Climate Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport 2020-2024

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 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	51.2	55	58	50	41	33
February	45.4	46	51	56	42	30
March	53.5	53	52	60	54	45
April	60.4		70	63	60	45
May	56.6		64	63	54	62
June	57.4		52	62	67	68
July	57.5		56	57	66	50
August	56.7		54	47	60	65
September	57.4		51	59	54	62
October	50.3		16	57	60	64
November	52.6		34	74	55	56
December	52.9		58	68	48	53
Average	53.8	51.6	51.6	59.2	54.9	54.8

20th best VFR conditions of Indonesia

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	91.3	91	93	90	91	90
February	89.0	87	89	91	91	92
March	91.5	92	90	94	93	87
April	93.0		95	94	90	94
May	92.0		92	92	94	91
June	92.1		87	93	91	96
July	92.6		94	94	93	93
August	93.4		93	93	93	98
September	92.2		84	93	92	96
October	84.8		57	94	95	94
November	89.5		83	96	92	94
December	90.8		89	94	90	90
Average	90.9	89.8	87.3	93.0	92.0	93.4

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	31.1	32	30	31	30	31
February	30.7	31	31	32	31	29
March	31.7	32	32	33	32	29
April	32.2		33	33	32	31
May	32.1		33	33	33	31
June	31.6		32	32	32	29
July	31.4		32	32	32	30
August	32.3		33	32	32	33
September	32.4		34	31	32	32
October	32.8		35	31	33	32
November	32.3		33	32	32	32
December	31.3		32	32	31	31
Average	31.8	31.6	32.5	31.8	31.8	30.9

4th highest temperature of Indonesia

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	23.2	22	20	24	24	25
February	23.9	25	22	24	24	26
March	23.7	24	21	24	24	26
April	24.1		22	24	24	26
May	24.8		23	25	25	27
June	24.1		22	23	24	28
July	24.1		23	24	24	24
August	23.7		25	24	24	23
September	23.9		23	24	24	24
October	23.6		21	24	25	24
November	23.3		22	23	24	24
December	23.8		24	23	24	23
Average	23.8	23.6	22.2	23.8	24.1	24.8

10th lowest temperature of Indonesia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.5	8	8	7	12	10
February	7.7	13	3	4	5	12
March	5.7	7	6	5	4	16
April	4.0		4	3	4	6
May	3.7		5	3	5	3
June	3.4		4	3	3	0
July	4.1		4	5	2	7
August	3.7		2	8	8	2
September	3.8		2	7	5	5
October	4.3		2	7	3	7
November	4.8		4	6	7	3
December	6.2		7	4	8	6
Average	5.4	9.2	4.3	5.1	5.5	5.6

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	6.7	6	7	6	7	7
February	6.4	6	7	6	7	7
March	5.3	5	6	5	5	5
April	4.3		4	4	5	4
May	4.6		4	4	5	5
June	5.1		5	5	5	6
July	5.8		6	5	6	6
August	6.6		6	5	6	7
September	6.3		8	5	6	6
October	5.1		7	4	5	5
November	4.5		4	4	4	5
December	5.2		5	4	6	6
Average	5.7	5.8	5.8	4.9	5.5	5.7

4th highest wind speed of Indonesia

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	316°	317°	321°	321°	330°
February	329°	325°	329°	336°	343°
March	332°	332°	323°	328°	003°
April		340°	322°	340°	348°
May		144°	137°	133°	138°
June		131°	143°	144°	133°
July		125°	138°	138°	130°
August		120°	128°	131°	126°
September		120°	138°	130°	135°
October		111°	291°	146°	166°
November		303°	311°	307°	286°
December		311°	326°	316°	309°

Prevailing wind direction

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