Climate El Estor Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Zacapa Airport (MGZA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	92.2	88	91	91	94	95
February	93.4	92	90	90	97	98
March	96.3	97	97	94	97	98
April	92.3		90	97	97	78
May	94.1		88	94	95	96
June	91.9		87	88	95	94
July	92.4		89	90	94	94
August	91.6		91	86	92	93
September	90.9		91	84	95	92
October	85.2		89	82	92	88
November	86.6		77	87	95	79
December	90.6		88	86	91	94
Average	91.1	92.4	88.8	89.1	94.5	91.5

1st best VFR conditions of Guatemala

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	99.7	100	100	100	99	100
February	99.8	100	99	100	100	100
March	99.7	100	100	99	99	100
April	98.8		98	100	100	97
May	98.7		98	99	100	99
June	99.0		99	99	99	99
July	99.3		99	98	100	100
August	98.9		99	99	99	100
September	99.0		100	98	99	99
October	99.2		99	98	100	100
November	99.4		99	100	99	98
December	99.6		100	100	100	100
Average	99.3	99.7	99.0	99.0	99.4	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	32.0	34	33	32	32	33
February	33.6	34	33	33	34	34
March	35.5	39	36	35	35	35
April	37.0		37	37	36	39
May	36.5		37	36	37	36
June	34.7		36	33	36	34
July	34.2		34	33	34	34
August	34.6		35	34	34	35
September	34.6		36	33	35	34
October	33.4		35	32	36	34
November	32.0		32	33	32	31
December	31.7		32	33	33	30
Average	34.1	35.6	34.6	33.4	34.4	33.8

1st highest temperature of Guatemala

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	19.9	21	20	20	21	21
February	20.2	18	21	21	20	21
March	22.3	24	22	23	22	23
April	23.0		22	24	23	25
May	24.0		24	23	24	25
June	23.7		25	23	24	24
July	23.4		23	23	23	24
August	23.2		24	23	24	23
September	23.3		22	23	24	24
October	23.0		24	21	24	23
November	21.3		23	22	21	22
December	20.0		20	20	21	18
Average	22.1	20.9	22.4	22.2	22.3	22.5

8th lowest temperature of Guatemala

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.1	0	0	0	1	0
February	0.1	0	1	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.6		0	0	0	3
June	0.9		1	1	1	3
July	0.5		1	1	0	1
August	0.2		0	0	0	0
September	0.9		1	1	1	3
October	2.1		3	4	1	1
November	1.5		3	0	0	6
December	0.3		0	1	1	0
Average	0.6		0.8	0.7	0.3	1.5

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	5.4	5	5	6	5	6
February	5.9	6	6	7	6	6
March	5.9	5	6	6	6	6
April	4.9		5	6	6	3
May	3.9		5	4	6	3
June	2.6		2	3	3	3
July	4.3		4	4	5	3
August	3.7		4	4	4	3
September	3.2		4	3	4	2
October	2.9		4	3	4	3
November	3.6		3	3	6	3
December	4.6		5	5	5	4
Average	4.3	5.5	4.2	4.3	4.9	3.8

1st highest wind speed of Guatemala

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	070°	068°	066°	066°	075°
February	066°	071°	071°	074°	074°
March	068°	070°	075°	073°	070°
April		070°	070°	072°	065°
May		069°	076°	073°	068°
June		068°	076°	068°	074°
July		075°	075°	074°	073°
August		069°	075°	073°	072°
September		074°	063°	074°	065°
October		071°	054°	075°	066°
November		063°	065°	075°	064°
December		066°	072°	071°	070°

Prevailing wind direction

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