Climate Saravane Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Pakse International Airport (VLPS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	87.7	95	81	68	90	81
February	56.2	14	46	70	67	52
March	26.8	11	11	33	24	41
April	57.1		20	49	63	63
May	89.1		65	85	93	97
June	89.8		87	98	88	91
July	75.8		85	79	83	87
August	78.7		82	77	95	82
September	82.9		76	71	81	89
October	81.3		89	76	80	66
November	88.7		95	91	89	90
December	90.6		98	85	77	97
Average	71.0	39.2	70.3	72.3	77.3	77.5

2nd best VFR conditions of Laos

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	98.2	100	95	93	100	99
February	89.4	61	88	97	96	93
March	69.6	66	35	86	69	81
April	86.8		56	79	88	94
May	97.7		93	97	99	100
June	97.2		93	99	95	100
July	93.1		94	87	94	98
August	95.1		96	91	99	98
September	92.8		89	90	90	95
October	94.7		98	92	91	89
November	98.3		100	100	98	99
December	99.2		100	98	99	100
Average	90.6	75.3	86.7	92.1	92.9	95.3

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	32.6	34	31	33	31	33
February	34.1	36	35	33	34	34
March	35.6	37	36	35	36	37
April	35.8		37	34	36	37
May	34.3		35	32	35	37
June	32.6		33	33	33	34
July	31.2		32	32	32	33
August	31.1		32	31	32	31
September	31.5		31	31	31	33
October	31.7		32	31	31	29
November	32.4		33	33	32	31
December	31.8		33	31	31	31
Average	33.2	35.6	33.2	32.4	32.7	33.2

1st highest temperature of Laos

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	20.5	21	19	21	18	22
February	21.9	24	23	22	21	22
March	25.2	27	25	25	26	26
April	26.3		27	26	27	27
May	26.7		28	25	27	28
June	26.2		27	27	26	27
July	25.3		25	26	26	26
August	24.9		26	24	25	25
September	24.7		26	25	22	25
October	23.8		26	23	25	22
November	23.1		24	24	23	23
December	20.6		22	20	20	20
Average	24.1	24.1	24.6	23.9	23.6	24.3

5th lowest temperature of Laos

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.8	0	3	3	0	0
February	0.2	0	0	2	0	0
March	0.6	0	0	3	0	0
April	1.8		0	8	2	0
May	3.8		6	7	4	1
June	7.2		11	1	13	3
July	18.2		12	17	18	9
August	13.3		13	12	7	11
September	12.6		19	14	24	6
October	8.5		5	9	17	23
November	2.1		4	1	2	2
December	0.2		0	0	0	0
Average	5.1	0.1	6.2	6.4	7.3	4.6

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	4.0	4	5	3	5	4
February	4.4	5	4	4	4	4
March	5.0	6	4	4	5	5
April	4.4		4	4	5	4
May	3.6		4	3	4	4
June	3.5		4	3	4	3
July	3.3		4	3	4	3
August	3.4		4	3	4	3
September	3.3		3	4	4	3
October	3.8		4	5	4	3
November	4.4		4	4	4	5
December	5.2		5	7	5	6
Average	4.1	5.0	4.0	3.8	4.3	4.0

1st highest wind speed of Laos

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	300°	353°	149°	349°	161°
February	151°	046°	342°	184°	146°
March	150°	151°	148°	148°	142°
April		146°	105°	167°	152°
May		150°	131°	176°	159°
June		162°	155°	167°	170°
July		169°	161°	178°	172°
August		163°	162°	179°	168°
September		167°	162°	173°	200°
October		021°	001°	342°	002°
November		001°	012°	357°	358°
December		003°	007°	354°	012°

Prevailing wind direction

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