Climate Tutaguana Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Rio Amazonas Airport (SESM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	68.7	64	58	81	56	71
February	63.7	52	59	49	59	78
March	61.7	60	43	47	53	70
April	70.1		63	71	65	67
May	66.6		73	53	63	55
June	67.6		62	65	57	71
July	71.4		79	72	62	70
August	82.8		78	76	86	85
September	86.0		85	83	82	85
October	79.3		77	85	80	78
November	74.9		65	76	77	80
December	68.5		59	72	58	69
Average	70.4	58.8	66.8	69.0	66.6	72.9

13th 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	88.5	90	86	93	83	88
February	84.5	76	87	77	86	89
March	84.3	85	75	80	84	86
April	86.9		91	87	85	84
May	85.5		92	80	85	79
June	85.2		84	87	82	84
July	88.3		92	89	83	93
August	93.4		96	88	94	96
September	95.5		95	96	94	94
October	92.0		92	96	91	95
November	90.6		87	92	93	92
December	87.5		84	90	84	86
Average	88.1	84.2	88.3	87.8	87.1	88.5

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	26	24	25	24	29
February	25.6	26	25	24	24	29
March	25.8	26	24	24	24	29
April	26.5		25	25	25	29
May	26.3		26	24	25	29
June	25.2		24	25	24	26
July	25.0		25	24	23	24
August	26.3		26	25	25	26
September	27.6		27	27	26	26
October	27.2		27	26	26	26
November	26.7		26	26	26	27
December	25.9		25	25	25	25
Average	26.1	25.7	25.3	24.9	24.8	27.1

14th 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	16.9	17	15	14	17	19
February	16.6	15	6	16	18	20
March	17.7	14	18	17	17	20
April	17.8		17	17	18	18
May	17.5		18	18	17	18
June	17.5		18	17	17	18
July	16.7		17	14	16	18
August	16.4		16	16	16	17
September	17.1		17	13	16	20
October	16.9		16	17	16	17
November	17.6		17	17	16	18
December	17.1		16	17	17	17
Average	17.0	15.4	15.8	15.9	16.7	18.1

7th 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	16.8	16	18	10	22	17
February	18.6	22	18	17	23	14
March	20.5	16	25	26	25	17
April	18.7		12	21	20	18
May	21.1		13	30	19	28
June	20.7		22	18	26	20
July	18.3		13	19	24	19
August	9.8		10	13	8	8
September	9.5		7	7	14	14
October	12.4		11	5	12	11
November	14.1		16	12	13	12
December	19.6		23	12	26	19
Average	16.8	18.1	15.7	15.9	19.1	16.4

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	3.6	4	4	4	3	3
February	3.5	4	4	3	3	4
March	3.5	4	3	3	3	4
April	3.5		4	4	4	3
May	3.4		4	3	3	3
June	3.4		4	4	4	4
July	3.7		4	4	3	4
August	4.2		4	4	4	4
September	4.2		5	5	4	4
October	3.9		4	4	4	4
November	3.8		4	4	4	4
December	3.6		3	4	4	4
Average	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.6	3.6

14th 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	024°	010°	024°	044°	005°
February	061°	351°	347°	349°	356°
March	019°	338°	036°	020°	001°
April		057°	061°	029°	015°
May		073°	061°	087°	093°
June		071°	029°	067°	007°
July		352°	344°	048°	358°
August		008°	028°	359°	044°
September		015°	023°	013°	042°
October		032°	008°	025°	048°
November		052°	051°	029°	091°
December		067°	025°	026°	036°

Prevailing wind direction

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