Sam Ratulangi Airport

WAMM · North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Climate Sam Ratulangi Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sam Ratulangi Airport (WAMM) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 80.7 80 73 88 77 81
February 81.9 87 90 80 70 84
March 86.1 81 87 86 80 85
April 89.1 82 95 91 95
May 92.1 95 93 95 90 89
June 89.8 92 84 89 93 93
July 91.1 93 88 91 88
August 92.3 87 97 87 90
September 93.1 96 95 89 91
October 92.0 91 96 91 94
November 89.2 87 91 87 88
December 87.5 87 90 93 76
Average 88.5 86.5 87.5 90.9 86.4 87.6

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 94.2 92 94 95 95 93
February 94.8 97 98 94 89 99
March 95.4 93 94 97 96 96
April 96.4 95 97 98 99
May 98.6 100 99 99 99 97
June 96.8 97 95 95 98 98
July 98.1 99 97 97 98
August 97.8 96 99 99 96
September 98.1 99 98 96 98
October 97.4 97 99 97 99
November 96.9 96 98 96 95
December 96.3 96 95 98 94
Average 96.6 95.7 96.3 96.9 96.4 96.7

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 30.7 31.3 30.6 30.5 30.3 30.3
February 30.7 31.3 31.0 29.8 29.5 30.6
March 31.1 30.8 30.5 30.8 31.3 30.8
April 32.0 31.5 31.8 32.1 32.2
May 32.6 31.5 32.3 33.0 31.6 32.3
June 32.2 31.6 31.8 32.2 31.8 33.1
July 32.4 31.8 32.1 31.5 33.0
August 33.0 31.8 33.5 31.6 33.3
September 33.1 33.6 33.2 32.2 32.5
October 32.9 33.0 34.2 32.2 33.2
November 32.1 32.1 33.1 31.5 31.6
December 31.3 31.6 31.8 31.0 30.0
Average 31.9 31.3 31.8 32.2 31.4 31.9

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 23.2 23.6 23.6 22.8 23.3 23.6
February 22.7 22.8 23.3 23.3 23.3 24.0
March 23.1 23.6 24.0 23.3 23.5 23.5
April 23.3 23.6 23.5 23.6 23.6
May 23.4 23.8 24.0 23.6 21.5 23.8
June 23.0 23.3 23.8 22.5 22.8 23.1
July 23.1 23.6 23.6 21.6 23.5
August 22.6 23.1 23.1 23.0 22.5
September 22.8 23.5 22.6 23.0 23.3
October 22.9 22.5 22.1 23.5 23.6
November 23.3 23.6 23.6 23.3 23.6
December 23.2 24.1 23.6 22.3 23.6
Average 23.1 23.5 23.5 23.1 22.9 23.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 20.5 18 22 13 16 18
February 19.7 12 8 22 32 15
March 15.5 18 16 13 12 13
April 10.6 10 5 9 4
May 8.1 6 7 2 10 8
June 11.8 8 17 8 5 7
July 10.6 8 9 12 9
August 7.8 13 3 11 8
September 7.7 3 3 8 13
October 8.5 8 5 7 7
November 10.7 11 9 9 9
December 12.9 11 6 10 16
Average 12.3 12.6 11.0 7.9 11.7 10.3

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 4.5 3 4 4 4 5
February 5.1 4 6 4 4 6
March 4.8 4 5 4 5 4
April 4.8 5 4 5 5
May 4.0 3 4 5 3 4
June 4.0 4 4 4 4 4
July 5.1 6 6 4 5
August 6.0 5 8 5 4
September 5.1 6 6 4 4
October 4.3 4 5 4 4
November 4.1 4 4 3 4
December 4.6 4 4 4 5
Average 4.6 3.8 4.6 4.8 4.1 4.5

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 343° 358° 270° 309° 287°
February 357° 021° 304° 308° 289°
March 012° 034° 321° 306° 319°
April 018° 295° 295° 298°
May 008° 030° 163° 344° 289°
June 037° 150° 053° 049° 242°
July 163° 170° 082° 225°
August 164° 168° 130° 290°
September 157° 168° 014° 290°
October 346° 142° 041° 306°
November 041° 349° 321° 294°
December 292° 343° 274° 278°

Prevailing wind direction

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