Coban Airport

MGCB · Alta Verapaz, Guatemala

Climate Coban Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Coban Airport (MGCB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 47.1 57 58 48 49 53
February 59.7 71 53 43 66 59
March 71.5 82 76 64 67 71
April 76.3 86 76 73 82
May 68.6 78 72 69 63
June 63.3 75 46 79 64
July 62.6 63 59 64 56
August 62.9 59 62 71 59
September 59.8 61 44 66 65
October 46.1 46 37 60 43
November 38.0 29 50 28 31
December 48.0 38 47 57 44
Average 58.8 70.0 60.4 54.6 62.5 57.3

8th 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 85.5 87 90 82 85 89
February 87.4 92 88 79 89 83
March 92.7 94 94 94 94 88
April 92.8 95 90 94 93
May 92.9 91 96 93 94
June 93.8 95 95 95 95
July 91.6 95 90 92 88
August 92.5 93 92 94 95
September 90.6 87 92 91 93
October 87.6 89 89 86 86
November 84.2 82 92 83 73
December 83.8 84 92 90 78
Average 89.7 91.0 90.3 90.3 90.5 88.0

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 22.5 24 24 23 23 23
February 23.8 25 23 22 25 25
March 25.9 29 27 25 25 26
April 27.6 28 27 28 30
May 27.9 29 28 28 29
June 27.6 30 26 28 27
July 26.7 27 27 27 27
August 26.9 27 27 27 27
September 26.6 27 26 27 26
October 25.1 25 25 26 24
November 23.0 23 25 22 22
December 22.4 21 23 24 22
Average 25.4 25.8 25.9 25.3 25.8 25.7

6th 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 12.6 14 12 13 13 14
February 12.5 12 12 13 12 13
March 13.3 15 14 14 13 12
April 14.3 14 15 15 15
May 15.9 15 17 16 16
June 16.3 17 17 15 17
July 15.9 17 16 16 15
August 16.2 17 16 17 16
September 16.3 16 17 16 17
October 15.6 17 16 16 15
November 14.8 16 15 15 16
December 13.1 14 14 13 13
Average 14.6 13.2 15.0 15.1 14.6 14.8

4th 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 9.9 7 10 16 11 10
February 7.8 1 10 20 7 7
March 3.7 4 4 4 5 4
April 2.9 1 7 5 1
May 2.4 2 2 2 4
June 3.3 0 7 2 4
July 4.5 6 4 5 4
August 3.4 3 5 2 4
September 4.0 3 6 3 8
October 9.5 12 13 5 12
November 16.1 31 7 17 29
December 10.4 17 10 11 11
Average 6.4 4.3 7.8 8.1 6.1 8.0

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 3.6 4 3 4 4 5
February 4.0 4 3 4 4 4
March 4.3 4 4 4 4 4
April 4.3 4 4 5 4
May 4.0 4 4 4 4
June 3.8 3 3 4 5
July 3.7 3 3 4 4
August 3.6 3 3 4 4
September 3.4 3 2 4 4
October 3.0 3 3 3 3
November 3.3 3 3 3 4
December 3.4 3 3 3 4
Average 3.7 4.0 3.3 3.4 3.7 4.0

6th 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 057° 058° 043° 042° 052°
February 049° 056° 036° 041° 049°
March 037° 041° 040° 052° 050°
April 027° 032° 025° 018°
May 044° 014° 043° 025°
June 038° 046° 017° 338°
July 064° 053° 050° 053°
August 051° 048° 046° 046°
September 055° 039° 020° 027°
October 064° 052° 045° 010°
November 062° 060° 045° 023°
December 042° 062° 054° 063°

Prevailing wind direction

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