Capauari Airstrip

EC-0025 · Pastaza, Ecuador

Climate Capauari Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Coronel E Carvajal Airport (SEMC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.6 62 76 79 71 68
February 64.4 52 64 58 55 76
March 64.3 67 60 65 53 65
April 67.0 67 65 64 67
May 67.3 79 59 71 63
June 68.4 68 76 71 65
July 68.0 73 63 70 70
August 79.6 69 73 86 89
September 80.4 76 85 80 78
October 78.6 83 86 82 81
November 76.4 73 85 82 83
December 78.2 71 85 76 75
Average 71.0 60.4 71.7 72.9 71.4 73.2

12th best VFR conditions of Ecuador

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 90.0 92 95 90 89 88
February 84.9 86 89 80 85 90
March 83.4 85 82 83 92 77
April 82.0 86 77 84 80
May 80.8 90 78 81 76
June 82.8 86 87 85 82
July 80.4 85 82 80 81
August 89.3 88 91 88 96
September 89.2 93 94 89 86
October 88.3 91 94 93 89
November 91.0 88 93 92 94
December 91.3 88 94 88 90
Average 86.3 87.6 88.2 86.8 87.1 85.5

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 25.6 27 25 27 26 25
February 25.5 27 25 26 26 26
March 25.6 27 25 26 26 25
April 25.3 26 25 25 25
May 25.1 26 24 25 25
June 24.6 25 25 26 25
July 24.2 26 24 25 24
August 25.4 27 26 25 26
September 26.5 29 27 26 25
October 26.5 28 27 27 25
November 26.6 28 27 27 27
December 25.9 27 26 27 26
Average 25.7 27.0 26.3 25.7 25.7 25.2

12th highest temperature of Ecuador

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 17.6 18 19 19 18 17
February 17.6 15 19 19 19 17
March 17.6 18 18 15 19 18
April 17.7 18 18 19 16
May 17.5 19 18 18 18
June 17.2 17 18 18 18
July 16.1 17 17 18 16
August 16.9 17 17 18 18
September 16.8 15 17 17 17
October 17.8 17 20 20 18
November 17.6 15 18 20 18
December 17.9 17 19 20 18
Average 17.3 17.0 17.3 17.7 18.7 17.3

9th lowest temperature of Ecuador

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.1 9 10 9 16 15
February 15.3 23 15 10 19 9
March 13.9 10 18 20 9 9
April 15.8 11 22 15 15
May 16.9 7 22 14 23
June 16.5 16 11 16 18
July 16.7 14 20 18 15
August 9.2 12 7 11 4
September 8.7 9 4 11 14
October 8.9 7 4 8 9
November 8.7 13 8 10 4
December 10.9 14 7 14 10
Average 12.9 13.6 11.9 12.3 13.2 12.0

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 4.8 5 6 4 5 5
February 4.5 4 5 4 4 5
March 4.4 4 5 4 4 4
April 4.4 5 5 5 4
May 4.2 4 4 4 4
June 4.1 4 4 4 4
July 3.9 4 4 3 4
August 3.8 3 4 3 5
September 4.1 4 5 3 5
October 4.3 4 5 4 4
November 4.6 4 5 4 5
December 4.9 5 5 5 5
Average 4.3 4.1 4.4 4.4 4.0 4.5

12th highest wind speed of Ecuador

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 031° 017° 027° 033° 011°
February 033° 018° 026° 033° 012°
March 041° 017° 033° 031° 029°
April 081° 065° 024° 105°
May 080° 082° 100° 053°
June 137° 093° 045° 050°
July 130° 081° 174° 098°
August 116° 092° 179° 055°
September 061° 096° 165° 090°
October 064° 064° 072° 087°
November 034° 077° 038° 059°
December 036° 025° 034° 031°

Prevailing wind direction

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