Climate Papendorp Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cape Town International Airport (FACT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	92.6	89	92	93	94	94
February	93.0	86	94	90	97	93
March	89.3	86	80	95	91	94
April	91.1		81	95	95	94
May	86.9		82	89	85	88
June	83.3		65	88	82	91
July	86.0		82	90	89	88
August	84.8		77	84	88	90
September	86.4		67	92	93	90
October	93.3		92	94	97	92
November	93.3		82	98	96	96
December	95.2		96	92	97	96
Average	89.9	86.9	82.5	91.6	92.3	92.3

3rd best VFR conditions of South Africa

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	97.8	94	98	99	99	98
February	97.1	92	98	97	98	97
March	95.8	95	94	97	95	97
April	96.4		92	97	99	97
May	94.1		92	92	93	92
June	92.3		88	93	90	94
July	93.5		92	97	95	92
August	95.6		92	95	93	99
September	95.7		86	97	98	97
October	97.9		98	98	100	97
November	98.0		95	100	98	99
December	99.1		100	98	99	99
Average	96.2	93.8	93.7	96.6	96.5	96.7

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	26.4	28	26	27	26	26
February	26.7	27	26	27	26	27
March	24.9	26	24	26	25	25
April	23.2		21	23	24	23
May	20.5		19	20	20	21
June	18.5		16	21	20	19
July	17.8		17	18	17	19
August	17.4		19	17	18	17
September	19.2		18	19	19	18
October	22.2		23	22	22	21
November	23.3		25	24	23	23
December	24.8		25	25	25	25
Average	22.6	26.9	21.5	22.2	21.9	21.8

19th highest temperature of South Africa

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	16.9	18	17	17	17	17
February	17.0	17	17	17	17	17
March	15.6	16	16	16	16	15
April	12.7		12	13	14	12
May	10.6		11	10	11	11
June	9.2		10	9	10	10
July	7.6		7	8	7	8
August	7.9		9	8	8	7
September	9.8		9	10	10	9
October	12.2		13	13	12	12
November	14.1		15	15	15	14
December	16.0		17	17	16	16
Average	13.0	16.8	12.7	12.6	12.5	12.3

16th lowest temperature of South Africa

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	1.6	1	2	3	3	2
February	1.6	4	2	3	1	1
March	4.2	3	8	3	8	1
April	3.8		9	2	0	5
May	6.3		11	7	6	6
June	11.3		21	11	10	10
July	7.5		10	6	12	6
August	9.4		16	11	5	11
September	10.0		29	5	5	8
October	3.2		2	4	4	1
November	2.3		4	1	4	3
December	1.3		0	2	1	1
Average	4.5	2.1	9.5	4.7	4.5	4.2

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	13.5	12	13	13	14	14
February	12.9	11	14	12	15	13
March	11.6	11	11	12	12	12
April	9.9		9	11	11	9
May	8.7		10	9	9	8
June	9.6		12	8	9	9
July	9.2		9	9	9	9
August	9.9		11	11	9	10
September	11.3		13	10	12	9
October	11.4		11	12	12	12
November	12.5		11	12	13	13
December	13.3		15	13	13	13
Average	11.4	11.5	11.7	10.9	11.5	11.0

19th highest wind speed of South Africa

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	192°	200°	206°	193°	186°
February	218°	191°	210°	188°	194°
March	211°	239°	203°	220°	192°
April		229°	184°	198°	228°
May		174°	293°	296°	238°
June		331°	336°	331°	342°
July		317°	333°	343°	327°
August		326°	297°	276°	307°
September		286°	261°	220°	230°
October		175°	193°	219°	188°
November		240°	207°	185°	207°
December		183°	195°	190°	199°

Prevailing wind direction

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