Holandesa Airport

EC-0035 · Los Ríos, Ecuador

Climate Holandesa Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cotopaxi International Airport (SELT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 83.6 66 72 93 89 91
February 80.0 61 56 83 89 87
March 79.9 58 65 83 90 86
April 83.2 62 85 84 86
May 80.7 61 79 88 87
June 77.9 46 86 90 82
July 81.3 62 87 84 82
August 86.5 63 89 86 91
September 88.9 70 93 96 90
October 91.0 78 98 89 95
November 85.0 57 93 89 92
December 83.1 52 92 86 89
Average 81.4 61.3 62.0 88.4 88.3 88.3

3rd 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 99.6 100 99 100 99 100
February 99.3 100 99 99 100 100
March 99.0 100 100 100 100 96
April 99.3 99 98 99 100
May 99.0 98 99 99 100
June 98.6 99 97 99 97
July 99.6 100 100 100 100
August 99.5 100 99 100 100
September 99.6 100 100 100 100
October 99.3 100 100 99 99
November 99.4 99 100 100 99
December 99.7 99 100 99 100
Average 99.3 99.7 99.3 99.1 99.5 99.1

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 18.4 18 17 19 17 19
February 18.7 19 18 18 18 18
March 17.8 18 17 17 17 19
April 17.6 17 16 17 18
May 17.1 17 16 17 17
June 16.6 16 16 16 17
July 16.2 17 16 16 15
August 16.9 17 17 16 18
September 17.7 18 18 16 17
October 18.4 19 18 17 18
November 18.9 19 19 18 19
December 18.2 18 18 18 17
Average 17.8 18.4 17.5 17.1 16.7 17.5

19th 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 7.8 8 7 7 7 8
February 8.6 9 8 8 8 8
March 8.1 8 8 8 8 8
April 7.9 8 8 7 8
May 8.2 8 7 8 9
June 7.3 8 6 6 8
July 7.1 7 7 6 7
August 6.2 6 5 6 6
September 5.7 5 5 5 5
October 6.9 7 6 7 6
November 7.9 8 7 7 6
December 8.4 9 7 8 8
Average 7.6 8.0 7.4 6.5 6.8 7.1

1st 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 3.3 1 8 1 5 2
February 3.4 2 3 6 1 3
March 5.6 2 7 5 6 5
April 6.3 7 7 8 4
May 6.1 4 6 7 3
June 4.1 3 8 5 3
July 3.0 2 6 1 3
August 1.7 2 2 1 2
September 1.4 1 1 4 1
October 3.1 1 4 6 2
November 3.9 6 2 3 4
December 3.5 10 0 2 4
Average 3.6 1.9 4.5 4.0 4.1 2.9

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 8.9 9 7 8 9 10
February 8.7 9 10 7 9 10
March 7.6 9 7 6 6 8
April 8.0 7 8 8 9
May 9.1 9 9 9 11
June 10.4 12 8 8 11
July 11.9 12 10 12 10
August 12.0 12 11 12 11
September 11.1 12 10 10 10
October 8.4 9 8 7 10
November 7.3 9 7 6 7
December 9.1 9 10 8 7
Average 9.3 9.0 9.4 8.4 8.7 9.5

19th 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 172° 170° 176° 173° 173°
February 174° 174° 174° 176° 173°
March 172° 177° 173° 171° 176°
April 172° 173° 174° 173°
May 174° 171° 170° 172°
June 173° 170° 172° 174°
July 172° 172° 170° 174°
August 172° 172° 171° 171°
September 169° 171° 171° 169°
October 172° 167° 170° 171°
November 174° 173° 162° 175°
December 172° 176° 170° 175°

Prevailing wind direction

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