Climate Paya Lebar Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Paya Lebar Air Base (WSAP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	89.5	83	79	96	85	94
February	95.3	96	88	92	99	98
March	93.0	94	86	91	95	97
April	91.2		86	92	92	95
May	93.6		95	92	94	96
June	93.2		90	91	95	91
July	95.6		91	96	95	94
August	93.7		94	86	91	95
September	88.4		88	92	99	91
October	91.9		87	91	93	96
November	89.8		87	91	88	90
December	91.0		88	89	95	92
Average	92.1	90.9	88.1	91.7	93.2	94.0

2nd best VFR conditions of Singapore

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	96.9	95	96	100	93	98
February	98.5	99	96	97	100	100
March	98.0	98	96	96	98	100
April	97.6		98	97	97	98
May	98.4		98	99	98	99
June	97.4		94	96	99	97
July	98.5		97	99	99	98
August	98.3		97	97	97	99
September	96.2		96	97	100	98
October	97.7		96	97	98	100
November	97.2		96	97	98	98
December	97.5		97	95	99	98
Average	97.6	97.2	96.4	97.2	97.9	98.5

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	31	30	32	30	32
February	31.9	33	31	32	32	32
March	32.8	34	31	33	33	34
April	33.0		33	32	33	34
May	32.7		33	33	32	33
June	31.6		32	31	32	31
July	31.6		32	32	32	31
August	31.5		32	31	31	32
September	31.6		32	31	32	31
October	32.4		33	32	32	32
November	31.9		33	32	32	32
December	31.5		32	31	32	32
Average	32.0	32.3	31.9	31.8	31.7	32.0

1st highest temperature of Singapore

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	25.2	25	25	25	24	26
February	25.2	26	25	25	25	26
March	25.8	26	25	25	25	27
April	26.1		26	25	25	27
May	26.7		27	26	26	27
June	26.2		26	25	26	26
July	26.6		26	26	26	26
August	26.5		26	26	25	27
September	26.1		26	26	26	26
October	25.9		26	25	26	26
November	25.4		26	25	25	26
December	25.5		26	25	26	26
Average	25.9	25.6	25.7	25.2	25.3	26.2

3rd lowest temperature of Singapore

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	15.7	27	25	8	23	7
February	8.0	9	16	16	4	7
March	8.5	8	18	8	8	5
April	7.8		10	8	9	5
May	7.1		6	7	8	7
June	11.1		9	13	7	17
July	8.7		12	9	9	16
August	9.0		10	13	16	9
September	10.0		11	11	10	18
October	9.5		6	18	9	10
November	12.5		10	12	18	13
December	14.4		20	24	13	14
Average	10.6	14.9	12.8	11.7	10.9	10.5

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.8	6	5	10	9	10
February	8.9	7	7	8	10	11
March	7.1	7	7	6	7	7
April	5.2		5	5	5	5
May	5.4		7	6	5	4
June	5.8		7	6	6	5
July	6.8		7	7	7	5
August	6.9		8	6	6	6
September	6.3		7	5	7	6
October	5.4		7	4	6	6
November	4.6		5	4	5	4
December	6.4		4	4	8	6
Average	6.4	6.3	6.2	5.9	6.8	6.4

1st highest wind speed of Singapore

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	002°	355°	042°	034°	040°
February	013°	360°	044°	045°	041°
March	020°	009°	059°	050°	053°
April		042°	126°	132°	063°
May		155°	204°	147°	171°
June		147°	212°	197°	185°
July		148°	190°	196°	179°
August		137°	190°	193°	180°
September		132°	159°	193°	187°
October		107°	215°	213°	211°
November		342°	265°	301°	045°
December		357°	360°	025°	019°

Prevailing wind direction

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