Malacatán Airport

MGML · San Marcos, Guatemala

Climate Malacatán Airport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tapachula International Airport (MMTP) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 100.0 100 100 100
February 95.8 92 100 96
March 96.1 94 92 99
April 94.1 100 93
May 68.7 62 74
June 86.4 79 93
July 88.2 79 97
August 86.5 80 93
September 84.7 88 83
October 90.6 91 91
November 98.6 100 97
December 100.0 100 100
Average 92.0 95.0 87.3 93.6

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
January 100.0 100 100 100
February 98.9 96 100 100
March 100.0 100 100 100
April 96.5 100 96
May 87.5 83 91
June 97.2 96 98
July 98.5 97 100
August 94.2 88 100
September 91.6 88 95
October 92.1 93 91
November 100.0 100 100
December 100.0 100 100
Average 97.1 98.7 94.8 97.9

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
January 27.9 26 27 30
February 28.3 27 28 31
March 29.4 29 29 31
April 30.8 30 32
May 29.4 30 29
June 29.3 30 28
July 28.0 29 27
August 27.9 29 28
September 29.3 30 29
October 28.9 29 28
November 28.7 28 29
December 27.2 26 29
Average 28.5 27.4 28.7 29.3

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 23.7 24 25 23
February 23.8 22 26 24
March 24.8 24 26 25
April 26.5 27 26
May 27.3 28 27
June 26.3 27 25
July 26.0 27 25
August 26.4 27 26
September 25.8 28 23
October 25.4 26 25
November 25.9 25 27
December 23.8 23 26
Average 24.8 23.1 26.2 25.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 0.0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0
March 0.7 0 4 0
April 1.1 0 2
May 9.3 10 9
June 9.0 8 10
July 8.8 12 6
August 17.3 16 19
September 19.4 9 28
October 7.8 5 14
November 1.3 0 3
December 0.0 0 0
Average 3.9 6.0 5.9

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
January 4.4 1 5 5
February 4.8 2 7 6
March 5.8 4 6 6
April 5.8 7 5
May 4.9 4 6
June 3.5 4 3
July 3.6 5 3
August 4.0 4 4
September 3.7 4 4
October 2.7 2 5
November 2.1 1 3
December 2.8 2 3
Average 3.8 2.9 3.8 4.6

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022
January 234° 243° 229°
February 259° 229° 234°
March 238° 229° 236°
April 235° 241°
May 246° 213°
June 208° 202°
July 347° 233°
August 253° 243°
September 244° 096°
October 072° 216°
November 222° 227°
December 195° 238°

Prevailing wind direction

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