Villa Airport

VRMV · Southern Ari Atoll, Maldives

Climate Villa Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Malé International Airport (VRMM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.8 76 42 95 80 97
February 78.5 64 59 100 68 99
March 91.5 83 97 89 87 100
April 98.6 99 99 98 99
May 96.3 99 96 93 97
June 98.6 98 99 100 98
July 97.8 99 96 98 98
August 98.2 99 96 99 99
September 96.6 97 97 98 99
October 94.8 92 92 96 97
November 94.6 96 97 97 95
December 85.4 88 84 71 92
Average 90.4 74.6 89.1 95.3 90.6 97.4

2nd 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 98.3 97 91 100 100 100
February 99.3 95 100 100 100 100
March 99.8 100 100 100 100 100
April 99.7 100 100 100 100
May 99.4 100 100 98 100
June 99.7 100 100 100 100
July 99.7 100 100 100 99
August 99.8 100 100 100 100
September 99.8 100 100 100 100
October 99.3 100 99 99 99
November 99.5 100 100 100 100
December 97.2 99 98 97 100
Average 99.1 97.5 99.0 99.7 99.4 99.7

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 30.8 31 31 32 31 31
February 31.2 32 31 31 31 32
March 31.7 33 32 32 32 32
April 32.1 33 32 32 32
May 31.4 32 31 32 32
June 31.3 32 31 32 32
July 31.1 32 31 31 31
August 31.1 32 30 31 32
September 30.7 31 30 31 31
October 30.5 31 30 31 31
November 30.6 31 30 30 31
December 30.7 31 30 31 31
Average 31.2 32.0 31.4 30.9 31.2 31.4

1st 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 26.4 27 26 27 26 27
February 26.6 26 25 27 27 27
March 26.5 25 27 26 25 28
April 27.7 28 28 27 27
May 27.2 27 28 28 26
June 27.7 28 27 28 28
July 27.0 28 27 27 27
August 26.7 28 25 27 26
September 26.2 26 26 28 26
October 26.6 27 27 27 27
November 25.9 24 25 27 27
December 25.6 25 26 26 27
Average 26.6 26.0 26.4 26.5 26.9 26.8

3rd 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 8.8 11 9 4 14 11
February 5.5 11 0 6 1 5
March 7.1 7 15 6 9 4
April 9.3 8 15 5 7
May 23.9 17 30 25 21
June 17.5 25 19 7 22
July 19.3 10 42 20 22
August 16.4 12 33 22 10
September 23.2 24 28 12 21
October 26.9 26 38 14 25
November 27.8 30 26 30 18
December 23.0 36 28 12 19
Average 16.3 9.4 17.6 22.7 14.3 15.3

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 10.2 11 11 11 9 12
February 10.5 12 9 9 11 13
March 7.1 7 9 8 8 7
April 6.8 6 8 8 7
May 11.3 10 14 12 13
June 10.3 11 9 13 11
July 9.2 8 11 11 9
August 9.6 9 11 11 7
September 9.5 9 11 10 11
October 10.6 8 12 12 12
November 7.8 6 9 15 7
December 9.5 10 9 11 9
Average 9.4 9.8 8.9 10.2 10.8 9.7

1st 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 081° 063° 058° 043° 072°
February 065° 044° 060° 061° 072°
March 047° 071° 336° 087° 075°
April 349° 253° 256° 316°
May 254° 261° 258° 275°
June 266° 281° 273° 266°
July 261° 293° 287° 281°
August 290° 270° 280° 261°
September 214° 276° 277° 260°
October 156° 270° 276° 269°
November 132° 274° 270° 304°
December 101° 280° 065° 360°

Prevailing wind direction

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