Manjolo Airport

ZW-0019 · Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe

Climate Manjolo Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Victoria Falls International Airport (FVFA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 77.8 88 53 70 89 91
February 89.4 99 88 100 84 84
March 93.8 100 97 76 96 92
April 92.4 99 85 100 100
May 99.8 100 100 100 100
June 99.2 100 97 100 100
July 99.3 100 97 100 100
August 99.5 98 100 100 100
September 97.2 92 100 100 100
October 98.3 100 90 100 100
November 98.5 100 94 97 100
December 91.1 87 90 82
Average 95.1 95.2 94.1 93.7 95.5 92.9

1st best VFR conditions of Zimbabwe

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 91.7 96 87 88 89 94
February 95.4 100 96 100 97 92
March 96.7 100 99 85 96 92
April 98.0 100 96 100 100
May 100.0 100 100 100 100
June 100.0 100 100 100 100
July 100.0 100 100 100 100
August 100.0 100 100 100 100
September 99.6 100 100 100 100
October 99.8 100 100 100 100
November 99.5 100 99 97 100
December 97.7 97 95 98
Average 98.1 98.6 98.6 97.7 98.7 95.5

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 26.8 28 26 26 25 28
February 27.5 33 28 29 25 26
March 28.7 33 30 26 28 27
April 27.7 31 26 27 30
May 26.4 29 26 25 26
June 23.6 27 23 23 21
July 22.7 24 22 21 20
August 27.2 27 28 26 26
September 31.3 33 30 31 29
October 32.7 35 30 32 35
November 31.4 33 30 32 27
December 29.9 30 27 30
Average 28.0 31.1 29.4 26.5 27.8 26.2

2nd highest temperature of Zimbabwe

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 22.2 21 21 22 24 24
February 22.4 23 21 23 24 22
March 22.1 23 21 22 25 23
April 21.0 17 19 26 28
May 17.6 15 15 25 25
June 15.2 13 10 20 20
July 14.2 11 13 19 20
August 17.3 14 15 22 25
September 21.4 20 20 25 24
October 25.1 24 26 26 34
November 24.7 24 22 28 26
December 23.6 23 21 25
Average 21.1 22.3 18.6 18.0 24.0 23.9

1st lowest temperature of Zimbabwe

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.4 6 19 18 22 15
February 4.9 1 4 0 7 8
March 3.2 0 1 14 4 18
April 1.3 0 2 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.7 0 0 2 0
November 2.5 1 3 8 0
December 2.6 2 5 4
Average 2.8 2.4 1.6 2.3 2.8 8.1

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 7.8 8 9 8 7 7
February 7.6 9 7 7 8 8
March 8.0 8 8 8 9 8
April 8.1 8 7 9 9
May 7.3 7 8 5 7
June 8.1 7 10 7 9
July 8.6 9 8 9 9
August 8.7 9 9 9 11
September 9.3 8 9 10 11
October 9.6 9 11 9 9
November 8.1 8 7 8 9
December 7.5 7 7 8
Average 8.3 8.3 8.2 8.3 8.6 8.0

2nd highest wind speed of Zimbabwe

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 086° 092° 058° 057° 090°
February 087° 030° 083° 015° 079°
March 080° 079° 082° 072° 083°
April 079° 079° 080° 090°
May 073° 090° 090° 089°
June 081° 086° 088° 106°
July 092° 086° 093° 096°
August 085° 081° 084° 066°
September 080° 082° 074° 074°
October 067° 078° 073° 076°
November 056° 079° 024° 053°
December 053° 015° 040°

Prevailing wind direction

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