	94
May	93.3		92	91	96	96
June	88.3		82	88	92	91
July	84.7		75	92	91	77
August	84.0		82	87	93	83
September	85.8		85	87	93	80
October	89.4		85	92	89	86
November	95.3		89	98	95	96
December	76.3		59	99	59	97
Average	83.6	68.9	81.3	89.9	86.6	80.9

1st best VFR conditions of Equatorial Guinea

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	84.3	79	95	91	100	65
February	84.3	72	71	94	66	69
March	97.1	93	96	98	96	99
April	97.4		95	97	96	99
May	96.4		98	93	98	98
June	93.0		93	91	94	94
July	92.8		94	98	96	89
August	89.4		94	89	96	88
September	90.7		93	93	95	88
October	93.1		97	95	93	90
November	97.4		96	98	97	98
December	87.8		85	99	84	99
Average	90.8	80.7	92.3	94.4	93.6	89.4

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	31.5	32	31	32	32	32
February	31.7	33	32	32	30	32
March	31.5	31	31	32	31	32
April	31.0		31	30	32	31
May	30.7		31	31	31	31
June	29.3		29	28	30	30
July	28.6		29	29	29	28
August	28.2		29	28	28	29
September	28.7		29	29	29	28
October	29.2		30	29	29	29
November	29.9		30	30	29	30
December	30.9		31	30	31	32
Average	30.3	31.9	30.3	29.7	29.9	30.2

1st highest temperature of Equatorial Guinea

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	22.5	24	21	20	24	22
February	23.5	25	25	18	25	25
March	23.6	25	24	18	24	25
April	22.1		20	18	22	23
May	21.4		20	18	21	25
June	21.8		18	22	20	22
July	22.5		21	23	22	22
August	22.0		20	23	21	22
September	22.4		22	24	18	23
October	22.6		24	24	18	23
November	22.8		23	24	19	24
December	20.8		22	24	16	23
Average	22.6	24.4	21.7	21.1	20.9	23.3

2nd lowest temperature of Equatorial Guinea

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.4	0	0	1	0	1
March	0.8	0	2	0	3	1
April	1.1		1	1	0	3
May	1.6		1	4	1	1
June	5.8		12	5	2	8
July	10.2		9	11	6	15
August	11.4		11	13	5	9
September	9.4		6	14	4	16
October	3.8		2	4	2	8
November	1.4		2	1	2	2
December	0.2		0	0	1	0
Average	3.5	0.1	4.0	4.9	2.1	5.2

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	5.8	5	6	5	7	6
February	6.4	6	7	6	6	6
March	6.3	5	6	6	7	7
April	5.7		6	4	6	6
May	5.2		6	4	5	5
June	5.4		6	5	5	6
July	5.8		6	7	7	6
August	7.1		7	9	6	8
September	6.5		6	7	6	6
October	5.4		6	6	5	6
November	5.4		5	6	5	6
December	5.2		5	5	5	6
Average	5.8	5.3	5.8	6.0	5.9	6.0

1st highest wind speed of Equatorial Guinea

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	266°	263°	270°	258°	270°
February	261°	267°	264°	266°	261°
March	267°	268°	259°	257°	260°
April		280°	268°	270°	271°
May		268°	269°	263°	258°
June		265°	275°	265°	249°
July		261°	253°	259°	250°
August		255°	251°	259°	249°
September		260°	257°	264°	251°
October		265°	258°	262°	255°
November		266°	262°	260°	254°
December		263°	268°	265°	257°

Prevailing wind direction

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