Climate La Palestina Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of La Nubia Airport (SKMZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	63.3	82	48	47		73
February	57.1	72	65	37		58
March	49.2	55	29	44		54
April	49.6		47	41	100	43
May	53.4		60	48		50
June	57.9		64	46		58
July	60.4		69	49	0	38
August	66.8		70	45		57
September	63.5		81	44		68
October	50.7		51	41
November	41.1		47	36	30
December	46.9		55	45	30
Average	54.8	69.8	56.7	43.4	30.0	57.3

28th best VFR conditions of Colombia

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	96.3	99	96	93		97
February	96.3	96	98	96		99
March	96.2	97	93	99		97
April	96.0		96	95	100	96
May	96.9		98	97		99
June	95.6		99	91		98
July	95.4		97	94	100	97
August	96.0		94	96		97
September	97.1		98	98		99
October	94.2		91	95
November	96.2		97	95	96
December	97.0		96	98	97
Average	96.3	97.2	95.9	95.5	96.6	97.4

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	20.8	23	20	20		22
February	21.4	24	21	20		23
March	20.9	23	20	20		22
April	20.4		21	22	18	21
May	19.9		21	21		19
June	20.0		22	19		20
July	20.2		22	20	15	19
August	20.9		22	20		20
September	20.6		23	20		20
October	19.9		21	20
November	19.9		21	20	20
December	20.3		22	20	21
Average	20.6	23.5	21.2	20.0	20.3	20.5

26th highest temperature of Colombia

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	13.5	14	12	14		13
February	14.4	15	14	13		15
March	14.1	15	13	14		14
April	14.5		15	14	18	16
May	14.7		15	14		16
June	15.2		15	13		17
July	15.6		15	14	15	18
August	15.0		14	14		17
September	14.8		15	14		16
October	14.0		15	14
November	14.1		14	14	13
December	14.3		13	13	14
Average	14.5	14.7	14.1	13.6	13.9	15.7

4th lowest temperature of Colombia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.6	1	8	4		6
February	4.7	4	8	3		3
March	7.7	6	16	11		3
April	7.5		6	11	0	7
May	10.8		6	9		13
June	7.8		5	13		8
July	6.1		5	11	0	3
August	6.3		10	7		5
September	5.2		4	8		9
October	8.4		15	10
November	8.0		5	11	6
December	4.6		5	7	4
Average	6.0	3.6	7.8	8.9	4.7	5.7

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	5.1	6	5	5		5
February	4.9	5	5	5		5
March	4.7	5	5	5		5
April	4.2		5	4	3	5
May	4.2		5	4		5
June	4.1		5	4		5
July	4.6		5	5	3	6
August	4.5		5	4		5
September	4.6		5	5		6
October	4.6		5	5
November	4.7		5	5	5
December	4.9		5	5	5
Average	4.6	5.2	4.8	4.5	4.7	5.2

26th highest wind speed of Colombia

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	284°	293°	292°		290°
February	285°	295°	290°		292°
March	284°	304°	296°		294°
April		293°	295°	270°	300°
May		295°	300°		297°
June		297°	296°		298°
July		288°	294°	090°	301°
August		292°	293°		301°
September		292°	292°		298°
October		293°	292°
November		290°	296°	290°
December		289°	293°	289°

Prevailing wind direction

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