Climate Champerico Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Retalhuleu Airport (MGRT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	92.7	85	90	95	93	95
February	86.1	75	88	87	88	86
March	75.8	54	74	69	80	83
April	80.1		85	80	81	81
May	78.6		71	77	84	76
June	77.8		79	69	77	69
July	85.9		85	79	85	85
August	82.5		85	72	76	81
September	80.7		89	73	81	77
October	80.5		72	77	81	79
November	87.5		89	82	89	78
December	94.4		95	95	91	95
Average	82.8	71.3	83.2	78.8	83.6	82.0

4th 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	99.3	99	99	100	99	100
February	99.6	99	100	100	100	99
March	99.3	100	99	99	99	99
April	99.2		99	100	100	99
May	97.9		99	99	97	98
June	98.3		98	98	98	99
July	98.9		98	100	99	100
August	98.4		98	99	98	98
September	97.6		99	96	99	95
October	98.4		98	98	99	97
November	99.0		99	98	100	99
December	99.5		99	100	100	100
Average	98.9	99.4	98.8	98.8	98.7	98.5

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	33.0	34	33	33	33	33
February	33.4	34	34	33	33	34
March	33.7	35	34	33	33	34
April	34.1		35	34	34	35
May	33.0		35	33	33	33
June	31.8		33	31	32	31
July	32.5		34	32	33	32
August	32.5		34	32	32	32
September	32.1		34	31	32	32
October	31.7		33	32	32	32
November	32.6		33	32	33	31
December	32.9		34	32	33	32
Average	32.9	34.4	33.6	32.4	32.5	32.6

3rd 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	20.6	21	19	21	21	21
February	20.9	21	21	20	21	21
March	21.6	22	21	21	21	22
April	22.3		22	22	24	23
May	22.5		23	24	22	22
June	22.2		23	22	23	22
July	22.3		24	23	23	21
August	22.3		22	23	23	23
September	21.7		22	21	23	20
October	21.6		22	23	22	22
November	21.1		22	19	21	22
December	20.8		19	22	21	22
Average	21.6	21.3	21.6	21.6	21.8	21.7

6th 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	0.3	0	0	0	0	1
February	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.9	0	2	2	1	1
April	0.6		0	1	1	0
May	2.1		0	3	2	2
June	3.5		1	6	4	9
July	0.6		1	1	0	1
August	1.0		1	1	2	3
September	1.9		1	2	2	2
October	3.1		1	6	0	3
November	1.3		1	2	0	4
December	0.4		0	2	0	0
Average	1.3	0.1	0.7	2.0	1.0	2.1

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	5.2	6	5	5	5	5
February	5.5	7	5	5	5	6
March	5.5	6	5	5	5	6
April	4.5		5	4	5	5
May	4.1		4	4	4	4
June	4.0		4	4	4	4
July	4.0		4	4	4	4
August	4.3		5	4	4	5
September	4.4		4	5	4	5
October	4.2		5	4	4	4
November	4.3		4	4	4	5
December	4.7		5	4	4	5
Average	4.7	6.1	4.5	4.3	4.4	4.7

3rd 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	238°	238°	220°	218°	221°
February	249°	245°	217°	221°	222°
March	240°	240°	220°	221°	224°
April		248°	227°	221°	220°
May		236°	201°	218°	209°
June		210°	212°	196°	207°
July		228°	220°	219°	214°
August		239°	210°	217°	215°
September		248°	177°	204°	217°
October		217°	206°	220°	205°
November		244°	208°	226°	211°
December		249°	220°	218°	222°

Prevailing wind direction

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