Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport

WIPP · South Sumatra, Indonesia

Climate Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport (WIPP) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 50.4 44 55 58 50 41
February 46.4 53 46 51 56 42
March 55.6 69 53 52 60 54
April 60.2 60 70 63 60
May 59.5 81 55 64 63 54
June 58.4 64 52 62 67
July 59.9 76 56 57 66
August 57.7 76 54 47 60
September 57.8 64 51 59 54
October 53.0 70 16 57 60
November 52.6 53 34 74 55
December 54.4 63 58 68 48
Average 55.5 61.0 59.9 51.6 59.2 54.9

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 91.5 93 91 93 90 91
February 89.4 92 87 89 91 91
March 91.7 93 92 90 94 93
April 93.4 96 95 94 90
May 91.9 94 89 92 92 94
June 92.1 92 87 93 91
July 92.4 91 94 94 93
August 93.2 89 93 93 93
September 92.3 93 84 93 92
October 86.3 95 57 94 95
November 89.5 90 83 96 92
December 90.5 89 89 94 90
Average 91.3 93.0 91.1 87.3 93.0 92.0

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 30.9 30.1 31.5 30.3 30.8 30.0
February 30.7 30.5 31.1 31.3 31.6 30.8
March 31.6 31.5 32.2 31.6 32.6 32.0
April 32.5 33.8 32.5 32.7 32.2
May 32.2 32.5 32.6 32.6 32.7 32.6
June 31.7 32.2 32.3 31.6 32.3
July 31.4 32.0 32.2 31.6 32.2
August 32.3 32.7 32.8 31.5 31.8
September 32.5 32.8 34.3 31.3 32.1
October 32.9 33.7 35.2 31.3 32.8
November 32.3 32.2 33.2 32.0 31.8
December 31.3 31.3 31.8 31.6 31.3
Average 31.8 31.1 32.4 32.5 31.8 31.8

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 23.0 22.3 19.6 24.0 24.0
February 23.9 24.1 24.5 22.1 23.6 23.8
March 23.7 24.1 24.1 21.3 24.1 23.8
April 24.3 25.1 21.6 24.1 24.1
May 24.7 24.6 24.8 22.5 24.6 24.8
June 24.1 24.0 22.1 23.1 24.3
July 24.0 23.5 22.8 24.3 24.0
August 23.9 25.1 24.5 23.8 23.8
September 24.0 25.1 23.3 24.1 24.1
October 23.8 25.1 21.1 23.8 24.8
November 23.5 24.6 21.6 23.3 24.0
December 23.9 24.6 24.1 22.8 24.3
Average 23.9 23.9 24.4 22.2 23.8 24.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 8.1 13 8 8 7 12
February 7.4 6 13 3 4 5
March 6.0 8 7 6 5 4
April 4.7 9 4 3 4
May 4.4 3 9 5 3 5
June 3.8 6 4 3 3
July 3.9 3 4 5 2
August 3.5 1 2 8 8
September 3.7 4 2 7 5
October 4.0 2 2 7 3
November 5.2 8 4 6 7
December 6.2 6 7 4 8
Average 5.4 7.6 6.7 4.3 5.1 5.5

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 6.8 7 6 7 6 7
February 6.4 6 6 7 6 7
March 5.5 6 5 6 5 5
April 4.3 4 4 4 5
May 4.5 4 5 4 4 5
June 4.9 4 5 5 5
July 5.8 5 6 5 6
August 6.6 7 6 5 6
September 6.3 6 8 5 6
October 5.1 4 7 4 5
November 4.4 4 4 4 4
December 5.3 6 5 4 6
Average 5.6 5.9 5.1 5.8 4.9 5.5

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 319° 316° 317° 321° 321°
February 334° 329° 325° 329° 336°
March 325° 332° 332° 323° 328°
April 098° 340° 322° 340°
May 140° 125° 144° 137° 133°
June 124° 131° 143° 144°
July 135° 125° 138° 138°
August 118° 120° 128° 131°
September 134° 120° 138° 130°
October 137° 111° 291° 146°
November 338° 303° 311° 307°
December 316° 311° 326° 316°

Prevailing wind direction

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