Tanna Airport

NVVW · Tafea, Vanuatu

Climate Tanna Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tanna Airport (NVVW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 58.9 79 84 71 28 44
February 59.5 70 64 77 60 34
March 62.5 75 72 68 41 44
April 53.5 68 44 46 42
May 59.7 92 46 43 53
June 60.5 94 71 57 39
July 63.5 81 75 49 74
August 66.4 79 75 77 40
September 56.1 87 85 44 32
October 50.4 74 72 30 31
November 41.6 66 50 29 41
December 50.5 66 58 63 22
Average 61.2 74.3 77.8 67.4 47.5 42.0

2nd 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 90.3 91 93 89 97 83
February 93.8 95 84 92 100 92
March 94.1 99 95 74 100 94
April 91.2 98 51 100 92
May 91.8 100 59 100 90
June 96.1 100 85 100 93
July 95.9 100 91 99 92
August 95.5 100 94 98 92
September 94.9 96 98 86 100
October 91.2 96 94 71 100
November 84.0 98 53 88 98
December 88.2 90 64 97 100
Average 93.3 95.1 96.3 81.2 94.0 93.1

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 30.1 31 30 31 30 30
February 30.1 31 30 31 31 31
March 29.9 30 30 30 30 31
April 29.2 30 30 30 29
May 27.7 28 29 28 27
June 26.9 26 28 27 27
July 26.4 26 28 27 27
August 26.1 25 28 26 27
September 26.9 26 29 27 27
October 27.9 27 29 29 28
November 29.0 28 30 29 29
December 29.9 30 31 31 30
Average 28.5 30.2 28.0 29.2 28.6 28.5

5th 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 21.6 23 25 22 24 6
February 22.2 25 25 21 23 10
March 20.5 25 25 25 24 15
April 19.4 24 24 24 18
May 17.8 22 22 23 17
June 16.7 19 21 23 17
July 18.2 21 22 24 18
August 15.9 20 21 18 17
September 16.5 21 22 19 19
October 18.8 21 23 21 24
November 19.9 22 22 20 26
December 20.5 24 25 22 26
Average 20.5 24.5 22.1 22.3 22.0 17.6

2nd 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 6.1 5 6 9 11 2
February 7.5 12 16 9 3 3
March 4.1 14 4 2 2 2
April 3.0 6 0 1 2
May 3.4 6 4 1 3
June 1.6 0 4 0 0
July 2.1 4 6 0 0
August 4.4 14 5 3 2
September 2.5 3 4 1 2
October 3.6 7 6 4 2
November 1.5 0 4 1 4
December 1.1 1 1 1 2
Average 4.1 10.5 4.8 5.2 2.3 1.8

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 6.0 5 5 6 5 8
February 6.2 6 7 6 6 7
March 6.2 5 6 6 7 7
April 5.4 4 5 6 5
May 5.8 5 6 5 6
June 5.7 5 5 4 7
July 6.8 6 6 6 8
August 7.3 6 6 8 7
September 7.6 7 6 8 8
October 7.5 8 7 6 7
November 6.5 6 5 6 5
December 6.6 8 5 6 5
Average 6.2 5.2 6.2 5.8 6.0 6.7

5th 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 154° 144° 142° 065° 140°
February 127° 019° 351° 099° 104°
March 116° 121° 350° 070° 125°
April 026° 078° 105° 126°
May 158° 131° 127° 121°
June 163° 111° 141° 111°
July 136° 093° 119° 131°
August 124° 114° 110° 138°
September 149° 121° 134° 109°
October 129° 118° 122° 108°
November 160° 099° 133° 128°
December 127° 178° 082° 113°

Prevailing wind direction

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