Climate Bridge Camp Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Chimoio Airport (FQCH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	26.8	36	36	15	15	31
February	35.9	59	31	42	35	24
March	36.6	42	38	29	35	49
April	39.9		64	23	41	53
May	57.9		61	58	61	68
June	57.8		80	35	59	46
July	54.3		53	53	57	48
August	57.1		42	65	57	44
September	48.3		44	42	44	39
October	48.3		43	50	42	45
November	43.3		54	29	39	52
December	42.2		38	45	51	22
Average	45.2	46.5	48.7	39.7	44.2	42.9

11th best VFR conditions of Mozambique

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	91.8	96	94	93	89	90
February	92.3	93	94	98	94	87
March	91.3	96	88	92	91	98
April	90.9		93	87	94	94
May	95.2		92	94	98	98
June	93.4		98	84	95	93
July	93.0		93	95	98	95
August	92.2		91	91	88	91
September	86.9		77	88	86	92
October	86.2		76	85	89	87
November	90.4		87	90	96	93
December	91.9		90	99	96	86
Average	91.6	95.0	88.7	91.1	92.7	91.8

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	28.1	28	28	28	28	28
February	28.6	30	28	29	29	28
March	27.4	30	26	27	28	28
April	26.3		26	26	28	27
May	24.9		26	25	25	25
June	23.4		27	21	23	23
July	22.5		23	23	22	22
August	25.8		25	26	25	26
September	28.5		30	30	27	27
October	29.2		30	31	28	28
November	29.5		31	28	31	31
December	29.6		29	30	32	28
Average	27.2	29.2	27.3	26.6	27.0	26.6

11th highest temperature of Mozambique

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	20.5	22	20	21	21	21
February	20.6	21	21	20	21	21
March	19.6	21	20	19	19	20
April	17.8		19	19	17	18
May	15.2		16	15	14	15
June	13.2		15	13	13	12
July	12.5		13	13	12	12
August	14.1		14	14	14	14
September	16.1		17	16	16	16
October	17.5		18	18	17	17
November	19.1		19	19	20	20
December	20.4		21	21	20	21
Average	17.7	21.1	17.6	17.1	16.9	17.0

2nd lowest temperature of Mozambique

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.5	5	3	8	10	6
February	6.3	4	3	2	7	9
March	5.4	2	8	7	4	1
April	4.0		0	9	2	3
May	0.9		0	1	1	1
June	3.0		0	12	3	5
July	3.0		4	0	2	1
August	2.6		5	1	6	3
September	2.4		5	1	2	4
October	5.4		10	0	9	8
November	6.3		7	8	3	4
December	7.2		10	0	5	14
Average	4.4	3.5	4.8	4.4	4.3	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	4.2	0	3	6	4	0
February	4.0	0	1	6	7	0
March	4.1	0	0	5	5	0
April	3.5		0	2	5	0
May	3.4		0	3	5	0
June	4.2		0	5	5	5
July	4.5		0	4	7	5
August	3.8		0	6	4	5
September	4.0		0	6	6	8
October	4.7		0	6	6	6
November	3.8		0	4	6	6
December	3.9		0	5	6	5
Average	3.6	0.0	0.2	4.9	5.5	3.4

11th highest wind speed of Mozambique

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	360°	201°	189°	147°	360°
February	360°	178°	208°	225°	360°
March	171°	153°	198°	189°	360°
April		210°	179°	183°	360°
May		360°	184°	188°	360°
June		360°	216°	193°	201°
July		360°	170°	202°	199°
August		360°	170°	136°	169°
September		360°	154°	158°	170°
October		360°	152°	159°	160°
November		360°	163°	153°	161°
December		140°	176°	151°	162°

Prevailing wind direction

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