Climate Salama Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Enrique Malek International Airport (MPDA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	98.2	99	97	100	100	99
February	99.7	99	100	100	100	100
March	99.3	100	98	100	99	100
April	96.4		99	96	95	96
May	93.2		95	90	93	95
June	94.6		97	86	95	94
July	92.7		94	89	95	96
August	91.7		92	89	93	91
September	91.4		94	91	93	90
October	87.2		87	83	94	90
November	87.7		90	84	94	74
December	97.1		99	97	98	97
Average	94.6	99.2	95.0	91.7	95.6	93.3

5th best VFR conditions of Panama

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	98.7	99	99	100	100	99
February	99.8	99	100	100	100	100
March	99.8	100	100	100	100	100
April	98.8		100	100	98	98
May	97.7		98	98	97	98
June	97.9		99	95	99	98
July	96.9		97	94	98	99
August	96.3		95	94	97	97
September	96.5		96	96	96	96
October	94.2		92	93	98	94
November	95.0		95	93	95	92
December	99.0		99	99	99	99
Average	97.7	99.2	97.4	96.6	98.0	97.5

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	32.0	33	32	32	32	33
February	33.4	34	34	33	33	34
March	33.6	34	32	33	33	35
April	32.0		33	31	32	31
May	31.3		33	30	31	31
June	30.4		33	29	30	30
July	30.3		32	30	30	30
August	30.3		31	30	30	30
September	30.1		32	30	30	30
October	29.4		30	29	30	30
November	29.7		31	29	30	30
December	30.3		32	30	31	30
Average	31.4	33.9	31.9	30.4	30.7	31.1

3rd highest temperature of Panama

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	21.7	22	22	21	21	23
February	22.5	23	23	21	23	24
March	23.3	24	22	22	21	23
April	21.7		23	23	24	20
May	23.2		24	24	24	25
June	23.2		24	23	23	23
July	20.0		24	23	23	24
August	20.7		24	23	23	24
September	20.4		23	23	23	23
October	19.9		24	23	23	23
November	22.1		21	23	23	23
December	21.7		23	22	22	22
Average	21.8	23.0	23.1	22.6	22.7	22.9

1st lowest temperature of Panama

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.6	0	2	0	0	1
February	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.3	0	1	0	1	0
April	1.7		1	3	4	1
May	4.1		3	8	3	3
June	4.3		2	15	5	3
July	4.9		3	6	6	5
August	6.1		8	6	7	9
September	4.2		3	8	2	3
October	9.2		7	14	4	8
November	10.2		8	14	7	22
December	2.5		1	2	4	3
Average	3.6	0.0	3.1	6.6	3.5	4.7

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	6.5	6	6	6	6	7
February	8.1	7	9	7	7	9
March	7.6	7	6	6	7	9
April	5.9		6	5	6	5
May	5.1		6	4	5	5
June	4.7		5	5	5	4
July	4.6		5	5	5	5
August	4.8		5	5	5	5
September	4.9		5	5	5	5
October	5.2		5	6	5	5
November	4.9		5	4	5	5
December	5.3		5	5	5	5
Average	5.8	6.8	5.6	5.1	5.4	5.8

3rd highest wind speed of Panama

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	151°	136°	193°	183°	080°
February	054°	029°	169°	180°	045°
March	179°	155°	188°	158°	069°
April		181°	185°	177°	191°
May		189°	193°	201°	199°
June		190°	210°	201°	210°
July		204°	206°	204°	198°
August		199°	197°	203°	207°
September		204°	197°	201°	200°
October		203°	214°	209°	211°
November		207°	210°	210°	214°
December		201°	193°	211°	205°

Prevailing wind direction

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