Climate Jutiapa Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of El Palmer Airport (MSSA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	99.4	100	100	100	99	99
February	99.5	100	100	100	100	99
March	99.4	100	100	100	100	100
April	98.8	99	98	99	100	99
May	96.4		93	98	97	96
June	95.0		99	96	97	89
July	98.6		100	99	99	98
August	97.8		98	97	98	98
September	96.3		100	95	97	98
October	94.7		99	96	99	99
November	98.5		96	100	99	96
December	99.4		100	99	100	99
Average	98.0	99.6	98.6	98.0	98.7	97.2

1st best VFR conditions of El Salvador

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	99.4	100	100	100	99	99
February	99.6	100	100	100	100	99
March	99.4	100	100	100	100	100
April	99.1	100	99	100	100	99
May	98.0		97	99	98	98
June	97.6		100	98	98	97
July	99.1		100	100	99	99
August	98.9		100	98	99	99
September	98.0		100	97	99	98
October	98.2		100	97	99	100
November	99.3		99	100	99	100
December	99.5		100	99	100	99
Average	98.9	99.9	99.5	98.8	99.1	98.8

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	30.6	32	31	31	31	31
February	32.4	32	33	33	32	33
March	34.2	36	34	34	35	35
April	34.4	35	35	35	34	35
May	32.9		35	33	33	33
June	31.4		33	30	32	31
July	32.2		33	32	30	32
August	31.9		32	32	32	32
September	31.5		33	31	31	32
October	30.1		30	30	31	31
November	30.3		30	30	31	29
December	30.2		31	29	32	30
Average	32.0	33.6	32.6	31.7	31.9	31.9

4th highest temperature of El Salvador

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	18.8	21	20	18	19	21
February	19.7	20	20	19	19	20
March	19.0	22	20	21	19	19
April	20.7	24	22	21	18	21
May	20.0		23	22	19	18
June	19.0		24	21	20	13
July	18.4		23	21	15	11
August	19.3		23	18	19	20
September	18.5		22	22	17	18
October	20.5		23	22	22	20
November	20.0		22	21	21	20
December	19.0		21	21	21	17
Average	19.6	21.7	21.7	20.4	18.8	18.1

2nd lowest temperature of El Salvador

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.4	0	0	0	1	0
May	1.4		0	2	0	4
June	4.5		2	8	3	7
July	1.0		0	2	3	1
August	1.8		1	2	2	2
September	2.4		0	4	2	1
October	4.2		3	5	0	2
November	1.7		2	1	0	9
December	0.1		0	0	0	1
Average	1.3		0.6	2.1	0.9	2.3

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	3.3	2	2	2	3	4
February	2.8	2	3	2	3	4
March	3.2	2	2	3	3	4
April	2.8	2	2	3	3	2
May	2.3		2	2	2	2
June	2.3		2	2	2	2
July	2.4		2	3	2	2
August	2.2		2	2	2	2
September	2.0		2	2	2	2
October	2.4		2	3	2	3
November	3.0		2	2	3	3
December	3.3		3	2	2	3
Average	2.6	2.3	2.1	2.3	2.2	2.6

4th highest wind speed of El Salvador

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	016°	351°	353°	352°	339°
February	355°	354°	012°	341°	002°
March	103°	068°	021°	023°	025°
April	016°	066°	064°	028°	087°
May		073°	077°	063°	068°
June		084°	066°	065°	064°
July		036°	035°	049°	053°
August		079°	062°	061°	059°
September		058°	052°	062°	076°
October		061°	021°	059°	053°
November		014°	007°	333°	005°
December		348°	018°	353°	353°

Prevailing wind direction

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