São Pedro Airport

GVSV · São Vicente, Cape Verde

Climate São Pedro Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of São Pedro Airport (GVSV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 82.9 75 95 94 89 67
February 79.8 73 97 75 77 82
March 89.7 97 99 84 90 91
April 94.9 94 96 99 98
May 97.1 100 94 96 100
June 91.2 98 84 97 76
July 78.2 84 74 79 68
August 75.1 78 67 75 73
September 79.5 82 76 84 74
October 89.8 98 87 85 95
November 93.5 97 93 97 94
December 79.1 68 97 89 92
Average 85.7 82.3 90.7 84.7 88.2 84.0

1st best VFR conditions of Cape Verde

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 94.1 83 100 100 100 77
February 94.6 97 100 95 88 95
March 98.4 100 100 100 97 100
April 99.5 97 100 100 100
May 99.8 100 99 100 100
June 99.9 100 100 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.6 100 100 100 100
September 99.1 99 99 100 98
October 99.6 100 100 100 100
November 99.2 100 100 100 99
December 92.3 83 100 99 100
Average 97.6 93.4 98.2 99.3 98.7 97.5

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 25.9 27 26 25 26 26
February 25.5 27 24 26 25 28
March 25.8 26 27 25 25 26
April 26.5 27 26 26 27
May 27.3 28 27 27 28
June 28.3 29 28 28 29
July 29.1 30 29 28 30
August 30.1 31 30 30 31
September 30.6 31 30 31 31
October 30.7 32 30 30 31
November 28.7 30 29 28 29
December 26.7 28 27 26 26
Average 27.7 26.7 28.4 27.4 27.2 28.3

2nd highest temperature of Cape Verde

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 20.0 21 21 20 21 18
February 19.9 21 20 20 20 19
March 20.0 21 20 20 20 20
April 20.8 22 20 21 21
May 21.5 22 22 22 22
June 22.9 24 23 23 22
July 23.5 25 24 24 25
August 24.4 26 25 25 20
September 24.9 26 25 26 22
October 24.3 25 25 25 22
November 23.3 24 23 23 24
December 20.7 22 21 21 18
Average 22.0 21.1 23.2 22.3 22.4 21.0

4th lowest temperature of Cape Verde

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 1 0 0 0 1
February 0.9 0 1 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.1 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 1 0 0
July 0.3 1 0 0 1
August 2.0 4 2 2 1
September 3.5 6 5 0 9
October 0.2 0 1 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.7 0 0 2 1
Average 0.6 0.1 1.0 0.7 0.3 1.0

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 18.3 17 20 16 20 18
February 20.4 19 23 20 24 20
March 20.7 23 17 23 23 19
April 19.9 19 18 23 22
May 20.7 23 21 21 22
June 19.2 17 22 22 18
July 14.5 16 14 15 13
August 12.4 11 13 14 12
September 14.6 17 14 15 11
October 17.6 14 17 20 19
November 17.3 17 20 17 17
December 17.7 17 16 21 16
Average 18.0 19.5 17.3 17.7 19.2 17.2

2nd highest wind speed of Cape Verde

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 051° 049° 050° 057° 056°
February 049° 051° 049° 053° 056°
March 050° 054° 050° 050° 059°
April 051° 050° 052° 058°
May 051° 050° 051° 061°
June 052° 052° 052° 057°
July 049° 051° 051° 055°
August 051° 047° 049° 058°
September 051° 052° 051° 059°
October 051° 049° 052° 059°
November 051° 050° 052° 059°
December 051° 051° 051° 061°

Prevailing wind direction

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