Climate Tiquisate Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of La Aurora Airport (MGGT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	79.5	86	82	74	77	69
February	80.8	84	81	78	77	84
March	74.6	66	73	70	76	79
April	60.2		60	68	61	34
May	63.3		51	72	65	67
June	72.2		68	67	80	63
July	78.8		75	72	75	80
August	78.5		82	75	76	77
September	74.1		83	63	77	73
October	67.6		61	69	68	74
November	74.7		66	81	73	69
December	79.0		75	69	77	76
Average	74.4	78.5	71.2	71.2	73.1	70.2

5th 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	98.1	99	94	99	100	98
February	98.4	98	99	99	98	98
March	98.3	97	97	98	99	99
April	96.7		96	98	97	94
May	96.2		97	96	97	97
June	94.6		94	94	97	93
July	98.5		97	99	97	99
August	97.3		98	97	97	97
September	96.6		99	94	98	96
October	95.3		97	96	97	97
November	98.7		98	99	99	99
December	98.5		97	97	99	99
Average	97.4	98.1	96.9	97.0	97.8	97.0

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	23.9	26	24	24	24	24
February	25.0	26	24	25	25	25
March	26.3	29	26	27	26	27
April	26.8		28	27	26	29
May	26.1		28	27	26	27
June	24.6		27	24	25	25
July	25.4		26	25	26	26
August	25.5		27	25	25	25
September	25.3		27	24	26	26
October	24.5		25	24	26	25
November	23.8		24	24	23	23
December	23.5		24	23	25	23
Average	25.2	26.9	25.6	24.9	25.2	25.3

8th 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	12.7	11	10	13	14	15
February	13.4	12	12	12	14	14
March	13.5	15	9	11	15	16
April	15.0		13	12	16	17
May	15.3		11	13	16	17
June	13.6		9	8	15	16
July	14.6		9	11	17	17
August	15.0		11	12	17	17
September	14.3		11	7	17	17
October	13.9		7	12	17	17
November	14.5		12	14	15	16
December	13.1		12	10	15	14
Average	13.9	12.6	10.3	11.1	15.5	15.9

2nd 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	1.2	2	3	1	1	2
February	0.8	0	1	3	2	0
March	0.3	0	0	1	1	1
April	1.0		0	2	1	0
May	4.1		1	5	4	7
June	9.0		4	9	10	14
July	4.3		7	7	5	4
August	4.8		4	6	5	4
September	6.7		5	13	5	9
October	7.6		7	10	6	4
November	3.3		7	3	1	9
December	0.8		1	2	1	1
Average	3.4	0.4	3.4	5.3	3.5	4.5

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	12.3	11	11	11	12	13
February	11.9	11	13	13	12	13
March	11.4	10	10	12	12	12
April	9.8		10	10	11	8
May	8.5		8	9	10	8
June	7.9		8	9	7	9
July	11.2		11	11	11	9
August	8.9		10	9	8	9
September	7.9		9	7	8	7
October	8.8		10	10	9	9
November	12.1		13	10	14	13
December	12.3		13	13	11	12
Average	10.3	10.7	10.4	10.2	10.3	10.0

8th 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	022°	023°	021°	013°	005°
February	025°	018°	019°	021°	011°
March	169°	034°	021°	015°	016°
April		097°	034°	033°	167°
May		038°	197°	026°	075°
June		058°	030°	180°	031°
July		023°	022°	020°	018°
August		027°	027°	023°	020°
September		029°	034°	034°	025°
October		028°	025°	026°	021°
November		022°	022°	018°	010°
December		018°	020°	021°	013°

Prevailing wind direction

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