Climate Macau International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Macau International Airport (VMMC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	70.5	73	83	68	75	86
February	74.6	72	84	76	88	82
March	65.1	69	86	67	81	56
April	79.0		64	91	91	77
May	84.7		82	85	98	87
June	95.2		95	95	94	98
July	95.7		93	94	96	99
August	90.9		95	90	96	91
September	91.1		90	93	97	92
October	91.7		89	99	83	95
November	87.4		94	87	97	92
December	83.1		85	95	83	89
Average	82.7	71.2	86.8	86.3	90.0	87.2

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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	85.8	89	91	89	91	96
February	89.0	84	93	88	95	92
March	80.1	85	93	80	89	71
April	91.9		90	99	94	89
May	92.6		90	92	99	93
June	97.9		98	97	97	99
July	97.7		96	96	97	100
August	95.4		96	94	98	97
September	96.0		96	96	98	98
October	96.5		95	99	91	99
November	95.7		99	92	99	100
December	93.3		93	97	95	97
Average	91.8	85.8	94.1	93.1	95.4	94.2

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	18.7	19	18	19	18	20
February	19.1	20	20	16	21	20
March	22.0	22	23	23	23	22
April	24.7		25	25	26	23
May	28.2		27	26	31	29
June	30.5		31	30	30	31
July	31.3		32	32	32	32
August	30.9		31	31	31	31
September	30.7		30	32	32	30
October	27.6		28	28	27	27
November	24.5		25	25	24	25
December	19.5		20	17	20	19
Average	25.0	20.3	25.7	25.5	26.1	25.8

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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	14.9	15	14	16	13	16
February	15.5	16	17	13	17	16
March	19.0	19	20	19	21	20
April	21.3		22	22	21	20
May	25.1		25	24	27	26
June	27.2		27	27	27	28
July	27.8		28	29	28	28
August	27.2		27	27	27	27
September	27.2		27	28	28	27
October	24.0		23	24	24	24
November	20.9		21	22	20	21
December	15.6		16	13	16	15
Average	21.5	16.6	22.2	22.0	22.3	22.3

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Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.5	2	4	3	0	3
February	7.3	5	3	23	5	6
March	10.4	8	10	10	5	10
April	8.9		6	4	12	8
May	12.3		13	21	4	9
June	14.3		17	13	15	9
July	13.2		12	9	13	7
August	17.9		10	27	19	17
September	10.1		19	5	6	15
October	8.8		16	3	17	9
November	5.0		0	19	1	2
December	4.0		3	13	6	0
Average	9.4	5.2	9.7	12.4	8.7	8.0

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	9.5	10	11	8	9	10
February	9.0	9	8	12	8	8
March	8.4	9	8	7	9	9
April	8.9		9	9	10	9
May	9.4		10	9	10	9
June	9.6		9	9	10	10
July	9.4		9	10	9	10
August	8.5		8	8	9	8
September	8.2		8	9	7	8
October	11.2		10	11	13	13
November	10.0		10	9	11	10
December	11.7		11	16	11	13
Average	9.4	9.0	9.1	9.6	9.5	9.7

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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	021°	006°	026°	014°	033°
February	029°	051°	009°	063°	046°
March	061°	105°	078°	079°	086°
April		097°	087°	100°	068°
May		120°	094°	180°	170°
June		169°	190°	182°	194°
July		170°	176°	147°	189°
August		198°	151°	176°	150°
September		092°	077°	115°	106°
October		027°	030°	022°	031°
November		034°	040°	011°	022°
December		007°	359°	003°	007°

Prevailing wind direction

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