Climate Rubondo Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bukoba Airport (HTBU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	93.8	95	93	98	88	90
February	95.0	94	96	94	89	95
March	94.3	94	94	92	94	90
April	90.2		92	93	82	87
May	91.6		94	90	89	89
June	95.6		94	97	96	95
July	97.4		100	100	95	95
August	95.3		96	97	90	95
September	95.5		97	95	90	95
October	95.1		96	95	99	93
November	94.3		87	95	98	91
December	93.3		91	93	93	92
Average	94.6	94.2	94.2	94.7	91.4	92.2

3rd best VFR conditions of Tanzania

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	98.0	98	97	100	98	96
February	97.9	98	98	96	96	98
March	98.0	99	97	97	97	98
April	97.9		98	98	98	97
May	98.3		99	97	100	99
June	99.4		100	99	99	99
July	99.6		100	100	100	99
August	99.1		99	99	100	98
September	99.1		100	99	100	100
October	98.1		98	100	100	99
November	98.3		97	98	100	99
December	97.1		96	97	99	99
Average	98.4	98.2	98.1	98.3	98.5	98.4

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	26.0	26	26	25	26	28
February	26.2	27	27	24	26	27
March	26.1	28	26	26	27	27
April	25.4		26	26	26	26
May	25.4		26	25	26	26
June	25.3		26	25	26	26
July	25.3		27	25	26	26
August	25.7		27	25	26	27
September	25.6		26	25	25	26
October	26.0		27	26	26	26
November	25.7		26	25	26	26
December	25.7		26	26	26	26
Average	25.8	26.6	26.2	25.1	25.8	26.3

14th highest temperature of Tanzania

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	17.7	17	17	19	17	18
February	18.6	19	19	19	18	17
March	18.0	18	18	18	18	19
April	18.3		19	18	17	19
May	18.4		19	18	18	18
June	18.5		18	18	18	18
July	18.2		17	17	19	18
August	17.6		19	19	18	18
September	17.4		20	18	15	18
October	18.1		19	18	19	16
November	17.6		18	18	18	18
December	17.0		18	14	19	17
Average	18.0	17.9	18.2	17.9	17.8	17.7

9th lowest temperature of Tanzania

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.3	5	3	4	10	6
February	4.5	3	2	2	5	7
March	7.0	5	7	8	5	9
April	9.0		8	6	9	13
May	7.2		7	5	7	5
June	2.0		2	1	2	1
July	1.1		0	3	1	2
August	2.5		1	5	1	2
September	4.9		3	9	9	3
October	5.2		4	2	4	6
November	9.0		13	6	6	14
December	8.4		5	5	6	9
Average	5.5	4.5	4.4	4.8	5.3	6.3

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	3.5	4	4	5	3	5
February	4.2	5	4	5	5	5
March	4.0	5	4	5	5	4
April	4.2		4	5	5	5
May	5.1		6	5	4	6
June	6.7		5	8	9	8
July	7.2		7	9	10	8
August	5.5		7	6	6	7
September	4.4		5	6	4	6
October	4.3		5	6	5	5
November	3.4		4	5	4	4
December	3.3		4	5	4	4
Average	4.5	4.3	4.9	5.6	5.4	5.6

14th highest wind speed of Tanzania

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	036°	106°	072°	117°	095°
February	099°	140°	113°	131°	114°
March	143°	129°	122°	142°	137°
April		147°	115°	151°	146°
May		141°	113°	147°	142°
June		130°	116°	142°	144°
July		136°	114°	113°	151°
August		121°	090°	087°	127°
September		102°	061°	066°	120°
October		099°	045°	036°	080°
November		181°	082°	057°	061°
December		081°	056°	101°	115°

Prevailing wind direction

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