Climate Garbaharey Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Aden Adde International Airport (HCMM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	86.8	87	94	91	80	84
February	84.7	91	91	84	83	90
March	77.8	83	81	81	76	72
April	67.8		79	65	65	64
May	66.6		75	77	70	72
June	55.1		69	61	51	51
July	52.1		64	68	57	49
August	56.4		77	75	58	48
September	62.1		76	71	65	56
October	61.7		68	71	69	59
November	68.5		75	67	69	61
December	81.1		82	84	82	83
Average	70.0	87.1	77.4	74.4	67.8	65.2

2nd best VFR conditions of Somalia

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	98.7	98	99	99	95	99
February	99.1	100	99	99	100	100
March	99.2	99	100	99	100	100
April	98.8		99	99	99	99
May	99.2		100	100	99	100
June	99.0		99	99	100	98
July	98.8		97	99	99	99
August	98.9		99	100	99	99
September	98.9		99	99	99	100
October	99.7		100	100	100	100
November	98.9		98	99	99	100
December	98.8		99	99	98	99
Average	99.0	99.0	98.8	99.1	98.9	99.3

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	29.7	30	29	30	29	31
February	29.9	31	29	30	29	31
March	30.9	32	31	31	31	31
April	31.6		31	32	31	32
May	30.9		31	31	30	31
June	29.8		30	30	30	29
July	28.7		29	28	28	28
August	28.5		29	29	28	28
September	29.1		29	29	29	29
October	30.1		30	29	32	30
November	30.2		31	30	31	30
December	30.3		31	30	30	30
Average	30.0	30.9	29.9	29.9	29.8	29.8

2nd highest temperature of Somalia

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	23.8	24	24	25	25	25
February	24.6	26	24	25	25	24
March	26.5	28	27	26	26	28
April	27.1		28	28	28	28
May	26.8		27	28	27	27
June	26.5		27	27	26	25
July	25.2		26	24	25	25
August	24.9		26	25	24	25
September	25.1		26	25	26	25
October	25.6		27	24	27	26
November	26.2		26	27	27	26
December	25.4		27	24	26	26
Average	25.7	26.0	26.0	25.6	26.0	25.7

1st lowest temperature of Somalia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.1	0	1	0	0	0
April	1.0		1	1	1	0
May	1.2		0	1	4	2
June	2.2		1	2	2	5
July	3.5		3	3	5	7
August	2.3		1	3	4	2
September	2.1		2	2	3	3
October	1.0		1	1	0	1
November	1.8		5	0	3	1
December	0.4		2	1	0	0
Average	1.2		1.3	1.2	1.9	1.7

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	15.6	14	17	16	15	15
February	14.6	14	15	16	16	14
March	12.2	12	11	14	12	11
April	8.7		9	9	7	9
May	11.4		11	14	13	12
June	13.9		14	16	14	14
July	15.1		15	16	16	16
August	13.9		14	14	14	14
September	12.8		13	14	13	13
October	9.9		9	11	12	11
November	9.3		7	10	11	9
December	13.5		12	13	15	14
Average	12.7	13.4	12.3	13.4	13.0	12.5

2nd highest wind speed of Somalia

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	055°	058°	072°	071°	062°
February	064°	062°	075°	075°	066°
March	078°	083°	084°	087°	086°
April		125°	142°	148°	125°
May		198°	210°	211°	211°
June		198°	206°	209°	214°
July		209°	211°	212°	206°
August		206°	200°	209°	198°
September		197°	199°	208°	195°
October		162°	171°	183°	185°
November		092°	111°	111°	099°
December		055°	064°	076°	066°

Prevailing wind direction

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