Lufupa Lodge Airstrip

ZM-0023 · Zambia

Climate Lufupa Lodge Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kariba International Airport (FVKB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 94.7 95 94 91 100 100
February 97.2 100 96 100 100 92
March 98.0 100 100 90 89 100
April 99.3 100 94 100 93
May 100.0 100 100 100
June 100.0 100 100 100 100
July 100.0 100 100 100 100
August 99.3 99 100 100 100
September 100.0 100 100 100 100
October 97.5 96 100 100 100
November 99.4 100 100 96
December 96.7 86 100 100
Average 98.6 97.9 98.1 98.7 98.9 97.0

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 96.7 97 98 96 100 100
February 99.3 100 100 100 100 92
March 99.3 100 100 95 100 100
April 99.6 100 100 100 93
May 100.0 100 100 100
June 100.0 100 100 100 100
July 100.0 100 100 100 100
August 100.0 100 100 100 100
September 100.0 100 100 100 100
October 100.0 100 100 100 100
November 99.7 100 100 96
December 98.2 92 100 100
Average 99.2 98.7 99.4 99.5 99.4 97.0

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 28.5 29 27 27 24 31
February 29.7 33 30 30 29 28
March 29.3 32 30 27 27 29
April 28.8 30 26 28 30
May 26.9 29 24 25
June 24.8 25 24 23 26
July 24.3 26 23 21 21
August 27.3 28 28 26 27
September 31.1 33 29 31 30
October 34.7 36 36 33 33
November 33.0 36 32 32
December 31.6 31 32 33
Average 29.2 30.9 30.3 26.8 29.6 28.6

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 25.8 25 24 25 24 29
February 26.3 26 27 27 29 27
March 25.8 26 26 25 27 28
April 23.5 22 23 27 26
May 20.0 18 18 25
June 18.8 19 17 21 26
July 17.8 16 18 20 20
August 22.2 18 21 25 27
September 26.3 25 24 29 30
October 29.3 30 35 29 33
November 28.4 28 27 30
December 27.8 27 27 29
Average 25.1 25.5 23.2 21.9 27.6 27.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.0 4 12 5 0 7
February 4.1 0 4 0 0 12
March 3.3 0 2 5 0 0
April 2.0 1 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0
June 0.3 0 1 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 1.0 0 0 3 0
November 3.6 0 0 4
December 4.7 10 0 2
Average 2.2 1.6 1.4 0.7 1.5 5.0

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 2.5 4 1 1 0 2
February 2.6 5 3 2 4 2
March 2.9 5 4 2 4 2
April 3.1 6 2 5 3
May 3.3 5 3 10
June 3.2 5 4 4 3
July 4.1 6 5 4 2
August 5.1 6 6 6 8
September 5.5 7 7 8 7
October 4.3 6 11 7 5
November 4.1 6 5 6
December 3.5 7 4 5
Average 3.7 4.3 5.5 4.1 5.7 2.6

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 090° 344° 252° 360° 312°
February 167° 231° 246° 219° 343°
March 229° 292° 258° 082° 206°
April 248° 026° 045° 322°
May 255° 252° 251°
June 242° 233° 236° 270°
July 244° 235° 201° 164°
August 238° 239° 246° 278°
September 245° 198° 047° 090°
October 360° 096° 232° 135°
November 221° 116° 329°
December 082° 241° 092°

Prevailing wind direction

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