Climate Fuvahmulah Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gan International Airport (VRMG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	76.8	86	67	83
February	87.7	91	84	100	100
March	97.9	97	99	100
April	98.1		98	100		0
May	95.9		96	100		100
June	97.7		98	100		100
July	98.5		99	100
August	97.4		97	100
September	97.4		98	96		100
October	96.9		99	95	100	0
November	98.0		98	98
December	95.7		94	98		0
Average	93.6	91.3	94.0	96.5	100.0	100.0

1st best VFR conditions of Maldives

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	99.5	99	100	100
February	100.0	100	100	100	100
March	100.0	100	100	100
April	100.0		100	100		0
May	97.6		98	100		100
June	99.7		100	100		100
July	99.7		100	100
August	99.7		100	100
September	99.6		100	99		100
October	100.0		100	100	100	0
November	100.0		100	100
December	99.8		100	100		0
Average	99.8	99.7	99.6	99.9	100.0	100.0

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	30.3	31	30	28
February	30.6	31	31	30	31
March	31.0	32	31	30
April	31.3		32	29		29
May	30.5		31	30		29
June	30.6		31	29		29
July	30.0		31	29
August	30.0		30	29
September	30.2		31	30		29
October	30.5		31	30	30	27
November	30.4		31	30
December	30.4		31	30		29
Average	29.9	31.1	30.8	29.7	30.5	28.8

2nd highest temperature of Maldives

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	25.4	24	26	28
February	26.3	25	27	29	31
March	25.5	25	26	28
April	26.7		26	29		29
May	27.2		27	29		29
June	25.9		25	28		28
July	26.1		25	28
August	26.3		26	28
September	26.6		27	26		29
October	25.4		26	25	30	27
November	25.3		26	25
December	24.0		23	26		29
Average	27.3	24.6	25.6	26.5	30.5	28.4

2nd lowest temperature of Maldives

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	12.2	12	12	17
February	16.2	27	7	0	0
March	13.3	10	17	0
April	5.4		6	0		0
May	35.1		36	0		0
June	18.8		18	14		67
July	11.1		7	79
August	30.9		31	29
September	19.7		12	35		0
October	19.5		6	33	0	0
November	27.0		18	37
December	29.2		36	20		0
Average	24.0	16.0	17.2	31.2		40.0

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	6.6	7	6	4
February	6.6	7	6	6	10
March	5.8	6	6	8
April	5.7		6	10		0
May	9.8		10	8		7
June	5.9		6	5		8
July	7.7		8	7
August	7.2		7	8
September	9.5		11	7		7
October	11.6		12	12	14	0
November	10.1		9	11
December	7.3		6	9		0
Average	8.9	6.5	7.7	9.8	12.0	7.4

2nd highest wind speed of Maldives

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	025°	011°	048°
February	053°	005°	021°	026°
March	352°	133°	289°
April		267°	245°		360°
May		263°	264°		180°
June		270°	090°		249°
July		154°	270°
August		242°	244°
September		152°	247°		218°
October		129°	262°	270°	360°
November		145°	285°
December		254°	289°		360°

Prevailing wind direction

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