Dangriga Airport

DGA · Stann Creek, Belize

Climate Dangriga Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Puerto Barrios Airport (MGPB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 87.6 88 96 86 83 88
February 87.9 89 88 86 91 86
March 86.5 76 91 91 84 85
April 67.7 47 73 82 38
May 82.3 68 93 81 87
June 89.8 80 92 94 84
July 87.9 83 86 84 93
August 91.7 89 95 94 92
September 94.9 92 96 94 98
October 92.6 92 88 95 95
November 86.1 75 90 90 67
December 87.3 76 90 90 87
Average 87.0 84.2 81.3 88.8 88.4 83.6

2nd best VFR conditions of Guatemala

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 97.3 98 99 97 94 96
February 99.0 98 99 98 99 100
March 99.4 100 100 99 99 99
April 97.8 90 99 99 99
May 99.0 95 100 99 100
June 99.5 99 100 99 100
July 99.6 100 100 99 100
August 99.6 100 100 99 100
September 99.4 99 99 99 100
October 98.4 99 96 99 100
November 96.3 88 100 98 92
December 97.8 93 99 100 99
Average 98.6 98.5 96.8 98.9 98.6 98.6

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 27.7 30 29 28 27 28
February 29.1 30 29 29 30 29
March 30.2 33 32 31 30 30
April 31.3 32 32 32 33
May 32.1 33 32 33 32
June 32.0 34 31 32 33
July 31.4 32 31 32 32
August 31.8 33 32 32 32
September 31.9 32 31 32 32
October 30.8 32 30 32 31
November 29.0 29 30 28 29
December 27.6 27 28 29 27
Average 30.4 30.6 31.1 30.4 30.6 30.6

4th highest temperature of Guatemala

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 19.8 21 19 19 21 20
February 20.5 20 21 20 20 20
March 20.6 22 21 21 20 22
April 22.7 23 22 22 24
May 22.5 25 22 20 23
June 23.5 23 24 23 23
July 23.3 23 23 23 24
August 23.2 24 24 25 23
September 23.1 23 22 25 23
October 22.3 20 23 22 23
November 20.9 21 22 21 21
December 20.3 20 21 22 20
Average 21.7 20.9 21.8 21.9 21.9 22.0

7th lowest temperature of Guatemala

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.0 6 1 13 13 10
February 4.1 4 5 9 2 4
March 5.5 1 3 5 5 11
April 2.1 0 6 3 0
May 1.5 1 2 2 3
June 1.3 1 1 0 2
July 1.0 1 1 3 1
August 1.0 1 1 0 2
September 1.5 2 5 1 2
October 6.7 5 13 2 3
November 13.5 24 7 14 30
December 10.5 19 10 5 10
Average 4.9 3.7 5.1 5.7 3.9 6.4

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 4.1 4 4 4 3 4
February 4.8 5 5 5 5 4
March 4.8 5 5 5 4 5
April 4.6 5 5 4 4
May 4.6 5 5 5 4
June 4.4 5 4 4 4
July 4.6 5 5 5 4
August 4.4 5 5 5 4
September 4.3 5 4 5 4
October 3.7 4 4 5 4
November 3.7 4 4 4 4
December 3.7 3 4 4 3
Average 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.0

4th highest wind speed of Guatemala

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 349° 344° 336° 334° 356°
February 348° 355° 339° 347° 355°
March 359° 006° 343° 008° 012°
April 355° 357° 017° 010°
May 001° 014° 029° 017°
June 358° 002° 010° 023°
July 353° 358° 005° 016°
August 355° 350° 357° 010°
September 348° 336° 348° 002°
October 344° 330° 340° 321°
November 320° 330° 330° 308°
December 320° 340° 330° 338°

Prevailing wind direction

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