Climate Ninoy Aquino International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (RPLL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	96.0	96	96	98	90	95
February	96.7	98	96	94	96	94
March	98.5	96	100	97	99	98
April	97.8		92	99	99	99
May	96.5		90	98	97	97
June	94.2		92	96	89	97
July	91.7		92	96	77	93
August	90.8		98	91	78	92
September	91.6		88	92	87	96
October	93.4		98	94	89	85
November	96.6		98	97	97	90
December	94.0		97	96	92	91
Average	95.1	96.6	94.7	95.6	90.8	93.9

7th best VFR conditions of Philippines

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	99.4	100	99	100	100	99
February	99.3	99	99	99	100	99
March	99.4	99	100	99	99	99
April	99.5		99	99	100	100
May	99.3		99	99	100	99
June	98.5		99	99	96	99
July	98.2		99	99	97	95
August	97.9		100	99	94	98
September	98.6		99	98	99	99
October	99.1		100	99	100	99
November	99.2		100	99	99	98
December	99.0		99	100	99	99
Average	99.0	99.3	99.3	99.1	98.4	98.5

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	30.5	31	30	31	30	31
February	31.3	33	32	32	31	31
March	33.0	33	33	34	33	34
April	33.9		34	33	33	35
May	34.7		34	34	36	35
June	33.1		33	33	33	34
July	31.9		32	33	31	33
August	31.3		32	31	32	31
September	31.6		32	32	32	33
October	31.8		32	32	32	32
November	32.0		33	32	33	32
December	31.0		32	31	31	31
Average	32.2	32.2	32.1	32.3	32.2	32.4

2nd highest temperature of Philippines

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	24.1	23	25	24	24	24
February	23.3	25	22	24	23	22
March	24.6	25	23	26	25	25
April	26.0		26	25	26	27
May	26.7		28	26	27	26
June	26.0		25	25	27	26
July	24.5		25	26	24	23
August	24.8		24	26	25	22
September	25.2		23	26	25	27
October	24.9		25	25	24	25
November	24.4		25	25	24	23
December	24.6		23	26	24	25
Average	24.8	24.1	24.4	25.2	24.8	24.6

9th lowest temperature of Philippines

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.8	1	9	1	10	3
February	3.2	0	3	3	8	3
March	1.1	1	2	1	3	0
April	2.0		3	5	1	0
May	3.3		2	8	0	6
June	8.4		7	5	6	4
July	15.9		14	11	29	0
August	13.2		11	15	7	0
September	13.1		14	13	15	7
October	11.1		7	13	17	20
November	7.4		4	8	5	15
December	10.2		4	13	6	13
Average	7.0	0.6	6.6	7.8	8.8	5.7

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	6.8	7	7	7	6	7
February	7.4	8	7	7	6	8
March	7.6	7	7	7	7	8
April	8.0		6	7	8	8
May	7.8		8	6	8	7
June	7.4		7	6	8	6
July	7.3		7	6	8	6
August	9.1		12	6	8	7
September	7.5		7	9	6	7
October	6.2		6	7	6	6
November	6.2		6	6	5	6
December	5.9		6	6	6	5
Average	7.3	7.4	7.2	6.6	6.9	6.7

2nd highest wind speed of Philippines

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	099°	079°	099°	082°	088°
February	111°	098°	109°	089°	095°
March	114°	120°	118°	101°	121°
April		153°	109°	195°	123°
May		252°	138°	123°	232°
June		251°	246°	265°	179°
July		239°	256°	256°	151°
August		258°	265°	256°	252°
September		262°	257°	263°	263°
October		253°	234°	232°	251°
November		089°	109°	092°	081°
December		102°	081°	082°	082°

Prevailing wind direction

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