Climate Piloto Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cibao International Airport (MDST) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	77.2	73	80	89	79	79
February	69.6	67	79	62	71	81
March	73.1	73	86	73	79	58
April	78.4		79	78	76	83
May	80.1		77	81	83	84
June	82.8		88	91	69	83
July	78.9		87	78	65	76
August	82.2		82	86	77	83
September	83.5		89	82	85	87
October	79.0		74	84	83	79
November	78.1		76	87	88	69
December	76.2		57	86	82	76
Average	77.5	71.0	79.6	81.3	77.9	78.0

5th best VFR conditions of Dominican Republic

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	95.6	93	98	97	98	99
February	97.5	98	98	97	98	98
March	97.0	98	98	98	96	93
April	97.7		97	98	96	99
May	97.7		93	99	98	98
June	97.5		99	98	96	98
July	98.0		98	96	97	98
August	97.7		96	98	96	99
September	95.7		98	93	97	99
October	94.7		92	93	95	96
November	95.9		97	98	99	97
December	96.3		95	100	99	96
Average	96.7	96.0	96.4	97.0	96.9	97.4

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	28.8	30	29	30	29	29
February	29.0	30	30	29	29	29
March	30.1	32	32	30	30	29
April	31.1		32	30	31	33
May	32.2		34	33	32	33
June	33.1		35	34	31	34
July	32.9		34	32	32	33
August	32.9		33	33	32	33
September	33.1		34	32	34	33
October	32.1		33	32	32	33
November	30.7		31	31	32	29
December	29.2		29	29	30	29
Average	31.2	30.5	32.1	31.3	31.0	31.2

2nd highest temperature of Dominican Republic

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	18.0	20	17	18	18	19
February	18.0	19	17	18	19	18
March	18.6	20	18	19	18	18
April	19.9		20	20	18	20
May	21.1		21	19	20	22
June	21.4		21	21	22	19
July	21.3		22	20	21	22
August	21.3		21	22	22	20
September	20.2		20	21	19	20
October	20.6		22	21	19	22
November	20.1		21	20	18	20
December	19.0		20	17	19	19
Average	19.9	19.6	19.8	19.7	19.3	19.8

1st lowest temperature of Dominican Republic

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.1	7	4	2	2	4
February	4.9	3	3	6	5	4
March	4.2	3	2	6	4	11
April	2.6		3	2	5	0
May	2.2		1	2	2	1
June	2.2		4	2	5	0
July	3.1		3	4	5	4
August	2.7		4	4	4	3
September	3.2		1	4	2	3
October	2.0		1	1	2	2
November	3.8		5	5	2	5
December	4.9		10	3	3	6
Average	3.5	4.2	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.6

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	6.5	6	6	6	7	6
February	7.4	6	6	6	9	8
March	6.8	7	7	6	6	7
April	7.9		7	7	6	9
May	8.9		6	7	7	11
June	9.1		8	7	7	10
July	9.0		8	7	7	10
August	8.6		7	6	7	10
September	7.0		6	6	5	7
October	6.4		4	5	6	9
November	6.1		6	5	5	7
December	6.2		5	5	5	6
Average	7.4	6.0	6.3	6.3	6.5	8.5

2nd highest wind speed of Dominican Republic

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	100°	094°	107°	122°	116°
February	081°	097°	102°	114°	118°
March	082°	088°	104°	100°	113°
April		093°	101°	099°	117°
May		100°	104°	101°	120°
June		101°	103°	108°	116°
July		100°	099°	106°	117°
August		094°	098°	106°	121°
September		089°	095°	096°	111°
October		088°	101°	106°	117°
November		098°	098°	106°	118°
December		102°	064°	110°	122°

Prevailing wind direction

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