Futuna Airport

NVVF · Vanuatu

Climate Futuna Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Aneityum Airport (NVVA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.7 68 35 82 97 55
February 63.6 49 73 69 97 48
March 51.6 48 67 59 95 70
April 52.4 48 88 61 82 63
May 56.2 97 41 78 83
June 61.3 42 62 94 85
July 65.0 49 26 91 87
August 67.0 37 43 90 92
September 60.9 33 53 91 86
October 51.7 45 26 84 83
November 54.4 38 25 89 89
December 64.5 70 23 93 93
Average 63.7 53.3 51.7 45.0 90.0 73.8

4th 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 81.2 100 61 96 100 60
February 80.5 100 76 88 100 57
March 71.7 97 67 97 99 79
April 73.5 100 100 90 100 85
May 71.6 100 71 100 99
June 77.8 100 100 100 97
July 80.6 100 49 100 100
August 86.5 100 92 100 98
September 81.0 100 95 100 97
October 68.5 89 55 96 97
November 72.3 100 54 98 100
December 77.4 100 46 98 100
Average 86.2 99.2 93.3 75.3 99.1 84.6

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 29 28 28 29
February 29.0 29 29 29 29 30
March 28.5 29 28 27 28 29
April 27.3 28 28 27 28 28
May 25.7 27 26 26 25
June 25.1 24 26 26 25
July 24.4 24 26 25 24
August 24.3 23 26 25 25
September 25.1 25 27 25 25
October 26.2 25 27 27 26
November 27.3 26 30 28 27
December 28.6 28 30 30 28
Average 26.8 28.7 26.0 27.3 27.0 26.7

7th 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 19.5 25 26 15 24 1
February 21.1 26 27 24 24 0
March 18.1 26 27 23 24 7
April 17.2 25 27 15 24 13
May 15.3 24 13 22 11
June 17.1 22 22 20 17
July 17.1 21 21 20 20
August 16.5 20 22 20 19
September 16.7 22 21 20 18
October 16.2 23 22 13 19
November 17.5 23 23 14 22
December 17.2 25 23 11 23
Average 19.1 25.5 23.4 20.0 19.3 14.2

4th 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 8.1 7 5 16 13 6
February 11.7 12 14 27 9 7
March 6.7 25 0 11 5 9
April 7.2 8 6 9 10 12
May 7.8 5 11 11 9
June 4.7 0 6 5 7
July 6.2 4 11 9 8
August 4.4 9 8 2 7
September 5.6 5 11 4 9
October 6.6 11 5 13 10
November 1.9 2 2 2 7
December 5.5 3 3 6 12
Average 6.6 13.0 5.3 9.0 7.0 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 4.5 4 6 5 5 4
February 4.4 6 4 5 4 4
March 4.3 6 7 4 6 5
April 3.9 6 3 5 4 4
May 4.0 3 6 6 4
June 3.8 6 4 4 6
July 4.5 6 5 5 5
August 4.8 7 5 7 4
September 4.8 8 4 6 6
October 5.3 9 6 4 5
November 4.9 8 4 4 5
December 4.5 7 4 4 6
Average 5.1 5.4 6.4 4.8 5.0 4.6

7th 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 103° 049° 136° 151° 117°
February 107° 022° 008° 129° 091°
March 098° 041° 316° 055° 103°
April 107° 014° 103° 134° 106°
May 147° 068° 119° 127°
June 144° 100° 128° 127°
July 126° 043° 128° 130°
August 104° 095° 128° 155°
September 113° 091° 098° 137°
October 098° 060° 100° 132°
November 119° 045° 129° 143°
December 109° 042° 070° 119°

Prevailing wind direction

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