Climate Copán Ruinas Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Esquipulas Airport (MGES) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	35.3	44	47	36	32	37
February	47.0	55	36	33	55	48
March	53.8	59	60	42	51	60
April	54.8		62	58	58	47
May	59.1		63	66	47	59
June	57.9		64	44	68	53
July	45.4		39	40	44	55
August	55.2		57	57	64	54
September	57.9		48	49	60	68
October	41.4		35	36	53	43
November	30.8		22	34	25	23
December	36.1		27	41	35	35
Average	48.0	52.4	46.9	45.2	49.3	48.5

9th 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	98.2	99	98	98	98	99
February	98.7	99	99	98	99	99
March	99.0	99	98	98	100	100
April	96.8		96	96	98	95
May	96.9		97	97	98	97
June	97.4		94	98	97	99
July	98.0		98	98	96	98
August	97.6		100	98	97	98
September	95.5		98	95	96	95
October	97.5		98	96	96	97
November	98.5		99	99	99	97
December	98.6		98	100	100	99
Average	97.8	98.5	97.5	97.5	97.7	97.6

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	25.6	27	27	26	25	26
February	27.5	28	27	26	28	28
March	29.7	33	30	29	29	30
April	30.9		32	31	30	33
May	30.5		32	30	30	31
June	28.9		31	27	29	28
July	28.7		29	29	29	29
August	28.9		30	29	29	29
September	28.8		30	28	29	29
October	27.4		28	27	29	27
November	25.3		26	27	24	25
December	25.0		25	25	26	25
Average	28.0	29.4	28.8	27.7	27.9	28.1

5th 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	16.1	18	16	15	17	16
February	16.4	16	17	16	16	17
March	17.5	19	17	18	17	18
April	18.4		18	19	17	20
May	18.8		19	19	19	19
June	19.2		20	19	19	20
July	19.6		21	19	20	19
August	19.1		21	19	20	18
September	19.2		20	19	19	19
October	18.8		20	18	19	19
November	17.9		19	18	18	17
December	16.7		16	17	18	17
Average	18.1	17.5	18.6	17.9	18.0	18.1

5th 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	3.1	2	2	4	3	3
February	1.2	1	0	3	1	1
March	1.1	0	1	1	3	1
April	0.8		0	2	2	0
May	1.5		0	2	0	5
June	3.3		3	6	2	6
July	1.6		2	3	2	2
August	1.4		1	1	1	3
September	2.2		1	5	2	3
October	5.3		6	10	1	5
November	5.5		10	2	6	14
December	3.0		6	4	2	3
Average	2.4	1.0	2.5	3.3	2.1	3.8

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	4.8	3	4	4	5	6
February	5.2	4	5	5	5	6
March	5.0	4	4	4	5	6
April	4.1		3	3	4	4
May	3.2		2	3	4	3
June	2.6		1	2	2	4
July	4.1		3	3	4	3
August	3.2		2	3	3	4
September	2.6		2	1	2	3
October	2.9		2	3	3	3
November	4.2		2	2	5	4
December	4.4		3	4	4	4
Average	3.9	3.7	2.7	3.0	3.8	4.0

5th 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	035°	031°	039°	032°	033°
February	037°	032°	040°	043°	033°
March	019°	039°	038°	035°	034°
April		038°	034°	041°	037°
May		036°	030°	047°	036°
June		045°	043°	065°	017°
July		030°	031°	035°	018°
August		032°	034°	038°	022°
September		033°	035°	042°	021°
October		032°	033°	036°	022°
November		031°	032°	040°	018°
December		033°	031°	042°	024°

Prevailing wind direction

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