Tavie Airport

NVSI · Vanuatu

Climate Tavie Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Longana Airport (NVSG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 33.1 83 40 56 41 0
February 33.8 64 69 65 40 0
March 27.9 56 71 77 36 1
April 24.8 86 80 28 0
May 25.6 79 62 49 0
June 37.5 77 85 59 0
July 24.4 73 49 24 0
August 19.2 45 54 72 0
September 41.0 64 57 70 56
October 31.0 44 26 84 51
November 32.8 82 16 86 60
December 34.1 90 4 78 60
Average 47.7 66.4 70.3 48.6 56.4 12.3

5th best VFR conditions of Vanuatu

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 55.6 100 63 95 100 2
February 56.3 98 83 95 100 0
March 45.3 96 94 99 100 1
April 36.8 100 96 100 0
May 40.3 99 98 100 0
June 53.9 100 100 100 0
July 47.3 100 99 100 0
August 31.6 100 83 100 0
September 59.8 100 79 98 87
October 45.4 94 30 100 98
November 42.6 96 18 96 100
December 43.6 100 4 87 99
Average 71.6 98.0 95.4 68.6 98.5 21.1

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 29.4 30 29 31 30 28
February 24.9 30 28 30 30 3
March 25.2 30 29 31 30 1
April 19.5 30 30 30 0
May 18.6 29 30 29 1
June 21.3 27 29 29 0
July 19.6 26 17 29 28
August 19.4 26 19 27 28
September 25.1 27 29 29 28
October 29.1 27 30 30 29
November 29.4 28 31 30 30
December 29.8 29 32 30 30
Average 25.3 29.9 27.9 28.1 29.3 18.0

1st highest temperature of Vanuatu

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 21.1 29 23 22 27 1
February 22.1 27 26 25 29 0
March 19.3 27 26 26 27 0
April 17.0 26 26 28 0
May 16.8 26 26 27 0
June 19.6 26 25 27 0
July 16.5 24 15 27 17
August 15.1 25 15 26 16
September 19.0 25 24 24 22
October 17.5 26 20 22 23
November 21.1 27 25 25 28
December 19.8 27 23 19 26
Average 20.7 27.3 25.5 22.3 25.5 11.6

3rd lowest temperature of Vanuatu

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.4 5 15 12 14 0
February 7.2 10 14 18 8 0
March 6.4 22 10 15 16 0
April 2.5 4 10 9 0
May 2.1 6 8 4 0
June 3.4 9 2 3 0
July 6.4 13 23 2 0
August 4.6 18 18 3 0
September 4.6 9 0 12 9
October 3.6 14 2 5 10
November 1.8 7 0 1 8
December 3.3 5 0 4 15
Average 5.9 12.9 9.8 8.0 7.0 2.2

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 3.3 3 5 4 4 2
February 4.9 5 6 9 7 2
March 2.9 4 4 6 5 3
April 2.9 4 6 6 3
May 4.0 7 10 6 4
June 3.8 7 8 7 3
July 4.6 9 7 7 4
August 3.9 9 7 8 4
September 5.5 7 5 8 10
October 4.6 11 3 4 9
November 4.1 9 3 4 6
December 3.7 6 3 3 6
Average 4.4 4.1 6.9 5.3 5.6 4.1

1st highest wind speed of Vanuatu

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 087° 347° 033° 360° 161°
February 092° 054° 336° 044° 160°
March 047° 002° 340° 071° 165°
April 061° 069° 114° 159°
May 135° 107° 110° 161°
June 140° 115° 108° 165°
July 140° 108° 110° 162°
August 141° 124° 119° 160°
September 130° 114° 128° 127°
October 132° 140° 107° 120°
November 140° 360° 121° 133°
December 120° 018° 041° 138°

Prevailing wind direction

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