Makado Airport

ZW-0007 · Zimbabwe

Climate Makado Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bulawayo (FVJN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 80.6 83 70 88 78 86
February 83.8 90 70 92 78 87
March 88.1 96 84 77 91 86
April 90.6 97 71 97 100
May 96.6 99 92 100 100
June 88.4 98 78 94 92
July 94.9 94 98 76 94
August 92.6 90 96 88 89
September 94.5 96 100 89 83
October 90.3 94 100 74 100
November 96.1 98 95 98 100
December 86.5 83 92 81
Average 89.8 89.4 90.3 90.1 86.0 88.8

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 94.5 92 95 96 100 95
February 94.7 100 92 95 90 93
March 95.4 99 96 86 96 97
April 97.1 100 89 100 100
May 98.8 100 97 100 100
June 96.1 99 94 98 92
July 98.1 99 98 90 100
August 98.2 98 99 99 89
September 97.9 98 100 97 100
October 96.2 99 100 88 100
November 98.5 100 97 100 100
December 93.7 94 97 87
Average 96.2 96.2 97.5 96.0 94.2 95.6

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 26.6 28 26 25 23 27
February 27.0 30 26 27 25 27
March 27.4 31 27 25 26 26
April 26.2 28 24 26 26
May 24.3 28 23 16 24
June 20.6 26 20 20 17
July 20.6 22 21 18 18
August 24.8 26 26 23 24
September 27.6 31 28 28 23
October 29.8 32 30 28 28
November 29.3 33 28 29 26
December 27.8 30 26 27
Average 26.5 29.4 27.7 24.8 25.0 24.8

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 20.1 18 19 19 22 22
February 20.3 21 19 19 21 20
March 19.0 19 16 19 22 20
April 18.9 15 18 23 25
May 15.1 13 13 16 23
June 12.8 11 10 16 16
July 12.6 10 12 15 16
August 14.9 12 12 16 23
September 17.0 17 16 18 18
October 20.8 19 22 20 28
November 21.3 20 19 21 25
December 20.8 20 19 21
Average 18.7 19.1 15.9 15.7 19.3 20.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.2 10 12 10 0 5
February 5.7 1 12 2 6 10
March 4.5 0 5 11 4 8
April 1.1 1 2 0 0
May 0.5 0 2 0 0
June 2.0 0 5 0 0
July 0.5 1 0 3 0
August 0.6 0 2 1 0
September 0.8 1 0 0 0
October 2.2 2 0 5 0
November 2.4 2 4 1 0
December 6.8 9 4 11
Average 3.5 4.1 3.1 2.8 3.5 5.6

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 8.1 8 9 6 8 9
February 8.0 9 7 8 8 8
March 8.9 9 8 10 8 9
April 7.1 6 8 9 8
May 6.7 6 8 5 7
June 8.1 5 11 7 9
July 8.2 8 8 10 9
August 8.7 8 9 10 9
September 8.6 8 9 9 12
October 8.5 8 10 10 9
November 7.9 7 8 7 10
December 7.8 7 8 8
Average 8.6 8.5 7.2 8.5 8.5 8.6

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 111° 108° 073° 060° 108°
February 108° 096° 108° 057° 085°
March 106° 114° 105° 092° 105°
April 102° 097° 102° 104°
May 084° 096° 090° 129°
June 093° 099° 100° 116°
July 110° 098° 104° 095°
August 103° 083° 100° 097°
September 089° 085° 127° 099°
October 093° 083° 124° 102°
November 088° 080° 043° 007°
December 101° 021° 064°

Prevailing wind direction

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