Zamboanga International Airport

RPMZ · Zamboanga Peninsula, Philippines

Climate Zamboanga International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Zamboanga International Airport (RPMZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 98.0 99 95 98 99 100
February 99.1 98 99 99 100 100
March 98.5 98 99 98 98 99
April 98.4 99 97 100 99
May 98.5 99 99 97 99
June 98.3 99 99 100 97
July 98.4 98 99 100 99
August 98.6 97 99 99 100
September 97.6 98 99 99 98
October 97.1 97 97 95 97
November 98.7 100 99 98 98
December 98.2 98 100 100 98
Average 98.3 98.3 98.3 98.5 98.6 98.7

3rd 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 99.1 100 97 100 100 100
February 99.5 98 99 100 100 100
March 99.6 100 99 99 99 100
April 99.5 99 99 100 100
May 99.1 100 99 99 100
June 99.3 99 100 100 99
July 99.6 99 100 100 100
August 99.4 99 99 99 100
September 99.3 99 100 100 100
October 99.0 100 99 98 99
November 99.2 100 100 99 98
December 99.0 98 100 100 98
Average 99.3 99.3 99.0 99.5 99.3 99.4

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 31.1 31 30 31 30 31
February 31.4 32 31 31 31 31
March 31.6 32 31 31 31 31
April 31.6 32 31 31 32
May 31.7 32 31 31 32
June 31.4 31 31 31 31
July 30.9 31 30 31 30
August 31.4 31 31 31 31
September 31.2 31 31 31 31
October 31.1 32 31 31 31
November 31.6 32 31 31 31
December 31.4 32 31 31 31
Average 31.4 31.6 31.3 30.8 30.9 31.1

10th 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 22.8 23 23 22 23 24
February 23.7 24 24 24 25 23
March 22.8 23 22 25 21 23
April 23.7 23 24 23 23
May 23.9 25 22 24 25
June 23.5 24 23 22 24
July 23.6 23 23 23 24
August 23.7 24 24 22 25
September 23.6 25 22 23 25
October 23.5 24 25 25 23
November 22.2 23 24 20 22
December 23.1 24 22 22 22
Average 23.3 23.0 23.5 23.2 22.6 23.5

2nd 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 4.9 2 10 4 7 3
February 2.3 1 0 5 4 1
March 3.7 0 2 11 6 2
April 4.1 2 9 4 0
May 5.1 5 6 7 3
June 6.5 6 5 3 11
July 8.3 9 8 7 9
August 6.2 8 9 7 6
September 7.9 8 4 8 12
October 9.5 5 10 10 15
November 4.2 4 4 6 7
December 5.6 2 4 6 10
Average 5.2 1.1 5.0 6.7 6.1 6.2

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 4.9 6 5 5 6 6
February 5.3 6 6 6 6 6
March 5.2 6 5 6 6 6
April 5.6 5 7 7 6
May 5.2 7 5 6 6
June 5.1 7 5 5 5
July 5.2 7 6 6 5
August 5.1 6 5 5 6
September 5.6 7 6 6 6
October 5.7 6 7 6 6
November 5.3 6 6 6 6
December 5.6 6 6 5 5
Average 5.4 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.8 5.6

10th 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 214° 245° 232° 228° 190°
February 104° 255° 194° 254° 219°
March 185° 244° 223° 244° 214°
April 227° 261° 260° 236°
May 256° 141° 254° 209°
June 266° 231° 239° 234°
July 261° 253° 260° 217°
August 259° 219° 207° 243°
September 263° 249° 243° 239°
October 247° 257° 256° 254°
November 144° 211° 244° 231°
December 132° 248° 249° 219°

Prevailing wind direction

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