Abaiang Airport

NGAB · Gilbert Islands, Kiribati

Climate Abaiang Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bonriki International Airport (NGTA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 97.6 99 99 98 98 96
February 97.7 100 96 100 97 98
March 97.3 96 97 100 100 95
April 97.1 99 99 99 97
May 98.2 97 100 99 99
June 98.3 96 100 100 100
July 97.1 94 99 99 99
August 98.5 98 100 98 99
September 99.0 96 100 100 99
October 98.9 96 100 100 99
November 98.2 97 99 100 100
December 97.6 92 100 100 98
Average 98.0 98.0 96.3 99.4 98.9 98.0

1st 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 99.2 99 100 100 100 99
February 98.8 100 97 100 97 99
March 98.4 97 99 100 100 95
April 99.2 100 100 100 100
May 99.4 99 100 100 100
June 99.1 99 100 100 100
July 99.1 98 100 100 99
August 99.5 99 100 100 100
September 99.7 99 100 100 100
October 99.6 99 100 100 99
November 99.2 97 100 100 100
December 99.5 99 100 100 100
Average 99.1 98.5 98.6 99.9 99.5 99.2

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 30.7 31 31 31 29 32
February 30.6 31 30 31 30 31
March 30.5 31 31 30 30 31
April 30.6 31 30 30 31
May 30.9 31 30 31 31
June 31.0 32 30 31 31
July 30.9 31 30 31 31
August 31.1 32 30 31 31
September 31.3 32 31 31 31
October 31.1 32 31 31 31
November 31.1 32 30 31 31
December 30.8 31 31 31 30
Average 30.9 31.2 31.1 30.4 30.5 31.0

1st 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 25.1 23 24 25 25 27
February 25.6 25 24 27 23 27
March 25.6 26 25 26 25 26
April 25.8 25 26 25 26
May 26.0 24 26 27 26
June 26.1 26 26 26 26
July 25.5 23 25 27 26
August 25.6 26 26 27 26
September 25.9 26 27 26 25
October 25.7 26 26 26 26
November 25.6 25 26 27 25
December 25.5 25 27 26 25
Average 25.5 24.5 24.8 26.0 25.7 25.9

2nd 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 6.0 14 2 5 7 9
February 5.4 6 6 2 4 13
March 6.5 11 1 2 1 15
April 6.6 4 1 8 3
May 3.6 3 0 7 4
June 4.2 9 1 3 1
July 5.6 13 2 4 3
August 2.9 5 1 2 1
September 2.5 8 1 2 1
October 2.8 8 3 1 1
November 2.8 8 1 1 1
December 7.8 14 1 1 4
Average 5.3 10.5 6.7 1.5 3.3 4.7

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 9.3 7 9 9 11 6
February 9.3 8 9 9 9 7
March 9.5 8 8 9 9 8
April 8.4 7 9 7 8
May 8.4 7 7 9 8
June 7.4 6 8 7 7
July 8.1 5 10 9 8
August 7.5 4 10 8 8
September 8.7 5 10 11 9
October 7.8 6 9 8 8
November 7.9 5 8 10 9
December 8.0 6 8 9 10
Average 8.3 7.4 6.4 8.9 8.8 8.0

1st 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 049° 083° 061° 088° 036°
February 057° 084° 080° 062° 048°
March 063° 088° 089° 087° 068°
April 078° 093° 077° 079°
May 079° 093° 086° 089°
June 080° 096° 093° 093°
July 062° 098° 092° 098°
August 077° 098° 096° 096°
September 081° 101° 092° 093°
October 293° 097° 090° 098°
November 360° 098° 093° 086°
December 063° 085° 083° 086°

Prevailing wind direction

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