Climate Faa'a International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Faa'a International Airport (NTAA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	96.1	98	95	93	99	99
February	93.1	78	100	100	98	96
March	98.5	100	98	99	98	99
April	98.6		99	99	100	98
May	98.4		100	99	98	99
June	99.2		100	100	100	99
July	98.5		92	99	100	100
August	98.3		97	99	98	98
September	99.3		97	100	99	100
October	97.7		96	100	95	94
November	97.7		98	97	100	96
December	95.9		97	95	99	94
Average	97.0	92.1	97.2	98.2	98.5	97.4

1st best VFR conditions of French Polynesia

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	98.4	99	98	98	100	100
February	98.3	98	100	100	99	97
March	99.4	100	100	99	100	99
April	99.5		100	99	100	100
May	99.3		100	100	99	100
June	99.7		100	100	100	100
July	99.3		96	100	100	100
August	99.7		100	100	100	99
September	99.8		100	100	100	100
October	99.0		98	100	97	99
November	99.3		99	99	100	98
December	98.7		99	99	99	99
Average	99.2	98.8	99.0	99.4	99.3	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	30	30	31	31
February	30.9	31	31	31	30	31
March	31.3	32	31	31	32	32
April	31.0		31	31	31	32
May	30.4		30	30	31	31
June	29.5		30	29	30	29
July	29.0		29	29	29	29
August	28.7		29	28	29	29
September	28.9		28	29	29	30
October	29.3		30	29	29	30
November	29.8		30	29	30	30
December	30.5		31	30	31	30
Average	30.1	31.1	29.8	29.5	30.0	30.1

1st highest temperature of French Polynesia

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	24.6	25	24	24	24	25
February	24.8	26	25	25	24	25
March	25.0	26	25	24	25	26
April	24.8		25	24	24	26
May	24.1		25	24	24	25
June	23.3		23	23	24	23
July	22.6		23	22	23	23
August	22.2		22	22	22	22
September	22.6		23	23	23	23
October	23.2		23	23	23	23
November	24.1		24	23	24	24
December	24.6		25	24	24	24
Average	24.0	25.4	23.8	23.2	23.7	24.0

1st lowest temperature of French Polynesia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	15.4	17	28	23	2	4
February	16.0	19	7	9	8	13
March	6.3	5	18	1	2	6
April	9.5		14	10	3	16
May	6.9		4	10	1	11
June	2.4		1	1	4	3
July	4.7		12	7	7	1
August	5.0		2	12	7	2
September	4.0		17	5	3	0
October	6.2		12	8	9	12
November	9.8		3	19	9	13
December	10.1		12	6	2	15
Average	8.8	13.9	10.9	9.6	4.7	8.2

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	7.7	7	8	10	6	7
February	7.4	9	6	6	7	7
March	6.2	6	7	6	6	6
April	6.5		6	7	6	7
May	6.3		6	7	7	6
June	6.7		7	6	7	7
July	6.8		8	6	7	7
August	7.5		7	7	8	7
September	6.6		7	6	6	8
October	6.9		7	6	8	8
November	7.1		6	7	7	8
December	7.6		7	9	8	7
Average	7.0	7.2	6.9	6.7	6.9	7.2

1st highest wind speed of French Polynesia

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°	055°	063°	070°	058°
February	022°	036°	096°	058°	064°
March	018°	055°	058°	342°	046°
April		016°	069°	047°	050°
May		104°	056°	059°	260°
June		074°	077°	066°	154°
July		071°	024°	073°	069°
August		070°	063°	052°	060°
September		122°	031°	011°	060°
October		050°	020°	055°	059°
November		266°	350°	044°	053°
December		035°	065°	060°	066°

Prevailing wind direction

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