Climate Christmas Island Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Christmas Island Airport (YPXM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	42.3	30	47	59	33	57
February	42.5	54	23	30	38	62
March	45.0	30	36	35	44	45
April	37.3	28	38	35	27	54
May	23.2		15	33	20	25
June	21.6		9	28	33	21
July	16.6		15	11	18	18
August	15.6		13	20	10	16
September	10.7		16	5	9	16
October	18.1		20	24	22	11
November	18.9		15	8	23	18
December	41.4		43	27	43	36
Average	29.3	35.0	24.3	26.1	26.9	31.8

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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	79.1	79	90	98	68	92
February	75.4	97	60	61	72	88
March	85.2	81	90	76	83	80
April	83.7	75	75	83	82	95
May	82.9		93	81	95	78
June	77.5		35	84	89	92
July	85.8		90	80	88	98
August	77.8		78	82	76	82
September	68.6		92	64	81	77
October	71.6		73	80	81	65
November	73.8		92	57	52	85
December	82.4		94	58	78	79
Average	79.2	82.7	80.5	75.5	78.6	84.0

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	27.9	29	28	29	28	28
February	27.9	29	27	27	28	29
March	28.0	28	28	28	28	28
April	27.4	28	21	28	28	29
May	27.6		28	28	28	27
June	26.6		26	27	27	27
July	25.8		26	26	27	26
August	25.4		26	26	26	26
September	25.4		26	26	26	26
October	22.7		27	26	26	26
November	26.8		28	26	26	27
December	27.5		28	27	27	27
Average	26.8	28.5	26.7	26.9	27.0	27.2

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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	23.1	24	23	23	24	24
February	23.0	24	24	23	23	24
March	23.6	24	24	24	23	24
April	23.5	25	17	24	24	25
May	24.5		25	24	25	25
June	23.6		24	23	24	24
July	23.0		23	24	24	24
August	22.5		23	23	23	23
September	22.2		23	23	23	23
October	19.9		24	23	23	23
November	23.1		24	23	23	23
December	23.0		23	23	23	23
Average	23.0	24.2	23.0	23.1	23.4	23.7

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Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	13.5	15	10	4	19	12
February	16.6	7	25	35	17	11
March	13.4	19	8	17	15	9
April	12.9	13	14	22	12	5
May	6.6		4	13	2	10
June	5.2		1	9	6	4
July	3.3		2	6	2	2
August	3.0		6	5	4	1
September	2.5		1	4	6	0
October	3.8		0	11	5	4
November	10.5		0	18	27	3
December	10.6		3	23	13	12
Average	9.0	13.4	5.8	14.0	10.9	6.1

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	6.5	6	6	6	7	6
February	6.2	5	7	8	6	6
March	6.5	8	7	6	6	6
April	7.8	9	5	6	9	8
May	9.8		10	7	9	10
June	10.0		10	8	8	12
July	11.6		12	11	11	12
August	11.8		11	11	12	12
September	12.1		11	11	12	13
October	10.4		10	9	10	11
November	8.6		9	8	6	10
December	6.8		8	7	6	7
Average	8.8	7.1	8.9	8.1	8.5	9.2

1st highest wind speed of Christmas Island

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	165°	229°	208°	297°	174°
February	151°	276°	293°	288°	262°
March	228°	129°	221°	284°	077°
April	114°	180°	101°	095°	090°
May		099°	098°	098°	103°
June		111°	104°	108°	111°
July		111°	105°	101°	109°
August		108°	115°	115°	108°
September		117°	121°	118°	119°
October		123°	128°	126°	126°
November		130°	137°	124°	128°
December		132°	101°	183°	142°

Prevailing wind direction

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