El Congo Airport

CU-0031 · Las Tunas, Cuba

Climate El Congo Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Frank Pais International Airport (MUHG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 80.0 86 93 84 89 73
February 89.3 91 93 96 95 83
March 87.2 93 93 94 93 87
April 85.6 92 90 94 92
May 81.2 85 84 90 81
June 81.5 82 84 86 83
July 86.1 89 92 95 89
August 85.4 90 89 88 92
September 84.2 91 92 93 91
October 84.8 85 91 92 93
November 82.5 83 94 85 85
December 82.9 90 90 93 86
Average 84.4 89.6 88.8 89.7 91.2 86.2

3rd best VFR conditions of Cuba

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 95.3 97 98 93 94 96
February 98.6 100 99 99 98 97
March 98.8 99 98 99 99 100
April 98.3 97 97 98 100
May 96.7 95 95 98 98
June 96.8 93 95 97 97
July 98.4 95 100 100 99
August 98.6 99 97 100 100
September 98.2 97 98 99 99
October 97.8 95 98 98 100
November 95.9 93 98 93 97
December 96.6 96 97 99 94
Average 97.7 98.5 96.2 96.9 97.8 97.9

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 29.0 30 30 29 30 29
February 30.1 29 31 30 31 30
March 30.7 33 32 31 31 31
April 31.9 32 31 33 35
May 31.9 32 32 33 33
June 32.7 33 32 33 33
July 33.7 34 33 33 34
August 33.9 35 34 34 34
September 33.3 34 34 34 34
October 31.8 32 32 32 33
November 30.1 30 31 30 30
December 29.2 29 29 30 29
Average 31.4 30.4 32.0 31.6 31.9 31.8

1st highest temperature of Cuba

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 19.0 20 18 19 19 19
February 19.5 17 20 20 20 21
March 19.9 21 19 21 20 20
April 21.1 21 21 21 22
May 22.1 22 22 23 23
June 22.9 23 23 23 24
July 23.6 24 24 24 24
August 23.4 24 24 24 24
September 23.1 23 23 23 23
October 22.7 23 22 22 24
November 21.5 22 22 21 22
December 19.9 20 18 20 20
Average 21.3 19.5 21.6 21.4 21.6 22.1

6th lowest temperature of Cuba

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.1 4 0 1 1 7
February 1.5 4 1 3 0 1
March 2.0 1 4 2 1 1
April 2.3 3 3 0 1
May 3.1 5 2 2 3
June 4.4 14 4 3 2
July 1.0 2 1 1 1
August 1.5 1 2 2 1
September 1.8 1 4 1 2
October 2.4 4 3 1 3
November 3.6 5 1 4 10
December 3.4 4 2 2 6
Average 2.6 2.7 3.6 2.3 1.5 3.0

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 8.3 8 8 7 8 9
February 9.9 8 10 11 10 10
March 9.8 8 8 10 11 12
April 8.6 7 9 10 8
May 7.3 6 7 9 7
June 7.2 6 7 8 8
July 8.3 8 9 9 9
August 8.2 8 9 9 9
September 7.0 6 7 7 7
October 7.0 6 6 6 8
November 7.5 7 8 6 9
December 8.4 8 8 9 9
Average 8.1 7.8 7.2 8.1 8.7 8.7

1st highest wind speed of Cuba

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 071° 067° 061° 056° 067°
February 055° 068° 064° 073° 068°
March 063° 063° 074° 062° 061°
April 065° 069° 062° 066°
May 075° 089° 066° 081°
June 106° 088° 085° 070°
July 078° 081° 084° 074°
August 081° 077° 082° 083°
September 058° 088° 075° 079°
October 063° 067° 086° 089°
November 065° 070° 061° 069°
December 063° 045° 071° 053°

Prevailing wind direction

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