Climate Sibu Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sibu Airport (WBGS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	93.1	95	95	96	92	96
February	93.3	96	95	96	94	95
March	94.3	96	97	97	97	92
April	92.6		95	96	99	91
May	96.0		99	99	98	94
June	95.4		98	96	98	94
July	96.3		97	99	99	87
August	95.2		98	97	97	95
September	90.4		98	96	98	95
October	94.8		96	96	99	95
November	95.4		99	94	100	95
December	92.9		93	96	94	96
Average	94.3	95.3	96.6	96.5	97.0	93.6

7th best VFR conditions of Malaysia

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	97.0	97	97	98	97	99
February	97.4	98	97	97	97	98
March	98.1	98	98	99	98	100
April	97.7		97	97	99	98
May	98.9		99	99	100	99
June	98.1		99	98	98	99
July	98.8		98	99	100	98
August	98.3		99	99	97	99
September	95.3		98	97	99	100
October	98.2		97	98	99	99
November	98.1		99	96	100	98
December	97.2		94	97	97	98
Average	97.7	97.3	97.5	97.9	98.4	98.6

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	30.9	31	30	31	30	31
February	31.0	32	31	32	31	31
March	31.9	32	31	32	32	32
April	32.4		32	32	33	33
May	32.8		33	33	33	33
June	32.1		33	31	32	32
July	32.3		33	32	33	32
August	32.2		33	31	31	33
September	31.7		32	31	32	31
October	31.7		32	31	32	32
November	31.7		32	31	32	31
December	31.4		32	31	32	31
Average	31.8	31.4	31.9	31.4	31.9	31.8

13th highest temperature of Malaysia

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	23.7	24	23	24	24	24
February	23.5	24	23	24	23	24
March	23.7	24	23	24	24	24
April	23.9		24	23	24	24
May	24.2		24	24	24	25
June	23.8		24	23	24	24
July	23.7		24	23	24	24
August	23.6		24	23	23	24
September	23.6		24	23	24	24
October	23.7		24	24	24	24
November	23.8		24	24	24	24
December	23.7		23	23	24	24
Average	23.8	24.2	23.7	23.4	23.7	23.9

1st lowest temperature of Malaysia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	12.3	10	10	17	21	9
February	9.5	7	11	7	13	9
March	8.1	10	8	5	9	9
April	6.6		6	7	3	8
May	5.0		2	7	4	5
June	7.3		7	10	8	9
July	5.2		7	5	7	10
August	6.5		5	11	9	7
September	8.3		7	15	11	9
October	8.4		7	13	7	6
November	9.1		10	12	6	7
December	10.6		10	9	12	11
Average	8.2	9.2	7.3	9.7	8.9	8.2

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	3.7	4	3	4	4	4
February	4.2	4	4	4	4	5
March	3.9	4	4	4	4	4
April	3.6		3	4	4	4
May	3.7		4	4	4	4
June	3.7		4	4	3	4
July	3.8		4	4	4	3
August	3.9		4	4	4	4
September	3.8		4	4	4	4
October	3.9		4	4	4	4
November	3.5		4	4	4	4
December	3.6		4	4	4	3
Average	3.8	3.9	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8

13th highest wind speed of Malaysia

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	032°	188°	016°	354°	014°
February	016°	017°	045°	008°	018°
March	012°	036°	081°	033°	021°
April		037°	096°	299°	045°
May		163°	098°	153°	074°
June		122°	143°	119°	096°
July		175°	114°	161°	187°
August		128°	117°	142°	121°
September		116°	132°	144°	207°
October		067°	227°	190°	191°
November		129°	204°	179°	278°
December		076°	086°	211°	272°

Prevailing wind direction

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